Interview with Vera Wilcox

Interview with Vera Wilcox

Born in 1953, Vera has been involved in tennis for a significant part of her life. In this interview she talks about her beginnings with the sport at 12 years old, using a discarded racquet with broken strings that her mother fixed with badminton strings, to eventually becoming a tennis coach. Vera joined the NOTL Tennis Club with her husband Alan in 1980 where they became involved with coaching. She helped run a number of programs including tournaments and the youth program where the 4-6-year-old children were affectionately called the Munchkins. After a number of years, she pursued a job at Ridley College but still kept in touch with many of the club members.

Municipal Government Relationships

Interclub Relationships

Community Relationships

Youth Program

Tennis Club Stigma

Court Upgrades

Volunteerism

2020-08-24

video

NTOH-004

Williamson, Adam

Wilcox, Vera

English

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This oral history interview was conducted digitally via Microsoft Teams. The video was edited in Adobe Premiere Pro, at which point an introduction sequence and question slides were added, and the interviewer's video and audio were removed.

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People

Court(s)

Community

Association