Welcome to the BC School Sports “AA” & “AAA” Tennis Provincial Championships. The “AA” host for 2023 is West Point Grey Academy. The “AAA” hosts are Vancouver College and Little Flower Academy. All three schools are from the Sea-to-Sky Zone in Vancouver, BC. Best wishes to all participants.
West Point Grey Academy, Vancouver College, and Little Flower Academy would like to acknowledge that our tournament is taking place on the unseeded territories of the Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh, and Squamish Coast Salish nations. As host schools, we congratulate you on qualifying for this year’s AA and AAA Provincial Championships as we welcome players from around the Province. When you take to the court, you are representing your schools and community and will be outstanding athletic ambassadors for tennis. Please join us in recognizing the support of your families, your coaches, and teammates, as well as the tournament volunteers who have all helped to make this a special occasion for you and your teams. Best of luck.
Welcome Messages from Our Executive
BCSS Board President Brent Sweeney
As President of BC School Sports, I’d like to congratulate all student-athletes for qualifying for the 2023 BCSS AA- AAA Tennis Provincial Championships. I hope that this experience is a memorable one for all student- athletes.
I’d like to also thank all of the coaches for their support of high school tennis. The lessons that they teach their student-athletes are just as important as those learned in the classroom. Perseverance, communication, problem solving, and overcoming adversity are just some of the skills that coaches excel in teaching their student-athletes. These are skills that will leave these athletes well suited for their lives after high school.
Representing your school in a Provincial Championship competition is a testament to the hard work and sacrifice made in practices and competitions throughout this season. Each one of those times stepping onto the courts have prepared you for the challenge of competing for this title. I wish all student-athletes the best of luck!
Brent Sweeney
BCSS Board President
Executive Director Jordan Abney
It is my distinct pleasure to welcome you to BC School Sports AA-AAA Tennis Provincial Championships hosted at Queen Elizabeth Park and Burnaby Lake. I congratulate every student – athlete for qualifying for the Provincial Championships! Of the 76,000+ student-athletes that compete in schools sport each year, few get the chance to compete in a BCSS Provincial Championship for the coveted blue BCSS Provincial Champion banner. For most, it will be the pinnacle of their sporting careers and we are thrilled to be able to put on this memorable experience for our student – athletes.
It takes a large group of dedicated people to put on championships of this magnitude. A huge thank you to Jonathan Pike, Ross Ballard, Sarah DesBrisay, Peter Holowka and the entire team involved, for their incredible stewardship of our tennis championships; they put in an incredible amount of work to ensure our student-athletes have an amazing experience. Thank yous are required, as well, for the many volunteers to give their time to be part of our championships. There are many people involved in putting this event together and to each of them I offer a sincere thank you for your service, leadership, dedication and support.
I want to thank the coaches of these athletes, and all school coaches across the province. Student-athletes, be sure take time to properly thank them for giving their time to help make you a better gymnast, and more importantly a better person that will better our communities now and for years to come.
Student-athletes, remember that you are representing your team, your school and your community. Compete like crazy, but do it in a way that reflects the values of educational athletics and will make your school proud to have you representing them on this stage. I hope each of you performs your very best, and that there will be memories created and bonds cemented that will last a lifetime.
Jordan Abney
Executive Director
WPGA Head of School Stephen Anthony
It is our distinct pleasure to welcome the athletes, coaches, and parents, to the 2023 BC School Sports Provincial Tennis Championships. The dedication needed to train and compete for an entire season is about to be rewarded with three wonderful days of high-level competition, making new friends, demonstrating fairness, honesty and integrity while creating lasting memories. We know that all involved must feel a tremendous amount of pride and this is very well deserved.
A heartfelt congratulations to all student athletes participating in this tournament. In qualifying for the Provincials you have distinguished yourselves as some of the top players and teams from around the province of British Columbia. There is so much to be learned from athletics and competition and capping it off with a trip to the Provincials will serve to add even more depth to your involvement. Savour the experiences, as they will add to your growth as an athlete and as a person and make you stronger in so many ways for the years ahead. We encourage you all to acknowledge the commitments made to you by your coaches as they have given so much of their personal time and energy to work with you this year. Please take the time to offer them your thanks for all that they have done for you and your team.
We would like to extend a sincere note of gratitude to the organizers of this tournament. It goes without saying that an enormous amount of time, energy and dedication is necessary for an event of this magnitude. It’s inevitable success is due to the efforts of a core group of people from West Point Grey Academy, Vancouver College, Little Flower Academy and the staff at BC School Sports.
In wishing you all the best of luck in your games we hope you enjoy every element of the tournament and we look forward to seeing the competition each day.
Stephen Anthony
Head of School, WPGA
