Nuns' Island Tennis Tournament hits the courts in July

In its sixteenth season already, the Nun’s Island Tennis Tournament is a friendly competition, open to all residents. This tournament, organized by the Stéphane Leblanc in collaboration with the Verdun borough, is a community event that hopes to bring together players of all levels in a fun and social environment.

This year the format has changed to allow more time between matches, each singles category starting on a Wednesday evening and continuing through the weekend, with the final scheduled for the following Monday evening. Similarly the doubles categories will be played from Wednesday to Monday, with daytime matches scheduled Saturday and Sunday.

Because of the growing popularity of the event and the steady increase in the island population every year, each singles category will be limited to thirty two participants and each doubles category to sixteen pairs. Starting things off is the Men’s Singles C level from July 11th to the 16th, followed by the Women’s Singles A and B level from July 25th to the 30th, and finally the Men’s Singles A and B level from August 22nd to 27th.

Doubles will start August 1st to 6th with the Women’s A and B level and the Men’s B level. Mix Doubles, both A and B level will be played from August 15th to the 20th and the season will end with a bang when the Men’s A level take the courts from August 29th to September 3rd.

He relies on the support of the community, including the numerous local businesses that generously sponsor the event, the enthusiastic participants and the great crowds who come out every year to cheer on their favourite players.

While this is a friendly competition, spectators over the years have never the less been entertained by some pretty spectacular matches. Leblanc looks forward to the start of the competition.

“I hope this year’s event will bring back all of the great players from last year but I’m also looking forward to new faces coming out and competing for the title!”

Whether you’re a player or just enjoy a fun and social atmosphere, the Nun’s Island Tennis Tournament is worth checking out. Information and registration is available at the Elgar Park tennis chalet or by calling 514.765.7267.

A 20$ registration fee applies for singles play and 25$ for singles and doubles.