--- title: "Maine 1975: Peter Burwash and Vegetarian Tennis Coaches - IVU - International Vegetarian Union" description: "Maine 1975: Peter Burwash and Vegetarian Tennis Coaches: : (click on pictures for bigger images) PETER BURWASH is President of the world's only international tennis group of traveling tennis coaches. The 72 professionals in his organization are all under strict no-smoking, no-drinking, no-drug regulation;" url: "https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4157:congress-wvc75-tennis&catid=192" date: "2026-11-06T00:24:12+00:00" language: "en-GB" --- # Maine 1975: Peter Burwash and Vegetarian Tennis Coaches *from Vegetarian Voice Sept/Oct, Nov/Dec 1975:* (click on pictures for bigger images) [![tennis](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/wvc75/photos/tennis1t.jpg)](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/wvc75/photos/tennis1.jpg) PETER BURWASH is President of the world's only international tennis group of traveling tennis coaches. The 72 professionals in his organization are all under strict no-smoking, no-drinking, no-drug regulation; and 75% of them are vegetarians. Peter has been vegetarian for five years, and has done many radio and TV shows on vegetarianism. Mondaye eve. he spoke eloquently on Vegetarianism in Athletics. (above right) Next day, with several assistants, he gave a dazzling 1-hour demonstration/lecture on Vegetarianism In Sports & Athletics, on the outdoor tennis courts (above). During impressive displays of skill, stamina and endurance, he kept up a running commentary ("Now, I couldn't do this if I were full of dead animals!"). Note CBS camera crew ar right of picture. [![tennis2](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/wvc75/photos/tennis2t.jpg)](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/wvc75/photos/tennis2.jpg)PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS: - Ranked number 1 in Canada 1971 - Ranked number 1 in Hawaii 1973 - Top 10 ranking in Canada, 1969, 1970, 1971 - Member of the Canadian Davis Cup Team, 1970, 1972 - Canada Games Gold Medalist, 1969 doubles, 1973 singles - Winner of 19 National Singles and Doubles Titles COACHING CREDENTIALS: - Coach of the Hawaiian Junior Davis Cup Team 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975 - Tennis director at The Inn and Tennis Club in Parry Sound, Ontatio, Canada and Manitou-wabing Tennis Camp - Military Clinics in the Pacific and South East Asia, including three tours of Vietnam, 1969-74 - Tennis talks, demonstrations and exhibitions to 117,000 school children in 1973 - Sports representative for Hawaiian Airlines - Member of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) - Member of the United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) - Bachelor of physical health and education degree University of Toronto A note on this archive. The history section of this website is drawn from a body of legacy content originally compiled by John Davis, former manager of the International Vegetarian Union. It represents his curation of historical material, and in places includes passages written by him directly. Over the years, the IVU website has migrated between several different hosting servers. In the course of these migrations, a number of PDF files were unfortunately lost, and **some links to PDF documents may no longer function**. 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