The Tevlin Challenger lately wrapped up in Toronto and the match was marked by extra than simply crowning new champions on the courtroom.
The occasion additionally hosted a number of Recreation. Set. Fairness. (GSE) actions additional highlighting Tennis Canada’s dedication to offering equitable alternatives for ladies and women to develop and advance inside tennis.
Not solely did 30 coaches participate in a Girls in Management skilled improvement occasion, however 14 gamers additionally participated in a Women. Set. Match. Staff tennis occasion alongside 4 younger girls leaders from our Women Management Program who had been keen to place their management expertise into apply, and a number of other younger members of the Jane/Finch Group Tennis Affiliation had the possibility to shadow girls match employees to study in regards to the totally different management roles accessible to them by means of tennis. They had been impressed by Match Supervisor Nicole Artuso who impressed upon them the significance of caring for the well-being of the gamers and making them really feel at house whereas competing. All whereas studying a number of the behind-the-scenes particulars of what it takes to placed on a world-class match. They had been additionally occupied with studying a number of the technical elements of sport pictures with match photographer Neena Channan who undoubtedly will get the very best seat in the home throughout the matches. Not solely had been the contributors buoyed by the expertise, however their dad and mom additionally got here away excited in regards to the potentialities for his or her daughters.
An Essential Platform for Girls’s Tennis in Canada
It’s becoming that GSE shared a number of the highlight throughout the Tevlin Challenger given the match’s legacy as an important stepping stone for therefore lots of Canada’s high WTA gamers. Living proof, the record of previous singles champions contains 4 Canadian winners: Aleksandra Wozniak, Eugenie Bouchard, Gabriela Dabrowski, and Marina Stakusic simply final yr.
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That is precisely what Mike and Nicole Tevlin hoped for after they first determined some 20 years in the past to donate a serious reward to Tennis Canada, particularly to advertise and facilitate the expansion of ladies’s tennis throughout the nation. Their unbelievable assist continues at the moment because the match continues to thrive.
“Nicole and I are extremely proud to see the expansion of the Challenger yr after yr and the numerous doorways it has opened for our Canadian gamers who we like to comply with all through the tennis season. The addition of Recreation. Set. Fairness. initiatives give extra causes to have fun girls and women within the sport, each on and off the courtroom, and showcases the constructive influence that tennis can have on their lives.”
Mike Tevlin
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