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CROMARTY TENNIS CLUB - FOUNDED 1902
Cromarty Tennis Club,
65 Cromarty Street,
Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
(Image
postmarked September 25, 1908)
CROMARTY TENNIS CLUB: MY CROMARTY TENNIS HISTORY NOTES
By
© Eric Krause, Krause House Info-Research Solutions
Rough
Draft Research Notes on the history
of the Cromarty Tennis Club, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
(and on other Cape Breton Tennis Clubs as they may be encountered in my
research)
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KRAUSE HOUSE INFO-RESEARCH SOLUTIONS NOTES
1946 - 2000
1946
SATURDAY, JUNE 29
"Busy Week-End Is Expected at City Tennis Club"
Courts at the Cromarty Tennis Club are expected to be the scene of much activity over the week-end as members take advantage of the holiday Monday
Three of the club's four courts have been placed in good condition while play on the fourth is expected to be underway soon ...
After a low membership during the war club officials report a more active interest in the game this season as more tennis equipment become available and major new faces as well as past members have been seen in action.
Several of Sydney's racquet-wielders are expected to enter the Nova Scotia tournament scheduled for the Truro Tennis Club next month ...
Sydney Post-Record, June 29, 1946, page 12
1947
SATURDAY, JULY 26
"The Cape Breton Junior Tennis Tournament will be revived on the courts of the Sydney Tennis Club August 4 ..."
"Barbara Styles, secretary of the Sydney Juniors ..."
"Gordon Verge, tournament manager ..."
"Ernest Semple, president of the Sydney juniors ..."
"Entries are expected from clubs in Sydney, North Sydney, Sydney Mines, Glace Bay, New Waterford and others ..."
Sydney Post-Record, July 26, 1947, page 11
SATURDAY, AUGUST 2
"The 1947 Cape Breton Junior Open Tennis Tournament first staging since 1942, will open play on the Sydney Tennis Club courts Monday afternoon ..."
Sydney Post-Record, August 2, 1947, page 11
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6
[Nice Picture - Group- Juniors]
Sydney Post-Record, August 6, 1947, page 14
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23
"The Nova Scotia women's singles title went to Cape Breton tonight after Mrs. C. H. Mitvhell of Sydney, N.S. ... in a fast final match in the provincial tennis tourney [Halifax]"
Sydney Post-Record, August 13, 1947, page 10
FRIDAY, AUGUST 29
"Entries for the 1947 Cape Breton Open Tenis [sic] Tourney to be held on the Sydney Tennis Club's courts commencing Wednesday, September 3rd ..."
tournament directors feel that this year's championships, first such staging since 1942, hold much interest here as well as through the province.
Former Cape Breton champions who will be competing again include Ernie Edwards, Jimmy Vooght, North Sydney and Mrs Mitchell who was recently crowned with the Nova Scotia Ladies Singles championship and was a member of the winning team in both Mixed Doubles championships and the Ladies Doubles ..."
Sydney Post-Record, August 29, 1947, page 20
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
"Announce Draw for C.B. Open Tennis Meet."
The draw for the Cape Breton Open Tennis tournament which opens tomorrow on the courts of the Sydney Tennis Club ,,,"
Sydney Post-Record, September 2, 1947, page 12
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
"Sydney Tennis Club ..."
Sydney Post-Record, September 3, 1947, page 1
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
"Tennis Tourney Opens Today"
"The 1947 Cape Breton Open will launch into its opening day of play at the Sydney Tennis Club's courts ..."
Sydney Post-Record, September 4, 1947, page 15
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
"12 Matches played in Tennis Tourney ..."
Sydney Post-Record, September 5, 1947, page 12
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
"Ernie Edwards, veteran of many Cape Breton Tennis tournament and many times the winner in past years ... "
Jimmy Vooght of North Sydney, a former C. B. champion ..."
Sydney Post-Record, September 6, 1947, page 11
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
"Tennis Tournament to be Concluded today ..."
Cape Breton open tennis tournament ..."
Sydney Post-Record, September 13, 1947, page 14
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
"C. B. Open Tennis tournament Ends ..."
"Men's Singles Charles O'Connell
Ladies Singles Mrs. C. H. Mitchell
Men's Doubles C. O'Connell and G. Williams
Ladies Doubles Mrs. Hazel Baxter and Peggy Mann
Mixed Doubles C. Connell and Mrs. Mitchell
"history of the tournament which was revived this year for the first time since 1942, when Arturo Wildman, a South American net artist serving here with the R.C.A.F., cropped the crown ..."
trophies were presented to the winners by Miss Connie Worgan several times women's champion of the Sydney Tennis club in former days ..."
Sydney Post-Record, September 15, 1947, page 11
Mrs. Margaret Mitchell, veteran Sydney tennis star, won the Nova Scotia women's singles crown then participated in the mixed doubles and ladies' doubles to make it a triple sweep.
The Guardian, Charlottetown, December 3, 1947, p. 7
1948
FRIDAY, JULY 16
"On Sydney Tennis Club Courts ... C. B. Tennis Tourney to open here August 2 ..."
Officials state that there are no boundaries regarding entry, pointing out that in pre-war years Americans and other visitors to Cape Breton, participated in great numbers while servicemen during the war years provided many of the features.
South American Won In 1944, Arturo Weideman a South American, captured the men's singles.
Previously the Cape Breton open was held from 1 to two weeks later than the Provincial tourney but in a move to give Cape Breton representatives in the Nova Scotia tournament a chance for real tournament competition the Sydney Tennis Club executive has scheduled this year's tourney one month earlier than usual. The Nova Scotia open this year will be held in Bridgewater commencing Monday Aug 16 ..."
"All events will be played on the Sydney Tennis Club's Cromarty Street courts ..."
'Although no official announcement has been made it is highly probable that the 1949 Nova Scotia Open will be played on the Cromarty Courts with the Sydney Tennis Club acting as host to the cream of the Maritimes racquet wielding brigade..."
"the 1948 Cape Breton Tennis Tourney will start Monday, August 2. This year the Tournament will precede the Nova Scotia open by two weeks ..."
Sydney Post-Record, July 16, 1948, page 14
SATURDAY, JULY 31
"Tennis Tourney Draw is Posted..."
Sydney Post-Record, July 31, 1948, page 11
MONDAY, AUGUST 2
"C. B. Open Tennis Tournament Starts today ..."
Sydney Post-Record, August 2, 1948, page 10
SATURDAY, AUGUST 7
"Rain Delays Play in tennis Tourney ..."
Sydney Post-Record, August 7, 1948, page 11
MONDAY, AUGUST 9
"C. B. Tennis Tourney ..."
Sydney Post-Record, August 9, 1948, page 11
TUESDAY, AUGUST 10
Mrs. Don Ross Lifts Ladies Singles Crown
[Several Nice Pictures]
"Bud McCallum, Sydney Tennis club president ..."
Sydney Post-Record, August 10, 1948, page 10
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11
"C. B. Tennis Tourney Play Resumes Today ..."
Sydney Post-Record, August 11, 1948, page 14
THURSDAY, AUGUST 12
"C. B. Tennis Tournament to Try Again Today ..."
"But in the Sydney Tennis club's pavilion, tournament executive gazed wistfully at deluged clay courts ..."
Sydney Post-Record, August 12, 1948, page 12
FRIDAY, AUGUST 13
"Charles O'Connell and George Williams 1947 Cape Breton men's doubles champions successfully defended their title ..."
Sydney Post-Record, August 13, 1948, page 12
TUESDAY, AUGUST 17
"Tennis Singles finals slated this afternoon ..."
Sydney Post-Record, August 17, 1948, page 11
THURSDAY, AUGUST 19
"O'Connell takes lead in Men's Singles Play ..."
"Still to be completed besides the men's singles in the 1948 Cape Breton Open Tennis Tournament is the mixed doubles ..."
Sydney Post-Record, August 19, 1948, page 17
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20
"Charles O'Connell Retains CB Men's Singles Crown ..."
"Charles O'Connell, youthful Sydney barrister, retained his Cape Breton singles tennis crown ..."
Sydney Post-Record, August 20, 1948, page 16
SATURDAY, AUGUST 21
"Junior Tennis Tourney to Open here Monday"
"The juniors take over at the Sydney tennis club's Cromarty Courts on Monday afternoon ..."
"the annual Sydney Junior tennis tourney ..."
this tournament is exclusively for Sydney club members and it has been advised by club officials that the Cape Breton Open Junior competitions for 1948 will not be sponsored by the Sydney club ..."
Sydney Post-Record, August 21, 1948, page 10
SATURDAY, AUGUST 28
"following is the list of the 48 junior club champions ..."
Sydney Post-Record, August 28, 1948, page 11
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
"Junior Tennis Champions to Receive Awards ..."
Sydney Post-Record, September 4, 1948, Sports Page
1949
SYDNEY TENNIS CLUB
Sydney Tennis Club
Junior Membership 1949
M Shirley Ramsay
[Source: Shirley (Ramsay) Hodgson]
Shirley (2007)
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SATURDAY, JUNE 18
"C. B. Junior tennis Tourney Slotted for July 4 ... Winners to Provincial ..."
"Canadian Junior tourney at the Ottawa Rideau club ..."
"Nova Scotia which has been divided off into five zones will hold its Junior Tournament at Truro, the second week of July ..."
"Cape Breton zone tournament will be held at the Sydney Cromarty Tennis Club starting July 4 ..."
Sydney Post-Record, June 18, 1949, page 21
SATURDAY, JULY 2
"Open Monday ... Tennis Club finalizes Plans for C. B. Tourney ... Cape Breton junior Tennis Tourney ..."
Sydney Post-Record, July 2, 1949, page 13
SATURDAY, JULY 9
"Cape Breton Junior Tennis Champions Declared ..."
[Nice Paper]
"Ernie Semple Triple Winner ... of the Sydney Tennis club ..."
Sydney Post-Record, July 9, 1949, page 10
AUGUST 2
Halifax ... Canadian Lawn Tennis Championships ... Mrs. C. H. Mitchell of Sydney
Ottawa Citizen, August 2, 1949, p. 15
NOVA SCOTIA OPEN
FRIDAY, AUGUST 5
"Coming up is the 1949 Provincial Open Tennis Tournament and the Sydney Tennis Club continues to lay elaborate plans for the full week schedule starting Monday.
Two sets of bleachers, each to accommodate comfortably more than 200 spectators, are now being constructed on the court sidelines by J. W. Stephens Ltd... "
grounskeeper [is] Charles Joudrey ...
"several top-flight stars now participating in the Canadian championships at Halifax will arrive in Sydney ..."
"secretaty [is[ George Dockwrey ..."
Sydney Post-Record, August 5, 1949, page 12
SATURDAY, AUGUST 6
"Nova Scotia Tennis Tournament play ... at the Sydney Tennis Club's Cromarty courts ..."
"Mrs. Jena Harris, the former Jean Wright of Petite Riviere, N. S., who played in the Nova Scotia Provincial in Sydney in 1933..."
Sydney Post-Record, August 6, 1949, page 12
TUESDAY, AUGUST 9
"Provincial Tennis Tourney opens here Today ..."
[Great Picture of Courts]
This morning play started at the Sydney Tennis Club courts in the first Provincial Tennis tournament to be staged in Sydney since 1933 ..."
Sydney Post-Record, August 9, 1949, page 10
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10
[Nice Pictures of Players]
Sydney Post-Record, August 10, 1949, pages 12 and 13.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 11
[Nice Pictures of Players]
Sydney Post-Record, August 11, 1949, page 20.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 12
"Semi-Finals of Doubles Today ..."
Sydney Post-Record, August 12, 1949, page 13.
Sydney, N.S., Aug. 11 - Don Baud of Halifax, three
times Nova Scotia champion,
and Jim Macken of Montreal will meet here tomorrow to decide this year's
title-holder ...
The Guardian, August 11, 1949, p. 6
http://islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/object/guardian%3A19490812-006
SATURDAY, AUGUST 13
"Provincial Tennis Finals are Scheduled for Today ..."
[Nice Picture of N. S. Tennis Association Lawn Executive]
[Nice Picture of Player]
Sydney Post-Record, August 13, 1949, page 11
SUNDAY, AUGUST 14
Sydney, N.S., Aug. 14 .... Jim Macken Wins N.S. Men's Tennis Title
The Guardian, August 15, 1949, p. 13
http://islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/object/guardian%3A19490815-013
MONDAY, AUGUST 15
[Nice Player Pictures]
"Edgar Murphy, former Ontario ranking player who is a Cromarty club member this year ..."
Sydney Post-Record, August 15, 1949, pages 13-14
TUESDAY, AUGUST 16
"CROMARTY COURTS ... C. B. Tennis Tournament to open on Monday ..."
"the Sydney Tennis Club courts step back into the spotlight next week as the scene of the 1949 Cape Breton Open championship.
The Cape Breton tourney opens Monday and is expected to run through Friday, Aug. 26 ..."
Sydney Post-Record, August 16, 1949, page 17
SATURDAY, AUGUST 20
"Defending Cape Breton champions are as follows:
Men's Singles - Charles O'Connell, Ladies Singles - Mrs. Anne O'Brien Ross, Sydney Mines, Men's Doubles - Charles O'Connell and George Williams, Ladies Doubles -- Mrs. Hazel Baxter and Miss Winnie McCarthy, Mixed Doubles - Hugh Smith and Mrs. Anne O'Brien, Sydney Mines
Sydney Post-Record, August 20, 1949, page 10
SATURDAY, AUGUST 27
"Mrs. Anna O'Brien Ross of the Brown Street Tennis Club, Sydney Mines, was the double winner in play of the Cape Breton tennis championships at the Sydney Tennis club yesterday retaining her women's singles crown won last year paired with Helen Smith, also of Sydney Mines, winning the women's doubles title ..."
Sydney Post-Record, August 27, 1949, page 15
MONDAY, AUGUST 29
"C. B. Tourney Ends ..."
Men's Singles - Wendell Coldwell, [sic] Coldwell, Groves Point
Women's Singles - Mrs. Anna O'Brien Ross, Sydney Mines
Men's Doubles - Ernie Edwards, Sydney Mines and Al Smith, Sydney
Women's Doubles - Mrs. Ross and Miss Helen Smith, Sydney Mines
Mixed Doubles Ernie Edwards and Mrs. Ross"
Sydney Post-Record, August 29, 1949, page 15
1950
SATURDAY, JUNE 17
"The Sydney Tennis Club's opening dance of the new season will be held night, June 23 ..."
"Club president Bill Murray and plans are well underway for the big function which well trophies [sic] won in the 1949 Cape Bre- [sic] ton Open tennis Tournament at the Cromarty street club ..."
Sydney Post-Record, June 17, 1950, page 18
1950
L. Currie Young, born in Sydney
Nova Scotia Lawn Tennis Association
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1951
SATURDAY, JULY 28
"The Cape Breton Junior Tennis Doubles championships will be held at the Sydney Tennis Cromarty Street courts starting Monday, August 6 ..."
"Singles winners in both junior men's and women's divisions were decided at Sydney Mines last month ..."
"Miss Margueritte Ross, Sydney Tennis Club secretary ..."
"On Monday, August 20 the Cape Breton senior tournament will be held at the Sydney club with competitin being staged in all events. This is an open tournament ..."
Sydney Post-Record, July 28, 1951, page 10
MONDAY, AUGUST 20
"Cape Breton Open Meet will start Tuesday ...to permit Sydney players who were competing in the Nova Scotia junior championships at Halifax a chance to get home ..."
Sydney Post-Record, August 20, 1951, page 9
TUESDAY, AUGUST 21
"Cape Breton's annual senior tennis championships open at the Sydney Tennis Club's Cromarty Courts this afternoon ..."
Sydney Post-Record, August 21, 1951, page 10
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22
"Play Commences in Cape Breton Open ..."
Sydney Post-Record, August 22, 1951, page 11
SATURDAY, AUGUST 25
"Cape Breton Junior Tennis tournament re-scheduled ... [because of weather]
Sydney Post-Record, August 25, 1951, page 13
1955
SYDNEY TENNIS CLUB
Lawn Tennis Tournament Dates Released ... Aug. 22-27: Cape Breton Championships Sydney Tennis Club, Sydney, N.S.
April 20 1955, The Guardian, p. 6
1958
SYDNEY TENNIS CLUB
[Sydney Lawn Tennis Club - Sydney Tennis Association, Ltd.]
The association transferred title to the Kinsmen in '58, and the Kinsmen to the city later on during a ceremony [Source Required]
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At the Richardson Tennis Court, South Bar, c. 1958
left to right
Gary Richardson / Keith Boutilier
Submitted by Carol Richardson
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At the Cromarty Tennis Club
left to right
Top Image: ? /
Merritt Richardson / Wendell Caldwell / Trafton Cann
Bottom Image: Joanne Mitchell / Jane Gardiner
Submitted by Carol Richardson
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Conversation on April 10, 2015, with Jim MacDonald, a long time south end neighbourhood member
It's his recollection that the original club house, located on the ravine side of today's Court 2, was demolished, perhaps that year, and replaced, perhaps that year, by a club house (later renovated in the 1990s) behind today's Court 1. The removal of the original club house left a hole in the fencing.
Of interest, at the time there were very few tennis players (eight), of which he and his older brother Dave comprised two of them, playing on the clay courts at Cromarty, now operated by the Kinsmen Club.
He also mentioned that in the winter he would play hockey on today's Court 3, because it would flood and freeze. The side and end boards consisted of the benches brought down from the club house.
Ian MacDonald, a current member, recalls also playing hockey at Cromarty. Ian and his friends, at that time, came over from the other side of the tracks.
1964
At the Cromarty Tennis Club
left to right
Homer Richardson, ?. Howard Richardson, Merritt Richardson, Donnie MacLeod
Submitted by Carol Richardson
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SYDNEY TENNIS CLUB
[Sydney Lawn Tennis Club - [Sydney Tennis Association, Ltd.]
DUCHEMIN, ROY DESBARRES: Publisher and Pres., Post Publishing Co., Ltd., Dorchester Street, Sydney, N.S. Est 1900. Background experience in journalism ... Former memberships: Pres., Sydney Tennis Club, and Sydney Kinsmen Club. Educated at Sydney, NS Attended Dalhousie University, Halifax, and King's College. Graduated with B.A., LL.B., degrees. Made Queen's Counsel. Interested in golf, swimming and photography. Born June 22, 1904. Married Aug. 3, 1927. He, his wife Cora Beatrice and two children Richard and ... [The National Publishing Directory (Prestige Books of Canada, 1964), p. 114] - See also: http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/View.jsp?id=71744&highlight=5&desc=1911+Census+of+Canada+page+containing+Roy+%3F+Duchemin
1966
SYDNEY TENNIS CLUB
[Sydney Lawn Tennis Club - Sydney Tennis Association, Ltd.]
CAPE BRETON OPEN
SEPTEMBER
C. B. Open
Large Entry for Tennis Tourney
At the "Cromarty Street Tennis Courts"
NOVA SCOTIA LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION HAS SANCTIONED THIS TOURNAMENT - Only meet sanctioned for Cape Breton
Cape Breton Post, Thursday, September 1, 1966, p. 12
The Sydney Tennis Club
Cape Breton Post, Tuesday, September 6, 1966, p. 13
PICTURE AVAILABLE - Sheakespeare brothers vs. Diz MacNeil and Earl Jackman
The tourney was termed by the spectators as one of the best seen in Cape Breton in years
at the Sydney Tennis Club ...
Marty MacIntyre, Sydney Playgrounds Commission Director, who conducted the well played tournament
Tom Guy [president of the Club] mentioned
Cape Breton Post, Wednesday, September 7, 1966, p. 32
1968
SYDNEY TENNIS CLUB
[Sydney Lawn Tennis Club - Sydney Tennis Association, Ltd.]
JUNE
President Al Smith reports that registration is continuing at the Cromarty Street courts.
Cape Breton Post, Friday, June 14, 1968, p. 10
JULY
CAPE BRETON MAJOR TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Competing in Tennis Championships ~ Trafton Cann
(Cape Breton Post, July 1, 1968)
Sydney Cromarty Club courts
Cape Breton Post, Monday, July 1, 1968, p. 8
Despite the weather setback, the Cape Breton major tennis championships rolled along yesterday ... at the Sydney Cromarty Club courts ...
Cape Breton Post, Monday, July 1, 1968, p. 9
NOVA SCOTIA JUNIOR TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
N.S. Junior Tennis Championships Here
The Cromarty Club of Sydney will be the site of the Nova Scotia Junior Open Tennis championships from Monday, August 5, through Saturday, August 10
The host club for the first time has over 300 juniors registered in the Tennis Association and the Cape Breton team has just won the Junior Davis Cup
Cape Breton Post, Wednesday, July 31, 1968, p. 30
AUGUST
More than 120 entries are expected in the Nova Scotia Open Junior Tennis tournament which starts here Monday, August 5. The mail curtailment is preventing the host Cromarty Club from arriving at early final figures, but the tennis association rep in each region of N.S. and Newfoundland is assembling all entries in his region for submission by wire or phone ...;
Cape Breton Post, Thursday, August 1, 1968, p. 13
Junior Tennis Champs Here
All of last year's champions, in all age divisions, will be playing in this year's Junior Provincial Tennis Championships starting today at three Cape Breton Clubs
host Cromarty Club ... Cromarty Street courts ...
Cape Breton Post, Monday, August 5, 1968, p. 13
Two top-seeded players met defeat Friday as finalists were declared in all singles divisions of the Nova Scotia Junior Open tennis championships which end here today
Nova Scotia Junior Open tennis championships at the Sydney Cromarty courts ...
Cape Breton Post, Saturday, August 10, 1968, p. 10
Shared Net Honors ~ Diane MacKinnon, Merle Richardson,
Beverley Richardson,
Heather MacKinnon (Cape Breton Post, August 13, 1968)
The Richardsons of South Bar - Nova Scotia Junior Open Tennis Tournament
Cape Breton Post, Tuesday, August 13, 1968, p. 13
[Also submitted by Carol Richardson]
SEPTEMBER
President Al Smith of the Sydney Cromarty Club
Cape Breton Post, Monday, September 2, 1968, p. 15
CAPE BRETON CLOSED TENNIS MEET
[CAPE BRETON SENIOR CLOSED TENNIS TOURNAMENT]
Sydney Cromarty Club
Cape Breton Post, Tuesday, September 3, 1968, p. 12
C. B. Closed Tennis Meet Opens Tonight --- More than 40 players will be competing in the Cape Breton closed tennis championships which will open tonight at the Sydney Cromarty courts and North Sydney ...
Cape Breton Post, Friday, September 6, 1968, p. 11
Prominent in C.B. Tennis Play ~ Sheila Dillon
Cape Breton Post, September 4, 1968
in the concluding matches in Cape Breton Senior Closed Tennis Tournament ...
Cape Breton Post, Friday, September 11, 1968, p. 28
1969
Cromarty Kinsmen Tennis Club
[Sydney Lawn Tennis Club - Sydney Tennis Association]
Organized by Al Smith, president of Sydney's Cromarty Kinsmen Tennis Club ...
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New Tennis Court at Sydney Mines ~ Larry
Langley, Al Smith
(Cape Breton Post, June 14, 1969)
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Tennis Clinic Instructors Session ~
Sydney Cromarty Kinsmen Club, Father Dan MacDonald, Al Smith
(Cape Breton Post, June 16, 1969)
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Tennis Clinic Instruction ~ Susan MacIntyre
(Cape Breton Post, June 17, 1969)
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Glace Bay Tennis ~ W. MacLean, Sydney Cromarty Club
courts,
Doug MacDonald, Virginia MacDonnell (Cape Breton Post, June 18, 1969)
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everyone for tennis? ~ Al Smith
(Highlander, June 25, 1969)
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The Chronicle-Herald, Saturday, June 28 1969, p. 14
Upwards of 95 top tennis players from various points in Canada were to begin play in the Cape Breton Open tennis championships at the Cromarty Tennis Club early today.
Club President Al Smith ... said that alternate arrangements have been made to ensure completion of the tournament with indoor facilities available at the Coast Guard College in Point Edward should rain force cancellation of the indoors program.
Cape Breton Post, Saturday, August 30, 1969, p. 13
Cromarty Courts in Sydney
Cape Breton Post, Saturday, August 30, 1969, p. 14
Picture available
Alternative at Canadian Coast Guard College in event of rain
Cape Breton Post, Monday, September 1, 1969, p. 12
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"And Today the Finals", Cromarty Kinsmen Tennis Club, Wanda MacLean
(Cape Breton Post, September 1, 1969)
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"Tennis Nets Dividends ... Al Smith, president of Sydney's Cromarty Kinsmen Tennis Club ...." [Chronicle-Herald, June 28, 1969]
Cromarty Tennis Club
Cromarty Tennis Club of Sydney
Upwards of 95 competitors took part in the three-day meet ...
Picture available
Cape Breton Post, Tuesday, September 2, 1969, p. 17
1970
Cromarty Tennis Club
the Cape Breton Open Tennis Tournament at the Cromarty Tennis Club
Cape Breton Post, Monday, September 7, 1970, p. 20
1971
Cromarty Tennis Club
The Cape Breton Open Tennis Championships which got underway today at the Cromarty Street Courts ...
The Open, which has attracted the most distinguished names in tennis ever to come to Cape Breton ...
Club officials are expecting over 175 entries for the Open competition in men's and Five events are planned with ladies' singles, men's and ladies' doubles and mixed doubles.
Play begins early today and will continue until Monday. Some late matches under the lights will also be played.
Cape Breton tennis fans are reminded that the competition is the biggest undertaking ever in local tennis circles and all spectators are welcome at courts to watch in on the three days' play
Cape Breton Post, Tuesday, Saturday, September 4, 1971, p. 17
Cape Breton open tennis tournament
Al Smith, past president of the Cromarty Tennis Club here was presented with the Evangeline Trophy by Bob Piers on behalf of the Nova Scotia Lawn Tennis Association for his outstanding contribution to tennis in the province during the past year.
Cape Breton Post, Tuesday, September 7, 1971, p. 12
A few years back the Cromarty Tennis Club of Sydney decided they had to up-grade their standard of play. They started to move and the annual CB Open on the Labor Day weekend no doubt has become the most successful Maritime tournament. Even the old-reliable from Halifax have admitted in recent years ... Cape Breton leads the way. Under Al Smith they started working on bringing in big name players from outside the Maritimes. They hired instructors from Maritime centres ... the fans responded and this Labor Day they had another great success ... and may it continue.
Cape Breton Post, Tuesday, September 14, 1971, p. 14
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Porgie McDougall, Al Smith et al.
A Gate has been placed, and a charge was made to see this tournament
1973
Provincial Tennis Players - Played at the Cromarty Tennis Club
- Norman Ross of Sydney Mines, under 19 winner
- Joanne Beckwith, of Sydny, under 17 winner
Submitted by Carol Richardson
1976
CROMARTY LABOUR DAY OPEN - 1976 RESULTS
Bobby Piers, Mary Lou Singer Score Double Wins in Cromarty Play ~ Keith Miller, Steve MacDougall, Sandy MacPhail, Michelle Martinello
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EASTERN NOVA SCOTIA JUNIOR TOURNAMENT - 1976 RESULTS
Tennis Tournament Opens at Sydney Club / Eastern Zone Tourney - Truro Entries Unbeaten in Junior Play ~ Jim Florian, Ernie Semple, Pierre Cormier, Nancy Kezel, Mary Kennedy
1980
Cromarty Tennis Club
[Cromarty Kinsmen Tennis Club - Sydney Lawn Tennis Club - Sydney Tennis
Association]
The Cromarty Tennis Club was
incorporated on May 22, 1980
[Nova Scotia, Registry of
Joint Stock Companies - Registry ID: 1258600]
[Incorporated 1980-05-22 - Nova Scotia Registery of Joint Stock Companies ]
MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
OF
CROMARTY TENNIS CLUB1. The name of the Society is CROMARTY TENNIS CLUB.
2. The objects of the Society are:(a) To promote the sporty of tennis in the Cape Breton area.
(b) To provide tennis facilities, both playing and instructional in area of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
(c) To promote interest in all aspects of tennis activities in the Cape Breton area.
(d) To own, operate or lease all types of recreational facilities and equipment to be used in the promotion of tennis activities in the Cape Breton area.
(e) To carry on and organize such other functions in relation to the objects of the Society as may be deemed in the best interests of the Club by the Board of Directors.
(f) To acquire by way of grant, gift, purchase, bequest, devise or otherwise, real and personal property and to use and apply such property to the realization of the objects of the Society.
(g) To buy, own, hold, lease, mortgage, sell and convey such real and personal property as may be necessary or desirable in the carrying out the objects of the Society.PROVIDED that nothing herein contained shall permit the Society to carry on any trade, industry, or business and the Society shall be carried on without purpose of gain to any of the members and that any surplus of any accretions of the Society shall be used solely for the purposes of the Society and the promotion of its objects.
PROVIDED, further, that if for any reason the operations of the Society are terminated or are wound up, or are dissolved and there remains, at that time, after satisfaction of all its debts and liabilities, any property whatsoever, the same shall be paid to some other charitable organization in Canada, having objects similar to those of the Society.
3. The activities of the Society are to be carried on in the Province of Nova Scotia and more particularly but not exclusively, on the island of Cape Breton.
4. The Registered Office of the Society is:Cromarty Tennis Club
Cromarty Street
Sydney, N.S.We the several members whose names and addresses, and occupations are subscribed, desire to be formed into a Society, in pursuance of this Memorandum of Association.
Dated at Sydney, N.S. this 20th day of May A.D. 1980
NAMES
ADDRESSES OCCUPATIONS James W. G. MacDonald [Signature] 22 Ankerville St. Lawyer K. C. Haley [Signature] 169 Whitney Ave. Lawyer Gene Dowell [Signature] 24 Beechwood Cres. Engineer Becky Chaisson [Signature] 40 Ankerville St. Home Maker Roger Hill [Signature] 189 Park St. Syd Sales Manager
Witness to the above signatures:Dave Mac Auley [Signature]
of the City of Sydney in the
County of Cape Breton
Province of Nova Scotia
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We, the undersigned, the subscribers to the Memorandum of Association of Cromarty Tennis Club (Society), do hereby agree upon the attached By-Laws as being the By-Laws for the administration of the Society
DATED at Sydney, Nova Scotia this 20th day of May A.D. 1980.
NAMES |
ADDRESSES AND OCCUPATIONS. | |
1. James W. G. MacDonald [Signature] | 22 Ankerville St.
Lawyer |
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2. K. C. Haley [Signature] | 169 Whitney Ave.
Lawyer |
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3. Gene Dowell [Signature] | 24 Beechwood Cres.
Engineer |
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4. Becky Chaisson [Signature] | 40 Ankerville St.
Home Maker |
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5. Roger Hill [Signature] | 189 Park St. Syd
Sales Manager |
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BY-LAWS OF CROMARTY TENNIS CLUB
1. In these by-laws unless there be something in the subject or context inconsistent therewith
(a) "Society" means Cromarty Tennis Club.
(b) "Registrar" means the registrar of Joint Stock Companies appointed under the Nova Scotia Companies Act.
(c) “Special Resolution” means a resolution passed by not less than three-quarters of such members entitled to vote as are present in person or by proxy, where proxies are allowed, at a general meeting of which notice specifying the intention to propose the resolution as a special resolution has been duly given.
MEMBERSHIP.
2. The subscribers to the Memorandum of Association and such other persons as shall be admitted to membership in accordance to these by-laws, and none others, shall be members of the Society, and their names shall be entered in the Registry of Members accordingly.
3. For the purposes of registration, the number of members of the society is unlimited.
4. Every member of the Society shall be entitled to attend any meeting of the Society and to vote at any meeting of the Society and to hold any office, but there shall be no proxy voting.
5. Membership in the Society shall not be transferable.
6. The following shall be admitted to membership in the Society:(a) Any individual who contributes annually to the support of the Society not less than five dollars ($5.00).
7. No formal admission to membership shall be required and the entry in the Register of Members by the Secretary of the name and address of any organization or individual shall constitute an admission to membership in the Society.
8. Membership in the Society shall cease upon the death of a member, of if, by notice in writing to the Society, he resigns his membership, or if he ceases to qualify for membership in accordance with these by-laws.FISCAL YEAR
9. The fiscal year of the Society shall be the period from January 1 in any year to December 31 in the year next following.
MEETINGS
10.
(a) The ordinary or annual general meeting of the Society shall be held within three months after the end of each fiscal year of the Society.
(b) An extraordinary general meeting of the Society may be called by the Chairman or by the directors at any time, and shall be called by the Directors if requisitioned in writing by at least twenty-five per centum (25%) in number of the members of the Society.11. Three days' notice of a meeting, specifying the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in the case of special business, the nature of such business, shall be given to the members. Notice shall be given in writing and by sending it through the post in a prepaid letter addressed to each member at his last known address. Any notice shall be deemed to have been given at the time when the letter containing the same would be delivered in the ordinary course of post in providing such service it shall be sufficient to prove that the envelope containing the notice was properly addresses and placed in the post office. The non-receipt of any notice by any member shall not invalidate the proceedings at any general meeting.
12. At each ordinary or annual general meeting of the Society, the following items of business shall be dealt with and shall be deemed to be ordinary business:Minutes of preceding general Meeting;
Consideration of the annual report of the directors;
Consideration of the financial statements, including balance sheet and operating statement and the report of the auditors thereon;
Election of directors for the ensuing year;
Appointment of Auditors.All other business transacted at an ordinary or annual general meeting shall be deemed to be special business and all business shall be deemed special that is transacted at an extraordinary general meeting of the Society.
13. No business shall be conducted at any meeting of the Society unless a quorum of members is present at the commencement of such business and such quorum shall consist of five members.
14. If within one-half hour from the time appointed for the Meeting, a quorum of members is not present, the meeting, if convened upon the requisition of the members, shall be dissolved. In any other case, it shall stand adjourned to such time and place as a majority of the members then present shall direct and if at such adjourned meeting a quorum of members is not present, it shall be adjourned sine die.
15.(a) The President of the Society shall preside as Chairman at every general meeting of the Society.
(b) If there is no President or if at any meeting he is not present at the time of holding the same, the Vice-President shall preside as Chairman.
(c) If there is no President or Vice President or if at any meeting neither the President nor the Vice-President is present at the holding of the same, the members present shall choose someone of their number to be Chairman.16. The President shall have no vote except in the case of an equality of votes. In the case of an equality of votes, he shall have a casting vote.
17. The President may, with the consent of the meeting, adjourn any meeting from time to time and from place to place, but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting, other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place, unless notice of such new business is given to the members.
18. At any general meeting, unless a poll is demanded by at least three members, a declaration by the President that a resolution has been carried and an entry to that effect in the book of the proceedings of the Society shall be sufficient evidence of the fact, without proof of the number or proportion of the members recorded in favour of or against such resolution.
19. If a poll is demanded in manner aforesaid, the same shall be taken in such manner as the President may prescribe and the result of such poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the Society in general meeting.VOTES OF THE MEMBERS
20. Every member shall have one vote and no more.
DIRECTORS
21. Unless otherwise determined by general meeting, the number of directors shall not be less that five or more than fifteen. The subscribers to the Memorandum of Association of the Society shall be the first directors of the Society.
22. Any member of the Society shall be eligible to be elected a director of the Society.
23. Directors shall be elected by the members at each ordinary or annual general meeting of the Society.
24. The members shall elect as a director, a representative nominated by each of the organizations which support the work of the Society and the remaining directors shall be elected by the members from among their number.
25. At the first ordinary or annual general meeting of the Society and at every succeeding ordinary or annual general meeting, all the directors shall retire from office but shall hold office until the dissolution of the meeting at which their successors are elected and retiring directors shall be eligible for re-election.
26. In the event that a Director resigns his office or ceases to be a member of the Society, whereupon his office as director shall ipso facto be vacated, the vacancy thereby created may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors from among the members of the Society.
27. The Society may, by special resolution, remove any director before the expiration of the period of office and appoint another person in his stead. The person so appointed shall hold office during such time only as the director in whose place he is appointed would have held office if he had not been removed.
28. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held as often as the business of the Society may require and shall be called by the Secretary. A meeting of the directors may be held at the close of every ordinary or annual general meeting of the Society without notice. Notice of all other meetings, specifying the time and place thereof, shall be given either orally or in writing to each director within a reasonable time before the meeting is to take place, but non-receipt of such notice by any director shall not invalidate the proceedings at any meeting of the Board of Directors.
29. No business shall be transacted at any meeting of the Board of Directors unless at least one-third in number of the directors are present at the commencement of such business.
30. The President or, in his absence the Vice President or, in the absence of both of them, any director appointed from among those directors shall preside as Chairman at meetings of the Board.
31. The President shall be entitled to vote as a director and, in the case of an equality of votes, he shall have a casting vote in addition to the vote to which he is entitled as a director.POWERS OF DIRECTORS
32. The management of the activities of the Society shall be vested in the directors who, in addition to the powers and authorities of these by-laws or otherwise expressly conferred upon them, may exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Society and are not hereby or by Statute expressly directed or required to be exercised or done by the Society in general meeting. In particular, the directors shall have power to engage a co-ordinator and to determine his duties and responsibilities and his remuneration. The directors may appoint an executive committee, consisting of the officers and such other persons as the directors decide.
OFFICERS
33. The officers of the Society shall be a President, a Vice-President, a Treasurer and a Secretary. The offices of Treasurer and Secretary may be combined.
34. The directors shall elect one of their number to be President of the Society. The President shall have general supervision of the activities of the Society and shall perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors from time to time.
35. The directors may also elect from their numbers a Vice-President. The Vice President shall, at the request of the Board and subject to its directions, perform the duties of the President during the absence, illness or incapacity of the President, or during such period as the President may request him to do so.
36.(a) There shall be a secretary of the Society, who shall keep the minutes of the meetings of members and directors and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the Board. The Board shall appoint the Secretary and may also appoint a treasurer of the Society to carry out such duties as the Board may assign. If the directors think fit, the same person may hold both offices of secretary and treasurer.
(b) The directors may appoint a temporary substitute for the secretary who shall, for the purpose of these by-laws, be deemed to be the secretary.AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS
37. The auditor of the Society shall be appointed annually by the members of the Society at the ordinary or annual general meeting and, on failure of the members to appoint an auditor, the directors may do so.
38. The Society shall make a written report to the members as to the financial position of the Society and the report shall contain a balance sheet and operating account. The auditors shall make a written report to the members upon the balance sheet and operating account and, in every such report, he shall state whether, in his opinion, the balance sheet is a full and fair balance sheet containing the particulars required by the Society and properly drawn up so as to exhibit a true and correct view of the Society's affairs, and such report shall be read at the annual general meeting. A copy of the balance sheet, showing the general particulars of its liabilities and assets and a statement of its income and expenditure in the preceding year, audited by the auditor, shall be filed with the Registrar within fourteen days after the annual meeting in each year, as required by law.REPEAL AND AMENDMENT OF BY-LAWS
39. The Society has power to repeal or amend any of these by-laws by a Special resolution passed in the manner prescribed by law.
MISCELLANEOUS
40. The Society shall file with the Registrar with its Annual Statement a list of its directors with their addresses, occupations and dates of appointment or election, and within fourteen days of a change of directors, notify the Registrar of the change.
41. The Society shall file with the Registrar a copy in duplicate of every special resolution within fourteen days after the resolution is passed.
42. The seal of the Society shall be in the custody of the Secretary and may be affixed to any document upon resolution of the Board of Directors.
43. Preparation of minutes, custody of the books and records, and custody of the minutes of all the meetings of the society and of the Board of Directors shall be the responsibility of the Secretary.
44. The books and records of the Society may be inspected by any member at any reasonable time within two days prior to the annual general meeting at the registered office of the Society.
45. Contracts, deeds, bills of exchange and other instruments and documents may be executed on behalf of the Society by the President or the Vice-President and the Secretary, or otherwise as prescribed by resolution of the Board of Directors.
46. The borrowing powers of the Society may be executed by special resolution of the members.[Editors Note: These documents were stamped as received May 22, 1980, Office of Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, Nova Scotia.]
1985
Cromarty Tennis Club
[Cromarty Kinsmen Tennis Club - Sydney Lawn Tennis Club - Sydney Tennis
Association]
AUG 31 - SEPT 2 ... Cromarty Tennis Labour Day Tournament ...
Cape Breton's Magazine, 38 January 1985 - http://collections.mun.ca/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/cbu_mag&CISOPTR=2174&REC=1 See also 36, June, 1984; 39, June, 1985
1989
Cromarty Tennis Club
[Cromarty Kinsmen Tennis Club - Sydney Lawn Tennis Club - Sydney Tennis
Association]
S. Gordon Naish, a Fifty-Year Club member of CIM, died recently in his eight-ninth year ... He was an active member of the Cromarty Tennis Club as well as a 50-year member of the Sydney Rotary Club which awarded him a Paul Harris Fellowship ... (CIM Bulletin, Volume 82, 1989, p. 33)
1995
This Place hits an Ace ~
(Cape Breton Post, Saturday, June 24, 1995)
Text of the above Article -
"Cromarty tennis club carries tradition of fun"
1996
The picture below was taken in June
of 1996, at the official opening of our 4 new courts.
Pictured from left to right, with their titles in 1996, are Bill Buckland, Past President Cromarty Tennis Club, the Honourable Jay Abbass, Minister of Human Resources, Province of Nova Scotia, Trevor Rutherford, representing the Juniors of our club, Manning MacDonald, MLA for Cape Breton South, Clarence Prince, Deputy Mayor Cape Breton Regional Municipality, and Warren Kelly, past President Cromarty Tennis Club.
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1997
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CAPE BRETON OPEN - 1997 RESULTS
Andrew Oxner Wins Cape Breton Open (August 4, 1997) ~ Ken MacNeil, Joe MacDonald, Brian Schibler, Shannon Kennedy, Deanna MacAulay, Joanie McCorville, Kendra White, Norman Ross, Bill Buckland, John Miller, Mike Tobin, Ian Ross, Jamie Scribler
CUNARD NOVA SCOTIA OPEN - 1997 RESULTS
Cape Bretoners Winners in Halifax Tourney (August 17, 1997) ~ Bill Buckland, Brian Schibler , Deanna MacAulay
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UNKNOWN DATE FOR THE ARTICLE
1998
Bill Buckland ~ Love of tennis lasts a
lifetime
(Cape Breton Post, Tuesday, June 30, 1998)
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Text of the above Article "Love of tennis lasts a lifetime"
CAPE BRETON OPEN - 1998 RESULTS
Cape Breton Open Attracts Top Players (July 31 - August 1 and 2, 1998) ~ Brian Schibler, Mike Morse, Joe MacDonald, Robbie Kavanaugh, David Astephen, Deanna MacAulay, Shannon Kennedy, Eillen Brister, Bill Buckland, Norman Ross
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SEE ALSO: Retirees and Friends Tennis: 1997 - 1998
1999
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CLUB CLOSING TOURNAMENT - 1999
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MT&T OPEN - 1999 RESULTS
MacDougall Posts Upset at Open (Thursday, August 12, 1999) ~ Stephen MacDougall, Norman Ross, Bill Buckland, Glen Davis, Mark Steadman, Claire Rogers, Betty Farrell, Deanna MacAulay
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Tennis Players Advance in Open (August 14, 1999) ~ Glen Davis, Eileen Brister, Deanna MacAulay, Norman Ross, Bill Buckland, Mark Steadman, Betty Farrell, Claire Rogers
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Six Cape Bretoners Take Net Titles in Provincial Tourney (August 15, 1999) ~ Norman Ross, Glen Davis, Bill Buckland, Eileen Brister, Steve MacDougall, Andrew MacDougall
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PETER DURDLE MEMORIAL OPEN - 1999 RESULTS
Winners
Ladies Singles:
Deanna MacAulay def Eileen Brister 7-6, 6-1
Mens Singles:
Norman Ross def Darryl MacPherson 7-6, 6-2
Ladies Doubles:
Deanna MacAulay & Kendra White
def
Claire Rogers & Betty Farrell 6-3,6-3
Mens Doubles:
Robbie Kavanaugh & Malcie MacPhee
def
Darryl & Fulton MacPherson 6-7,6-0,7-5
Mixed Doubles:
Deanna MacAulay & Darryl MacPherson
def
Claire Rogers & Mark Steadman 1-6,6-1,7-6
This tournament was sponsored by Moosehead Breweries & Cleve's Sporting
Goods
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NOTE: Retirees and Friends Tennis: 1999 - 2005 (Pictures Not Available)
2000
Founding president of York dies
Dr. Murray Ross, 1936, Hon. '91, founding president of York University in 1960, died July 21, 2000 at age
90. He held the university's top post until he retired a decade later. Before that, he was a vice-president of the University of Toronto.A native of Sydney, N.S., he is remembered as a lively, enthusiastic man who played tennis well into his 80s. He wrote 12 books on education and community organizations. He was president of a task force on mental health for the Ontario Council of Health. He was predeceased by his wife of 53 years. He is survived by a son, Robert, and Susan Ross Shone '65.
http://openarchive.acadiau.ca/cdm/compoundobject/collection/AAB/id/1886/rec/3 - Acadian Bulletin, Vol. 85, No. 1, p. 14
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CAPE BRETON OPEN - 2000 RESULTS
Winning Return ~ (Cape Breton Post) - Deanna MacAulay, Kristen Gillis
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MT&T NOVA SCOTIA OPEN - 2000 RESULTS
Unseeded MacDougall Unbeaten at Provincials (Monday, August 28, 2000) ~ Steve MacDougall, Joe MacDonald, Daryl MacPherson, Donald MacNeil, Brett Keough, Peter Ross
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Trio of Masters Advance In Tennis Tourney (August 29, 2000) ~ Norman Ross, Bill Buckland, Peter Ross, Tom Poirier, Donald MacNeil, Mile MacNeil, Claire Rogers, Mark Steadman, Eileen Brister, Peter Ross, Doug Ross
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Sydney Duo mixes it up well (The Daily News, Tuesday, August 29, 2000) - Bill Buckland, Elleen Brister
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Former champions Weatherston, McFarlane to meet in semifinal (Herald, Wednesday, August 30, 2000) ~ Daryl MacPherson, Norman Ross
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Sydney Players Cop Teams Titles (September, 2000) ~ Bill Buckland, Eileen Brister, Stephen MacDougall, Andrew MacDougall, Brett Gardiner
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Sydney Players Do Well at Nova Scotia Open (September, 2000) ~ Andrew MacDougall, Brett Gardiner, Tyler MacIntyre, Stephen MacDougall, Bill Buckland, Eileen Brister
3 ~ Bill Buckland and Eileen Brister (Bill Buckland of Sydney won the 45 and over Master's Singles Championship at the Nova
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2 ~ Dr. Stephen MacDougall - (September, 2000) - Stephen and Andrew MacDougall won the Parent/Child tournament Championship at the MT&T Nova Scotia Open
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Cape Breton Tennis Players Receive Awards ~ 1 - Tyler MacIntyre, Brett Gardiner, Andrew MacDougall -
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SOBEY'S NOVA SCOTIA JUNIOR CLOSED - 2000 RESULTS
MacDougall Wins Tennis Crown ~
Andrew MacDougall, Brett Gardiner, Tyler MacIntyre-------------------
NOTE: Retirees and Friends Tennis: 1999 - 2005 (Pictures Not Available)