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WELCOME & BIENVENUE CONTENTS Tennis Canada and your host Clubs welcome you to the 2019 Steve Stevens Senior National Tennis Championships! We hope you get the opportunity to meet new friends and become re-acquainted with old ones. Feed-In Consolation policy for 2019 ...............................2 WELCOME & BIENVENUE ............................................... 2 If you are visiting our beautiful city, we hope you have some time to Welcome Letter Bayview Golf & Country Club ..............4 explore what Toronto has to offer! Welcome Letter Donalda Club ........................................5 We wish you an enjoyable and successful tournament. Welcome Letter Granite Club .........................................6 Welcome Letter Toronto Cricket Skating & Curling Club 7 Welcome Letter Toronto Lawn Tennis Club ..................8 FEED-IN CONSOLATION POLICY FOR 2019 Official Hotels & Social Functions ...................................9 Facilities & Services-Bayview ........................................10 All players who have lost a singles match in the Main Draw MUST Facilities & Services-Donalda .......................................11 INDICATE TO THE TOURNAMENT DESK THAT THEY WISH TO Facilities & Services-Granite .........................................12 PARTICIPATE IN THE FEED-IN CONSOLATION SINGLES DRAW for that Facilities & Services-Toronto Skating and Curling Club . 13 event. If you do not communicate to the tournament desk that you Facilities & Services-The Toronto Lawn Tennis Club .....14 want to play, you will NOT be included in the consolation draw. Location & Transportation If you decide to not participate, please communicate this as well, with a Bayview Golf & Country Club .......................................15 reason for your decision. All matches up to and including the semi-finals Location & Transportation will provide an opportunity for the losers of those matches to continue Toronto Lawn Tennis Club .............................................16 and play at least one more match. Location & Transportation VIEW DAILY TOURNAMENT DRAWS: Donalda Club ................................................................ 17 http://tc.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament?id=98863981- Location & Transportation E0D7-4F72-937A-29FB3A94BFE6 Granite Club.................................................................. 18 SCHEDULE: Any questions re match times should be directed to the Location & Transportation tournament referee Alison Dias. [email protected] Match times are Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club .....................19 final and cannot be altered. Acknowledgements ...................................................... 20 RAIN DELAY: in case of rain, do not assume that you are not playing as we have access to indoor courts and he information will be posted on the front page of the tournament website. WELCOME LETTER WELCOME LETTER BAYVIEW GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB DONALDA CLUB August 18, 2019 To the Participants at the 2019 Senior Nationals: On behalf of our staff and membership, I would like to welcome all our visitors, both local and from across Canada, to Donalda Club and to this year’s Senior Nationals. Thank you for participating in one of Canada's most prestigious Senior Tennis events. We are proud to be hosting this tournament and wish all participants an enjoyable and successful competition. I am sure you will enjoy our beautiful city of Toronto and the friendly and relaxed atmosphere of our Club. I am pleased to provide the following information to make your stay more enjoyable: Facilities • Participants are welcome to use the Club's Fitness Centre for warm up purposes. Please be advised that no tennis shoes are to be worn in the fitness room. • Players may use the locker room but must check in each day with the locker room attendant to be directed to a guest locker area; locker room towels are provided for use in the shower facilities only. All gym bags and tennis gear are required to be stored in lockers (or in your car), not in any other area of the Clubhouse and not in any of the dining areas or cloakrooms. • Players and visitors are welcome to enjoy all our Food and Beverage venues. • We have a limited number of parking spaces and participants are welcome to use them. • Practice courts are available day by day depending on availability. These practice courts will be bookable one day in advance, in half hour increments through the Tournament Desk. Important Club rules to be followed by all participants: • Dress Code: Players must be attired in appropriate tennis clothing that is predominantly white. Each article of visible clothing may not have more than 15% colour. This includes hats and warm up suits; coloured shoes are permitted. Shoes worn on the clay courts are not permitted in the fitness room. • Cell phone use and hats are prohibited anywhere within the Clubhouse. • Smoking anywhere on Club property is not permitted. • Tennis equipment and bags are not permitted in the Club food and beverage venues. If you have any questions, please contact our Tennis Office at 416-447-4491 or [email protected] Enjoy your week, and best of luck to all participants! Grace Lennon General Manager WELCOME LETTER WELCOME LETTER GRANITE CLUB TORONTO SKATING AND CURLING CLUB August 2019 Dear Participants, It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Granite Club. We are looking forward to co-hosting the 2019 Steve Stevens Tennis Senior Nationals with the Toronto Lawn, Bayview Golf and Country Club, Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling The Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club is proud to welcome all players that are competing in Club and the Donalda Club. Below you will find information about the Granite Club to help make the tournament and the 2019 Steve Stevens Senior Nationals. Our Tennis Professionals are here to make this your visit with us, that much more pleasant. tournament as enjoyable and memorable as possible. To help familiarize you with the Club as much as possible. Please see below for some useful information: Dress Code for Tennis Courts White Clothing only is to be worn, except for ten percent colour trim per visible garment, hats and warm-ups. Shoes must have soles appropriate for clay courts. Male players may not wear sleeveless shirts. Players must wear proper Lockers tennis attire. No color restrictions for shoes. Lockers will be provided for all competitors. Please see Reception upon arrival and they will provide you with a locker number as well as the locker code. Cell Phone Policy st Cell phones are permitted to be used in designated areas of club. (Glassed area on 1 floor and south staircase) Parking Pay parking is available at the Club. To pay, please make your way to the Club and you will notice Parking Parking is available at the Club at no charge. a parking meter. Restaurants Food and Beverage There are 4 food and beverage outlets open to the players and guests at the Granite Club: You can order food or drinks at the Club using your credit card or by signing a chit if you are a Intersections (casual dress permitted) located on the 2nd Floor reciprocal member. You are welcome to sit inside or enjoy our great patio downstairs or upstairs. Terrace (casual dress permitted) located on the 1st Floor Bistro (casual dress permitted) located on the 1st Floor Granite Dining Room (business casual dress only) located on the 1st Floor Pro-Shop Accepted Payment for all Restaurants: Reciprocal Club numbers, Visa, Mastercard and AMEX Our Pro-Shop is open at 10:00 am on weekdays and 9:00 am on the weekends. You can purchase clothing, accessories and have your racquet strung on the same day, or for next day pickup. Facilities Credit card is accepted. Participants, registered to play at the Granite Club, are more than welcome to utilize the Fitness area, for a small guest fee, along with the Salon/Barbershop and our Active Therapy Clinic (Massage, Chiropractor and Physiotherapy). Guests of players are welcome to come and view matches but do not have access to fitness, salon, or Active therapy. Towels Towels are located just before you make your way to the courts Pro Shop rd Granite Gear is located on the 3 Floor, in the Racquets Lounge. Credit cards and Reciprocal Club numbers are Attire permitted, cash is not accepted. Players must wear proper attire. All white clothing is mandatory, but shoes can be coloured. *Players will be given a temporary membership number once credit card details have been taken and use that number within the club. Credit Cards and Reciprocal Club numbers can be used everywhere. Cell Phone Use Cell phone use is allowed in designated areas only that will be labelled with signage. Good luck to all and we looks forward to seeing you! We look forward to this tournament and many more to come. Timm Fisher Head Tennis Professional Chris Gostek Head Tennis Professional Granite Club * 2350 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M2L 1E4 6 TEL: 416-449-8713 * FAX: 416-445-0838 * WEBSITE: www.graniteclub.com 7 WELCOME LETTER TORONTO LAWN TENNIS CLUB OFFICIAL HOTELS AND SOCIAL FUNCTIONS Hotels Courtyard Toronto Downtown Hotel 475 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON M4Y 1X7 Tel: 416-924-0611 The Toronto Lawn Tennis Club is proud to co-host the 2019 Steve Stevens Senior Nationals. We have a storied history of hosting National Championships, Davis Cup and Fed Cup ties, as well as Canadian Opens. Westin Prince Hotel We hope you enjoy your week at ‘The Lawn’. Our staff will do everything they can to help you have a 900 York Mills Road, Toronto, ON M3B 3H2 positive experience during your week of competition. Here is some helpful information to help make Tel: 416-444-2511 your stay more enjoyable. Parking Welcome BBQ The club will endeavor to provide parking for as many participants as possible. However, there may be times when our limited parking facility is full. If so, there is street parking, as well as a Green P parking lot immediately southwest of the club. Donalda Club Dress Code 12 Bushbury Drive, Toronto, ON M3A 2Z7 The Toronto Lawn Tennis Club has a strict all white dress code requiring all competitors to wear tennis Cash Bar starting at 6:30pm BBQ: 7:00pm -9:30pm whites with a maximum of 10 percent coloured trim per garment.