The Tevlin Challenger lately wrapped up in Toronto and the match was marked by extra than simply crowning new champions on the court docket.
The occasion additionally hosted a number of Sport. Set. Fairness. (GSE) actions additional highlighting Tennis Canada’s dedication to offering equitable alternatives for girls and women to develop and advance inside tennis.
Not solely did 30 coaches participate in a Ladies in Management skilled growth occasion, however 14 gamers additionally participated in a Ladies. Set. Match. Workforce tennis occasion alongside 4 younger girls leaders from our Ladies Management Program who have been keen to place their management expertise into follow, and a number of other younger members of the Jane/Finch Neighborhood Tennis Affiliation had the possibility to shadow girls match employees to be taught concerning the completely different management roles obtainable to them by way of tennis. They have 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 among the behind-the-scenes particulars of what it takes to placed on a world-class match. They have been additionally all for studying among the technical elements of sport images with match photographer Neena Channan who positively will get the most effective seat in the home in the course of the matches. Not solely have been the members buoyed by the expertise, however their dad and mom additionally got here away excited concerning the prospects for his or her daughters.
An Essential Platform for Ladies’s Tennis in Canada
It’s becoming that GSE shared among the highlight in the course of the Tevlin Challenger given the match’s legacy as an important stepping stone for therefore a lot 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 significant present to Tennis Canada, particularly to advertise and facilitate the expansion of girls’s tennis throughout the nation. Their unbelievable help continues as we speak 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 observe all through the tennis season. The addition of Sport. Set. Fairness. initiatives give extra causes to have fun girls and women within the sport, each on and off the court docket, and showcases the optimistic influence that tennis can have on their lives.”
Mike Tevlin
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