Vancouver International Pride Tournament
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General Information
Vancouver International Pride (VIP) Tournament is an annual GLTA (Gay Lesbian Tennis Alliance) tennis tournament held in Stanley Park over Vancouver Pride weekend. This fun tennis tournament provides an open, safe and inclusive space for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, and attracts a roster of international players of various skill levels.
This tournament is open to the public. Registration for VIP Tournament is done through the GLTA website will open on April 23 at 10am.
Dates
2024
August 3-5
2025
August 2-4 (TBC)
Location
Vancouver, BC
Stanley Park Tennis Courts
2023 Pricing
$140CAD
(+$35 for second event)
2024 pricing TBC
The Location
Stanley Park Tennis Courts
Vancouver, BC, Canada
8901 Stanley Park Dr.
Stanley Park is a world-renowned park and tourist attraction containing 400 hectares of natural West Coast rainforest nestled near the center of the city with views of water and mountains. Home to kilometres of trails, beautiful beaches, local wildlife, great eats, and natural, cultural and historical landmarks.
The courts are nestled within Stanley Park, adjacent to Stanley Park Restaurant and Brewpub.
Event Outline
Subject to change – the finalized schedule and further details will be shared with all tournament participants (Friday is not mandatory if travel makes attendance difficult).
Fri
Player Registration
Welcome Party
Welcome Party
Sat
Singles/Doubles Matches
Lunch provided
Lunch provided
Sun
Singles/Doubles Matches continue
Consolation Matches
Lunch provided
Pride Parade
Tournament Banquet
Consolation Matches
Lunch provided
Pride Parade
Tournament Banquet
Mon
BC Day Statutory Holiday
Finals
Trophy Presentations
Finals
Trophy Presentations
2023 Tournament Team
Our tournament is run completely by the kindness of volunteers. If you have any questions or concerns about the tournament, reach out to our volunteers.
Jeffrey Hernaez
Tournament Co-Director
president@vtatennis.ca
JR Hammond
Tournament Co-Director & Treasurer
treasurer@vtatennis.ca
Joel Harnest
Sponsorships
vicepresident@vtatennis.ca
Damian Jolley
Communications & Social Media
communications@vtatennis.ca
Brian Oentoro
Sponsorships
Hans Martin
Photographer
Pom Klomjaroon
Social Media
Trisha Aggarwal
Social Media
Additional Volunteers
- Bob Charlton
- Brent Ehrlich
- Brian Oentoro
- Bryce Burns
- Christopher Wanjoff
- Daniel Ou
- Doug MacDonald
- Fanny Chu
- Grant Prestedge
- Hiro Kensei
- Jay MacDonald
- Janet Jang
- Paul-Emile d’Entremont
- Paul Wiens
- Richard Woloshen
- Ron Jacobsen
- Ron Pascoe
Registration
Registration for VIP Tournament is done through the GLTA website.
Registration is expected to open May/April and will be posted here when available.
We can’t wait to see you!
Registration Opens
TBC, 2024
FAQs
Why should I attend the tournament?
VIP Tournament occurs on Vancouver’s biggest weekends of the year – it is the best weekend in the best time of year to visit our stunning city.
Vancouver Pride falls on the same weekend as the tournament, with countless queer festivities, parties, and events. Vancouver is buzzing with activity and things to do, and usually gorgeous weather with a temperature high/low of 22/14°C (or 72/57°F) – perfect for tennis.
Our tournament takes place on scenic courts in Stanley Park, just a few minute’s walk from English Bay Beach, Denman Street and Davie Street Village (Vancouver’s ‘gayborhood’ 😉).
For 2023, the VIP tournament has been selected as part of the GLTA Masters Series Tournaments. Playing at a Masters Series tournaments is an opportunity for players to earn double championship points.
Also, we think you’re cute. Hope to see you there!
When does registration open?
Registration is expected to open in April/May each year and will be posted here when available. To stay up to date make sure to subscribe to email updates.
Registration and payment for VIP Tournament is done through the GLTA website.
What are your accommodation recommendations?
The weekend of the tournament is one of the busiest weekends in Vancouver. It is a long weekend and Vancouver Pride – and the perfect time time to visit our fine city.
With that in mind, we recommend you book accommodation as early as possible. Some of the local Vancouver players may offer to host traveling VIP players – we suggest checking the VTA Facebook Group.
The closer you stay to downtown Vancouver and Stanley Park the easier it will be for you to get to the tournament (and other festivities); but the city has a great public transportation system if you explore accommodation options a bit further away like our neighbouring cities of Burnaby, New Westminster, Richmond and North Vancouver.
Who can play in the tournament?
This fun tennis tournament provides an open, safe and inclusive space for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community from both Vancouver, across Canada, the USA, and even some international guests.
Our tournament has several divisions: OPEN, A, B, C, and D (about divisions). There are no separate gendered divisions – everyone is encouraged to participate!
We have players travelling and returning year after year to play in our tournament because of the fun and friendly nature of the event.
Have questions?
If you have any questions or want more information about the tournament please contact the volunteer VTA Tournament Director: tournaments@vtatennis.ca
Sponsors
Thank you to all of our sponsors who help make this tournament possible.
T-Shirt Sponsor
Great West Graphics
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Sponsors
Read the history of the VIP Tournament
The Vancouver International Pride (VIP) tournament was first held in 2000, but is tied to the roots of the VTA in 1991. Gay Games III were held in Vancouver in 1990, by far the largest international LGBTQ+ sporting event in the world to that point. Hollywood actor Bud Foley was tournament director with co-chair Jeannette Moran, for a tennis competition that featured over 1000 players. The worldwide impact of that tournament was significant and as a result, and drawing on a number of existing lesbian and gay tournaments in the US, the Gay and Lesbian Tennis Alliance (GLTA) was formed in 1991 in San Diego to develop a circuit of LGBTQ+ friendly tennis tournaments, that has become international.
That same year of 1991, Harry Mugford and Sean Lung gathered some existing Vancouver LGBTQ+ players and formed the VTA with Bud Foley as the first member. The club grew gradually. Joe Crowell became the third president (1993) with the stated intention of having the VTA join the GLTA. Joe served on the board as the GLTA rep for another seven years, working toward the creation of the VIP. Finally in 2000, the club was ready and sanctioning from the GLTA was secured. Barron McConnachie volunteered for the tournament coordinator role and worked hard leading a committee to bring about the first VIP, which included 148 players, the largest to date – until 2022 with 153 attendees.
The tournament is held each year during the Vancouver Pride festivities, typically the first weekend of August. In 2023 the VIP tournament was selected by the GLTA to be part of the Masters Series.
View past results
2023
A Singles: Nicholas Aguirre
B 40+ Singles: Arturo Samaniego
B Singles: Sijia Liu
C Singles: Wally Ye
D Singles: Jason Chapin
Open Singles: Kyle Swain
A Doubles: Nicholas Aguirre & Arturo Samaniego
B Doubles: Colin Li & Marc Richard
C Doubles: Jr Hammond & Jeffrey Hernaez
D Doubles: Jason Chapin & Erik Peterson
Open Doubles: Adrian Garcia & Kyle Swain
2022
A Singles: Spenser Phelan
B Singles: Ian Guenther
C Singles: Dayton Skei
D Singles: Martin Zhu
Open Singles: Alan Israel Noriega
A Doubles: Brian Bella & Colleen Shaw
B Doubles: Scott Itano & Adam Vavrek
C Doubles: Sofiya Pylypenko & Dayton Skei
D Doubles: Aaron Barrett & Victor Couto Campos
Open Doubles: Scott Crabtree & Krystyan Kammeron Lazarin
2021
Open Singles: C. Koo
Open Doubles: D. Ou/S. Rogerson
A Singles: P. Klomjaroon
A Doubles: D. Louko/M. Scholz
B Singles: L. Pilleri
B Doubles: J. Finlay/P. Wiens
C Singles: B. Kirkhope
C Doubles: C. Li/M. Richard
D Singles J. Cobham
2020
Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019
2019
2017
2016
Men’s Open Singles: Kevin Tsay
Men’s Open Doubles: Brian Bella & Gorman Leung
Men’s A Singles: Cornel Van West
Men’s A Doubles: Daniel Louko & Michael Scholz
Men’s B Singles: Michael Callangan
Men’s B Doubles: Carmine DiGiovanni & Chris Westcott
Men’s C Singles: Thomas Bodnar
Men’s C Doubles: Thomas Bodnar & Rick Paradis
Men’s D Singles: Lance Wen
Women’s Singles: Alexia Georgoussis
Women’s Doubles Round Robin: Sally Shamai
2015
Men’s Open Singles: Don Koo
Men’s Open Doubles: Bryan Chung & Don Koo
Men’s A Singles: Brian Bella
Men’s A Doubles: Bryce Burns & Bryan Chung
Men’s B Singles: Sean Rose
Men’s B Doubles: Jason Herrera & James Thompson
Men’s C Singles: Michael Brown
Men’s C Doubles: Herb DaSilva & Roger Merkosky
Men’s D Singles: Katherine Chow
2014
Men’s Open Singles: Collin Koo
Men’s Open Doubles: Brian Bella & Collin Koo
Men’s A Singles: Marc Ramus
Men’s A Doubles: Wes Hawrysh & Michael Henson
Men’s B Singles: Jody Watt
Men’s B Doubles: Doug MacDonald & Jody Watt
Men’s C Singles: Kurt Wong
Men’s C Doubles: Bill Eubank & Kurt Wong
Men’s D Singles: Garrett Cheung
2013
Men’s Open Singles: Collin Koo
Men’s Open Doubles: Brian Bella & Collin Koo
Men’s A Singles: Pete Dinh
Men’s A Doubles: Otto Chan & Don Koo
Men’s B Singles: Peter Liang
Men’s B Doubles: Eugene Cheng & Chris Westcott
Men’s C Singles: Tim Meksavanh
Men’s C Doubles: Alexander Jones & Tim Meksavanh
Men’s D Singles: Michael Brain
Women’s A/B Singles: Katherine Kadler
Women’s A/B Doubles: Evangeline Johnson & Coralie Tripier
2012
Men’s Open Singles: Ian Harvey
Men’s A Singles: James Morgan
Men’s A Doubles: Wes Hawrysh & Ted Romero
Men’s B Singles: Bao Ong
Men’s B Doubles: Michael Delao & Jamie Ferguson
Men’s C Singles: Randy Christensen
Men’s C Doubles: Ben Clermont & Peter Liang
Men’s C 50+ Singles: Ray Duenez
Men’s D Singles: Gregory Pac
Men’s D Doubles: Brant Amos & Dennis McGlothin
2011 Out Games
2011’s VIP was combined with the North American OutGames. 120 players competed at Stanley Park and Queen Elizabeth Park over 4 days.
Men’s Open Singles: Ian Harvey
Men’s Open Doubles: Trevor Richards & Kevin Tam
Men’s A Singles: Martin Knopp
Men’s A Doubles: Martin Knopp & Ron Pascoe
Men’s B Singles: John Sinforiano
Men’s B Doubles: Khai Ong & Jody Watt
Men’s C Singles: Ray Duenez
Men’s C Doubles: Paul Atkinson & Jorge Calderon
Men’s D Singles: Paul Wiens
Men’s D Doubles: David Fletcher & Ryan Resch
Women’s B Singles: Katherine Kadler
Women’s C Singles: Hiroko Konishi
Women’s C Doubles: Evangeline Johnson & Hiroko Konishi
Mixed A Doubles: Ann Lydon & Terence Little
Mixed B Doubles: Hiroko Konishi & Wallen Chang-Hong
Mixed C Doubles: Sonya Jaquez Lewis & Michel Alsharidah
2010
Men’s A Singles: Daniel Louko
Men’s A Doubles: Brian Lai & Daniel Louko
Men’s B Singles: Wes Hawrysh
Men’s B Doubles: Tim Crowell & Ryan Wong
Men’s C Singles: Julius Isidro
Men’s C Doubles: Hau Truong & Loi Truong
Men’s D Singles: Brian Huang
Men’s D Doubles: Ryan Resch & Matthew Taylor
Women’s Doubles: Claudia Diorio & Frances Murphy
Mixed B/C Doubles: Frances Murphy & Marlon Marcial
2009
Men’s Open Singles: Quynh Le
Men’s Open Doubles: Collin Koo & Quynh Le
Men’s A Singles: Terence Little
Men’s A Doubles: Ricky Cosby & Eric Wang
Men’s B Singles: Chris Westcott
Men’s B Doubles: Charles Friesen & Chris Westcott
Men’s C Singles: Jorge Calderon
Men’s C Doubles: Chris Goldsmith & Bertram Johnson
Men’s D Singles: Brent Tom
Men’s D Doubles: Patrick Forseille & Daryl Kochan
Women’s B Singles: Julie Carlsten
Mixed B Doubles: Josie Vu & Jared Lewis
Mixed D Doubles: Ann Dowdell & David Woods
2008
Men’s A Singles: Daniel Louko
Men’s A Doubles: Kirby Leong & Daniel Louko
Men’s B Singles: Tien Le
Men’s B Doubles: Charles Friesen & Chris Westcott
Men’s C Singles: Ben Clermont
Men’s C Doubles: Michel Alsharidah & Herb DaSilva
Men’s D Singles: Hau Truong
2007
Men’s Open Singles: Trevor Richards
Men’s Open Doubles: Collin Koo & Trevor Richards
Men’s A Singles: Paul Keith
Men’s A Doubles: Mitch Cockrum & Mike Grable
Men’s B Singles: Jonathan White
Men’s B Doubles: Louis Chang & Kevin O’Brien
Men’s C Singles: Ekko Jirapongpan
Men’s C Doubles: Bruce Choy & Ekko Jirapongpan
Men’s D Singles: Brien O’Brien
Men’s D Doubles: David Eisenbud & Brien O’Brien
Women’s B Singles: Julie Carlsten
2006
Not held due to World OutGames
2005
Men’s A Singles: Jeff Worthington
Men’s A Doubles: Jeff Worthington & Toni Phan-LeBlanc
Men’s B Singles: Wes Hawrysh
Men’s B Doubles: Wes Hawrysh & Barron McConnachie
Men’s C Singles: Bud Foley
Men’s C Doubles: Bruce Choy & Bud Foley
Men’s D Singles: Rick Paradis
Men’s D Doubles: Rick Paradis & John Wood
Women’s Singles: Agueda Sanchez
Women’s Doubles: Renata Bura & Frances Murphy
2004
Men’s Open Singles: Collin Koo
Men’s Open Doubles: Brian Bella & Brian Sinclair
Men’s A Singles: Ted Romero
Men’s A Doubles: Kyle Anderson & Terry Kirk
Men’s B Singles: John Vermeulen
Men’s B Doubles: Albert Barlucea & Doug MacDonald
Men’s C Singles: Eugene Cheng
Men’s C Doubles: Glen Baird & Vincent Centeno
Men’s D Singles: Joseph Damaso
Men’s D Doubles: Joseph Damaso & Peter Silin
Women’s Singles: Sally Shamai
Women’s Doubles: Kim Bauske & Pat Solberg
2003
Men’s Open Singles: Collin Koo
Men’s Open Doubles: Brian Bella & Brian Sinclair
Men’s A Singles: Mark Dinh
Men’s A Doubles: Ricardo Raudes & Shawn Snook
Men’s B Singles: Alan Liu
Men’s B Doubles: Kevin Gillard & Jody Watt
Men’s C Singles: Chris Westcott
Men’s C Doubles: Mike Safino & Kent Taylor
Men’s D Singles: Eric Liaw
Men’s D Doubles: Eugene Cheng & Eric Liaw
Women’s B Singles: Donna Allaby
Women’s B Doubles: Colleen Berry & Calli O’Brien
Women’s C Singles: Zaiba Kahn
Women’s C Doubles: Zaiba Kahn & Sally Shamai
Women’s D Singles: Leslie Kennedy
Women’s D Doubles: Valerie DiCapita & Leslie Kennedy
Mixed B Doubles: Donna Allaby & Kevin Gillard
Mixed C Doubles: Leslie Kennedy & Khai Ong
2002
Men’s Open Singles: Brian Sinclair
Men’s Open Doubles: Collin Koo & Kirby Leong
Men’s A Singles: Glenn Maarse
Men’s A Doubles: Chuck Pecka & John Wilson
Men’s B Singles: Thomas Lee
Men’s B Doubles: Angel Almanza & Brian Duck
Men’s C Singles: David Sauve
Men’s C Doubles: James Millar & Bo Rose
Men’s D Singles: Glen Baird
2001
Men’s Open Singles: Matin Bahadori
Men’s Open Doubles: Daniel Louko & Michael Scholz
Men’s A Singles: Todd Quesnel
Men’s A Doubles: Tom Pogue & Michael Price
Men’s B Singles: John Finlay
Men’s B Doubles: Stephen Champion & Steve Froling
Men’s C Singles: Jose Palisoc
Men’s C Doubles: Jose Palisoc & Ken MacDonald
Men’s D Singles: Keith Wood
Men’s D Doubles: Carlos Olano & Keith Wood
Women’s D Singles: Janice McClintock
Women’s D Doubles: Kip Hard & Carolyn Young
Mixed C Doubles: Janice McClintock & Doug MacDonald
2000
Men’s Open Singles: Matin Bahadori
Men’s Open Doubles: Matin Bahadori & Terence Little
Men’s A Singles: Francis Dunselman
Men’s A Doubles: Kirby Leong & Todd Quesnel
Men’s B Singles: Deron Collins
Men’s B Doubles: Bryan Bechtold & Mitch Cockrum
Men’s C Singles: Michael Tang
Men’s C Doubles: Ron Pascoe & Kevin Gillard
Men’s D Singles: David Sauve
Men’s D Doubles: David McLellan & missing
Women’s A/B Singles: Mary Howarth
Women’s A/B Doubles: Anjo Veestre & Barbara Webster
Women’s C/D Singles: Melanie Moor
Women’s C/D Doubles: Donna Allaby & Janice McClintock
Mixed A/B Doubles: Barbara Webster & missing
Mixed C Doubles: Sandra Laurie & Richard Lucas
Mixed D Doubles: Sharyn Collis & Peter Steele