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Cat Administrator Confederation of African TENNIS NEWS N° 69 / May - June – July 2009 Inside this Issue 1. Visit of CAT and ITF President to Tripoli – Libya 30 & 31 July 2009 2. ITF Annual General Meeting - Madrid 16 & 17 July 2009 3. Champions’ Dinner 2009 – Cara Black (ZIM) World Champion in Doubles 4. Africa and the new generation of Women’s Tennis 5. Officiating News in Africa 6. Coaches News & Play and Stay Courses in Africa. 7. ITF/CAT 12 & Under Circuits 2009 8. News from National Associations and Regions 9. Results of the African tournaments and Upcoming Events. 10. African Rankings Messrs Tarak Cherif CAT President and Francesco Ricci Bitti ITF President were received on Thursday 30th July 2009 by His Excellency, Dr. Mohamed Moammar Gaddafi, President of the High Committee of Sports in the Libyan Jamahiriya and the General Assembly of the Libyan National Olympic Committee. Visit of CAT & ITF Presidents to Tripoli – Libya 30 & 31 July 2009 Messrs Ricci Bitti and Cherif reçeived par Dr Mohamed Moammar Gaddafi On the invitation of Mr. Abdussalem Aweeti, President of the Libyan Arab Tennis and Squash Federation, Mr. Tarak Cherif and Mr. Francesco Ricci Bitti respectively Presidents of the Confederation of African Tennis (CAT) and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) had a two day visit in Tripoli in margin of the 3rd edition of Al Fatah ITF Junior Tournament held in Tripoli Messrs Cherif and Ricci Bitti were received on Thursday 30th July 2009 by His Excellency, Doctor Mohamed Moammar Gaddafi, President of the High Committee of Sports in the Libyan Jamahiriya and the General Assembly of the Libyan National Olympic Committee. Mr Tarak Chérif honored in the name of the CAT His Excellency Dr. Gaddafi by presenting him a recognition Trophy for his continuous support to the African sport in general and to the Libyan tennis in particular. Dr. Mohamed Gaddafi thanked the CAT and the ITF for their support and promised to bring more support from the Libyan Government to develop the Tennis infrastructure in his country in order to promote this sport by increasing the number of players, coaches, officials and events in the coming years. Mr Tarak Cherif honoured Dr Mohamed Gaddafi Meeting of Dr Gaddafi with ITF & CAT Presidents In margin of this visit, the CAT and ITF Presidents attended some ITF Junior matches, greeted the players and the Officials and paid some visits to historic sites in Sobrata (70 km of Tripoli), at the Libyan Olympic Academy where they were received by its Director Dr. Gritly; and at the Medical Athletics Centre of Tripoli. A press conference was organized at the LNOC headquarter on Friday 31st July followed by a sporting live TV Broadcast at the Libyan Television. The CAT President also honored Mr Mutah Kaiba, former CAT President, Mr. Abdessalem Aweeti, President of the Libyan Tennis Federation, Mr. Mohamed Laamari, President of the Libyan National Olympic Committee and Mr. Bechir Gantri, Director of Sports in Tripoli. Photo souvenir with Dr Gaddafi F. Ricci Bitti ITF President honoured T. Chérif CAT President honoured Mr. Abdussalem Aweeti thanked on his behalf and on all of his Staff, the ITF and the CAT Presidents for their visit in Tripoli and announced his readiness to accommodate other ITF Junior tournaments as well as the African Nations’ Cup in the coming years. The agreement was granted to him by Mr. Tarak Cherif. Photos Gallery: Photos : Hichem Riani ITF Annual General Meeting Madrid 16 & 17 July 2009 More than 300 delegates, partners and staff from 96 nations attended the 2009 ITF Annual General Meeting held on 16 and 17 July 2009 in Madrid, and hosted by the Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET). The ITF Annual General Meeting has elected a new Board of Directors to serve from 2009 to 2011 composed by 12 members: Lucy Garvin(USA) – 319 votes; Juan Margets (ESP) – 311 votes ; Geoff Pollard (AUS) – 302 votes; Jacques Dupré (FRA) – 296 votes; Stuart Smith (GBR) – 292 votes ; Anil Khanna (IND) – 290 votes ; Roman Murashovsky (RUS) – 248 votes; George Von Waldenfels (GER) – 243 votes ; Ismail El Shafei (EGY) – 243 votes ; Franklin Johnson (USA) – 239 votes; Jack Graham (CAN) – 236 votes ; Chris Kypriotis (BRA) – 222. Mr. David Jude (GBR) was confirmed as ITF Honorary Treasurer. Mr Tarak Cherif, CAT President and also candidate for the ITF Board has received 232 votes, and was ranked 12th getting 10 votes more than Mr. Chris Kypriotis (BRA), ranked 13th whom replaced Mr Cherif unfortunately not elected at the new ITF Board based on the Article 21 (iv) (c) considering the representation of the South American region at the ITF Board. The meeting has approved important changes to Davis Cup and Fed Cup regulations, approved an increase in shares for six nations, while three nations were approved for transfer to Class B membership, including Kenya and Zambia from Africa and three admitted as Class C members including Chad. The ITF also bestowed 12 awards for Services to the Game to people who have made outstanding contributions to the game. Mr. Akhtar Toorawa (MRI), CAT Vice President was nominated for an award. The AGM voted a change to its Constitution to increase ITF Board of Directors from 12 to 13 members (in addition to the President) from the 2011 Annual General Meeting. Two important changes to Davis Cup regulations, approved by the AGM, were an amendment to the requirements to host a Davis Cup Final that narrows the choice by the host nation to major cities as well as the reconfiguration of the Europe/Africa Zone below Group II into Europe Group III and Africa Group III. Photo: Hichem Riani Around the AGM CAT Meeting Madrid 16 July 2009 Following the ITF AGM, the CAT organized its periodical meeting on the 16th of July 2009 from 9:00 to 11:00 gathering all African delegates whom attended the ITF AGM. We have registered the attendance of the following African delegates and officials: Mr. Tarak Cherif (CAT President), Mr. Johann Koorts (RSA), Mr. Abdelhalim Azzi (ALG), Mr. Mehrez Boussayene (TUN), Mrs. Israa El Sanhoury (EGY), Mr. Abdurahman Mohamed (ETH), Mr. Sani Ndanusa & Mr. Chuka Momah (NIG), Mr Houmed Houssein (DJI), Mr. Issa Mboup & Mr. Layti Ndiaye (SEN), Mr. Georges N’Goan (VIV), Mr. Mukhtar Krewi (LBA), Mr. Germain Ickonga Akindou (CGO), Mr Matias Castro das Silva & Joao Nogueira (ANG), Mr Nelson Amanze (BOT), Mr. Islam El Sanhoury (SUD), Mr. Mohamed Oumar Traore (MAL), Mr. Jean Claude Talon (BEN), Mr. Fouad Mejjati Alami & Mr. Khalid Outaleb (MAR), Mr. Liberat Hicintuka (BUR), Mr. Ismail El Shafei (EGY – ITF), Mr. Hichem Riani (CAT General Manager) and Mr. Frank Couraud (ITF Development). Mr. Francesco Ricci Bitti, ITF President, Mr. Juan Margets, ITF Vice President and Mr. Dave Miley ITF Executive Director of Development have also attended a part of the meeting. Several subjects were discussed during the meeting such as: *Discussion with the ITF President & Vice President about matters concerning the African Tennis. * CAN 2009, AJC 2010 and the 14 & Under African Circuit 2009. * Juniors Team events in Africa. * Finance situation of CAT and Affiliation & membership of African National Associations. Majority of the African Delegates around the CAT President Photo: Hichem Riani Meeting ITF and Presidents of the Regional Associations 15 July 2009 The ITF President and Executive Vice President have met on Wednesday 15 July 2009 from 17:00 to 18:30 with the Presidents of the six Regional Associations with the attendance of the ITF Executive Director of Development and the General Managers of the Regional Associations. Following the Welcome and Speech of Mr. Francesco Ricci Bitti, the Presidents of each Regional Associations have presented a brief reports about their activities. Several matters were discussed during that meeting including, the approval of the Minutes of the last Meeting held in Moscow on 11 June 2008, Issues relating to the AGM 2009 and several other Business. Presidents of the Regional Associations around Francesco Ricci Bitti Photo: Hichem Riani Photos Gallery: Africans around the Davis Cup Trophy H. Azzi (ALG) – H. Houssein (DJI) – I. Mboup (SEN) H. Riani (CAT G.M) & Cl. Sharma (ATF G..M) J. Koorts (RSA) – K. Outaleb (MAR) & T. Cherif African Delegates at the Bernabeu - Madrid Regional Associations’ Meeting The Bernabeu – FRET Cocktail ITF Award 2009 African Delegates & Partners T. Cherif – A. Mohammed & I. El Sanhoury Halim Azzi & Frank Couraud Hichem Riani & Nelson Amanze (BOT) Photos: Hichem Riani Champions’ Dinner 2009 Cara Black (ZIM) World Women’s Doubles Champion Honoured With Roland Garros well underway, the tennis family has gathered once again for the ITF World Champions Dinner on Tuesday 2 June, at the Pavillon d’Armenonville in Paris to celebrate the achievements of the 2008 ITF World Champions. This year’s recipients are Singles Champions Rafael Nadal (ESP) and Jelena Jankovic (SRB); Doubles Champions Daniel Nestor (CAN) and Nenad Zimonjic (SRB), and Cara Black (ZIM) and Liezel Huber (USA / RSA); Junior Champions Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) and Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA); and Wheelchair Champions Shingo Kunieda (JPN) and Esther Vergeer (NED). ITF President Francesco Ricci Bitti has also presented the Philippe Chatrier Award, to tennis legend Martina Navratilova. Once again, the African player Cara Black from Zimbabwe is between the laureates. Congratulations Cara. All Laureates 2008 Cara Black (ZIM) with Mr. Tarak Cherif Photos: Hichem Riani Africa and the new generation of Women’s Tennis By a far past, Africa had produced a certain number of female players who were distinguished during the African Juniors Championships and who reached an international high level, following the example of Cara Black (ZIM - 30 years old), Selima Sfar (TUN - 32 years old), Dally Randrianteffy (MAD - 32 years old), Bahia Mouhtassine (MAR - 30 years old) and Surina De Beer (RSA - 31 years old) and who belonged to the same generation reaching an international high level.
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