Congratulation to Peter Otto, Chad LeCap, Sean Bailey and Kyla McNicol for making the cover of Tennis Manitoba publication 1st serve.


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About Our Staff

Peter Otto

Peter is in his fourth year as Head Pro at The Winnipeg Winter Club.  He has over 31 years of playing experience and 21 plus years as tennis professional and Coach.  He has taught at numerous tennis clubs in Winnipeg, but for the past 10 seasons he has been the Head Pro/Manager at Kildonan Tennis Club.  Peter is also Provincial Coach and Tennis Manitoba's Technical Director.  He is a member of the Canadian Tennis Professional association and is currently completing his Level III Canadian Tennis Coaching Certification.

Peter has coached a number of juniors who have gone on to compete at Junior Canadian Nationals and has served as traveling coach to many of those nationals.  He has also served as head Coach or Assistant Coach for 7 Western and Canada Summer Games Teams. Below are some coaching highlights.

Additional Achievements and Awards
2006 - Present:  Head Professional, Winnipeg Winter Club
2004 - 2009:      Coached Sean Bailey who earned a full scholarship to Austin Peay in  
                          Tennessee 
2009:                 Current Canada Games Coach
2008:                 Western Canada Summer Games Head Coach - Achieved Team Silver 
2007:                 Western Games Assistant Coach
2005:                 Assistant Professional, Winnipeg Winter Club 
2004:                 Coach to Kyla McNicol who earned a full scholarship to University of
                          Central Florida                         
2003:                 Western Canada Summer Games Head Coach - Achieved Team Bronze
2001:                 Canada Summer Games Head Coach - 5th place finish
1999:                 Western Canada Summer Games Assistant Coach

As a player, Peter continues to be among the top doubles players in the province and is ranked nationally in the 40+ doubles.  In his Junior career, he had won dozens of provincial tournaments, competed in 3 Nationals and played on 3 Canadian and Western Games teams earning 4th place finish in the 1985 Canada Games and winning Silver at the 1987 Western Games.

Tennis Assistants:

Lori Mann

• Tennis League's Administrator and Assistant Pro for the 
  Winnipeg Winter Club since 2004


• Head Pro at the Royal Lake Yacht Club since 2006


• Level 2 Instructor (Tennis Canada)


• Level 2 Coach (National Coaching Association)


• Level 3 (Theory - Tennis Canada)


• Certified Linesperson and Umpire (Tennis Manitoba)


• Coached University of Windsor Tennis Team (1990-92)


• Taught at Essex Racquet and Fitness and Windsor Indoor Tennis 

Club (1990-93)

• Taught at the Ontario Racquet Club in Mississauga, Ontario 

(1993-94)

• Teaches tennis for the Continuing Education School Division in 

Winnipeg (1995-present)

• Was one of Manitoba's top Juniors, competed at Nationals,
  Canadian Games (1985) and Western Canadian Games (1987)

Sean Grassie
Sean brings to the Winnipeg Winter Club a wealth of tennis knowledge and experience.  He has been the Head Pro/Manager of the Deer Lodge Tennis Club for the past 12 summers, where he has coached players of all levels.  Sean also organized club activities and ran provincial tournaments.  As a competitor, Sean is among the top singles and doubles players in the province.

Sean is also a very competitive curler.  He won the 1999 Manitoba Junior Championship, was a finalist in the 2002 Canadian University Championships and won the Canadian Mixed Championship in Iqaliut, Nunavut.  In 2008 Sean completed his Masters degree in Philosophy at the University of Manitoba.  He is currently enrolled in the creative communications program at Red River College.

Steven Piotrowski
Steven has been the Assistant Tennis Professional at Kildonan Tennis Club for the past 3 years and in his second year at the Winnipeg Winter Club.  He will be completing the first level of Tennis Canada's coaching certification program.  Steven has enjoyed playing tennis for 16 years with a number of years of private coaching by Peter Otto.  He has also competed in numerous tournaments as an open level player.

Steven obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Manitoba in 2005 and is currently applying to the Faculty of Medicine.  In addition to tennis, Steven has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and he has played on the Canada Games and the Junior Bisons volleyball teams.

Rob Langan
Rob Langan returns this year as an Assistant Pro.  Rob is a Tennis Canada Certified Instructor and has been the Head Pro at the Winnipeg Lawn Tennis Club for the past 3 years, he brings over 6 years of teaching all ages and abilities.

As well as teaching Tennis, Rob is currently at the University of Manitoba with an ultimate goal of completing a degree in Education.

Sean LaCap
Sean LaCap has just completed his first summer as Head Pro at the Sargent Park Tennis Club  This will be his fourth year teaching tennis at the Winnipeg Winter Club.  He has been Team Prairies coach at the U14 Canadian Nationals and Assistant Pro of Team Manitoba for the 2007 Western Canada Games.  He has twice competed on Team Canada touring the Florida international junior tour.  He has won one Canadian Junior Nationals title.