Sabers Invitational Tennis 2016 - "last dance"
The final Sabers Invitational tennis event due to the imminent closure of the Aqua courts.
A melancholy Novak Djokovic remarked, "Yes, this is a sad day for tennis fans worldwide."
The final Sabers Invitational tennis event due to the imminent closure of the Aqua courts.
A melancholy Novak Djokovic remarked, "Yes, this is a sad day for tennis fans worldwide."
- Date: October 09-10, 2016 (Friday, Saturday)
- Times: Friday 13:00-18:00 (EJK v NIS, EJK v SOIS); Saturday 09:00-16:00 (EJK v MCP, SOIS v NIS, SOIS v MCP, SOIS v EJK, MCP vs NIS)
- Venue: Aqua Tennis Courts (access) 箕面市船場東3丁目14-1. TEL: 072-730-7020 (Taxi driver: COM ART HILL, Senba-Higashi, BB no tonari - next to BB.)
- Teams: EJK, MCP, NIS, SOIS
- Match info and schedule 2016 NEW Updated September 8. Some court #s added.
- Information for visiting teams
- Bus parking during the day: Not at school, sorry. Hankyu Hotel Expo Park parking (15 minutes from tennis courts)
RESULTS 2015 (a few missing scores)
Information for visiting teams
Travel from Shin-Osaka station
Aqua Tennis Courts アクアテニスコート
Bb entertainment center (restaurants, ice cream, game center, bowling alley, karaoke, sento, 100-yen shop)
Pizza Hut Onohara shop, Minoh 小野原店 箕面 072-726-1300. 5-minute walk from courts (back toward school; opposite side of street).
Travel from Shin-Osaka station
- 13-minute train ride (300 yen) north to Senri-Chuo station (final stop) on red Midosuji subway line/Kita-Osaka Kyuko train line, away from Umeda.
- Take the central exit stairs up from the train platform to the Lotteria fast food restaurant where you will find dozens of taxis to choose from.
- SOIS: 10-minute taxi ride (about 1600 yen) from Senri-Chuo to school: “Senri Kokusai Gakuen, Onohara-Nishi” is what you can tell the taxi driver.
- AQUA Tennis Courts: 5-minute taxi ride from Senri-Chuo. Minoh City, Senba-Higashi, next to Bb. 箕面市船場東3丁目14-1. TEL: 072-730-7020
- It is faster and easier to return to Senri-Chuo station (and then to Shin-Osaka station) directly from the tennis courts on Saturday – if you don’t need to shower and such. 5-minute taxi ride (we can call for taxis).
Aqua Tennis Courts アクアテニスコート
- 20-minute walk from school, across from Family Mart and next to Bb amusement center. (If you go past Family Mart and Bb, you've gone too far.)
- As you walk from school, simply stay on the left side of the road all the way (it will curve slightly to the left). You'll pass houses, restaurants, shops.
- Turn left up to the Aqua courts. Small sign - be on the lookout.
- 5-minute taxi ride from Senri-Chuo station. Minoh City, Senba-Higashi, next to Bb. 箕面市船場東3丁目14-1. TEL: 072-730-7020
- Free parking. Enter paid parking lot - ticket will be validated by Aqua staff when you leave.
Bb entertainment center (restaurants, ice cream, game center, bowling alley, karaoke, sento, 100-yen shop)
Pizza Hut Onohara shop, Minoh 小野原店 箕面 072-726-1300. 5-minute walk from courts (back toward school; opposite side of street).
WJAA high school tennis tournament, October 3-4, 2104 @SOIS, Osaka
- DAY 1 pool round-robin records, standings
- DAY 2 championship round match RESULTS
- 2014 WJAA team champions: Girls - SOIS Sabers, Boys - CA Falcons
Welcome, WJAA tennis players from CA, EJK, MCP, NIS and SOIS.
Tennis anyone?
- Coaches, ADs, players: please click HERE to view all tournament information: format, regulations, schedules, addresses, everything.
- Scroll down for information for visiting teams: overnight info, futon folding techniques, directions, phone numbers, maps, restaurants and such.
- Thank you! Have a great tournament.
SOIS AD
2014 travel notes (arrival and departure times, futons, sleeping rooms)
2013 WJAA tennis results
Sabers Invitational Tennis 2014
RESULTS 2014
Friday-Saturday, September 19-20, 2014
EJ King, Nagoya, SOIS
Friday: 16:00 - 19:00
Saturday: 09:00 - 15:00
Match schedule
Friday-Saturday, September 19-20, 2014
EJ King, Nagoya, SOIS
Friday: 16:00 - 19:00
Saturday: 09:00 - 15:00
Match schedule