Editor:
To those members who are unaware, our little Ladner Tennis Club of 85 members achieved a significant milestone this summer.
For the first time in our club’s 48-year history, we fielded two men’s league teams in the C1 and B2 Lower Mainland divisions, with the C1s finishing 8th out of 11 teams, and the B2s actually winning their division! What makes this special is both teams managed impressive first seasons by finishing ahead of much larger clubs, including our Delta rivals Tsawwassen (in C1) and Sunshine Hills (in B2).
Kudos to the current LTC board for enabling Ray King, Gary Porter, Ray Mah and Matt Barker to organize and captain their respective teams over several weekends of competition. Their volunteer commitments of time and effort are to be commended.
We should also recognize that none of this was possible without the efforts of prior LTC boards. In 2015/16 Frank Gauvin, Brad Danyluk, JJ Arignon and our current president, Denise Reid made a two-year pitch to the City of Delta to have our deteriorated courts seriously upgraded, with the idea of one day perhaps fielding a proper league team, or even teams.
The pitch worked! We are now part of Tennis BC ’s Lower Mainland league family, and we all get to enjoy a beautiful facility. As the LTC grows, it would be great to add a women’s team to the mix next season!
Gary Porter
