On Wednesday, Daniel Nestor was inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2024 and received the Order of Sport, Canada’s highest sporting honour, which was presented to him by Tennis Canada CEO Gavin Ziv. The ceremony celebrated nine remarkable individuals at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec,…
I achieved my first hole-in-one on hole #15 at the Ponoka Community Golf Course during the final round of an eleven-day golf trip with my husband, Gary Sandberg, my dad, Dale Lewis, and my dad’s significant other, Susan Johnston. This is our third annual golf trip, and I feel incredibly fortunate to be able to…
Hole #16 at The Rise is a shorter par 3, but it’s a tough hole with forced carry over water and bunkers behind. The pin was near the back left of the green, which made it play about 160 yards with not a breath of wind to contend with. I have a draw on my…
The weather was a perfect Okanagan morning, sunny, clear, calm and +24 degrees celsius. I was playing with my buddies Roy Millar, Shawn Flett and Carl Lawrence. Hole #4 is a 155 yard elevated tee about 150 feet above the hole. The pin was at the back of the green past a ridge. I had…
One of the best parts of team competitions is the home crowd. In the Ryder Cup, whether the competition is in the United States or Europe, the opposing team is going to deal with constant jeering, raucous applause and more from the fans. In the Presidents Cup, it hasn’t quite been that way. The Americans…
On Monday, Tennis Canada announced that Bianca Andreescu (Mississauga, ON), Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON), Leylah Annie Fernandez (Laval, QC), Rebecca Marino (Vancouver, BC), and Marina Stakusic (Mississauga, ON) were selected to represent Team Canada at the Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Finals in Malaga, Spain. The Finals run from November 13 to 20, with…
Team Canada is heading back to Malaga for the third year in a row after Denis Shapovalov defeated Dan Evans in the opening match of Canada’s final tie of the 2024 Davis Cup Finals group stage on Sunday in Manchester. Coming into the last day of the event, Canada needed just a single match win…
November 27th, 2022. The images from that night are burned into the brains of diehard Canadian tennis fans. Félix Auger-Aliassime falling on his back after match point. Frank Dancevic leading the rest of the squad charging onto the court to tackle him. The trophy (on Auger-Aliassime’s head), the confetti, the champagne, the mass of…
Team Canada’s 2024 Davis Cup Group Stage campaign will be streamed live by CBC Sports, Tennis Canada confirmed on Thursday. Led by captain Frank Dancevic (Niagara Falls, ON), the Canadian team featuring Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC), Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON), Gabriel Diallo (Montreal, QC), Alexis Galarneau (Laval, QC) and Vasek Pospisil (Vernon, BC) heads…
Team Canada’s historic 2023 Billie Jean King Cup victory is set to be celebrated in style during the National Bank Open presented by Rogers (NBO) in Toronto and Montreal this August. On-court ceremonies will be held in both cities, while fans will have the opportunity see the trophy up close at dedicated on-site activations. In…
