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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 r
emarked, "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)
  • 2015 match info and schedule 

Information for visiting teams

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
Thank you and congratulations to all players.

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.
Pete Heimer
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

Contact Us:

Telephone: 072-727-5050
email: pheimer@soismail.jp
​map & directions: here

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