Posted on: Thursday, June 30, 2005
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Ishida on U.S. junior taekwondo team
Advertiser Staff
Waipahu's Jensen Ishida was one of 20 athletes named to the 2005 U.S. Junior National Team last week at the conclusion of the Junior Olympic Taekwondo Championships in San Antonio, Texas.
Ishida earned the men's finweight, or lightest, position after competing in the 14-to-17 Black Belt World Class Sparring division
Junior National Team members will compete at the Pan American Junior Championships in Orenjestad, Aruba, Oct. 5 to 7.
Doubles for 35th time
The 35th annual Kailua Racquet Club Men's Night Doubles will celebrate the game's Grand Slam events. The tournament is July 24 to Aug. 6 and offers $7,000 in prize money.
This year, a pro-set (first to eight) third-place playoff will be added at 6 p.m. on the final night. The championship will start at 7:15 p.m. and be cut from best-of-five sets to best-of-three.
Matches are also scheduled at 6 p.m. and 7:15 every other night. The first week is qualifying, with seeded teams playing the second week. Saturday, July 30, and Friday, Aug. 5, are rain dates. No matches are scheduled.
A portion of the proceeds will support junior tennis in the Windward community and tsunami relief efforts.
The Peter Isaak Outstanding Sportsmanship Award and Sam Caldwell trophy for Best Performance by an Amateur will be announced at the final.
Kailua Racquet Club is at 629 Oneawa St. Parking is available at Church of the Nazarene across the street.
Admission is free. A spectator's Gold Pass will be available for the first time. The pass allows non-members to participate in the tournament's clinic, receive six dinners and preferred parking and seating.
Gold Passes cost $600 for four, $320 for two or $170 for one.
Call Kailua Racquet Club (263-4444) for more information and details on sponsorships.
Lajola unbeaten
'Aiea's Dennis Lajola won all four of his matches — two singles and two doubles — at the Jr. Davis Cup qualifying in Mexico recently.
Team USA defeated Guatamala, Mexico and Canada to advance to the finals in Barcelona in September.
Lajola, 16, is now on a three-tournament swing in Europe, playing International Tennis Federation events in Holland, Germany and Austria. His current ranking in the ITF, open to players in their teens, is 130th.
All-Stars in California
Advertiser All-State players Bucky Aona and Steven Dannaway of Punahou School will lead a team of 17 Hawai'i All-Stars at the Western States Classic today through Monday at Sacramento City College.
The 12-team tournament will feature top traveling high school-level squads from California, Colorado, Oklahoma and Kansas.
Hawai'i head coach Dean Sato said he expects at least 15 professional scouts to attend, in addition to several college coaches.
Regatta at Waimanalo
Sunday's Koa Kai Regatta outrigger canoe races will be held at Waimanalo Beach Park.
The regatta was originally scheduled for Ke'ehi Lagoon, but an ongoing problem with tiny jellyfish prompted officials to move the event. Races will begin around 8:30 a.m.
The Koa Kai Regatta is part of the Na 'Ohana O Na Hui Wa'a organization.
The O'ahu Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association will hold its Walter J. Macfarlane Regatta Monday at Waikiki Beach.
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