Jim Boyce, along with his family, lived in Guildwood, and was one of the first members of the new Kiwaniwood Tennis Club (now the Guildwood Tennis Club) that opened in 1970.
Jim went on to have an extensive and impressive history in tennis. As a teenager, he served as captain of the Canadian team for the World Junior Championships he won 5 National Junior Championship titles.
He was awarded a full tennis scholarship to Mississippi State University and he was an all South Eastern Conference player.
As an adult, Jim was: the Canadian Men's singles and doubles champion in 1976, competitor on the Canadian Davis Cup team, 19-time national champion and, he represented Canada once again as a member of the Over-55 team during the 2009 Austria Cup in Mallorca, Spain.
Jim took on the position of Chair of the Central Region on the Ontario Tennis Association in 1996. He was Executive Director for marketing in 1997, where he was the project leader of the first web-based dynamic ranking system in Canada (Baseline), which was completed in 2002 and is used by all provincial tennis associations across the country and by Tennis Canada.
He currently is responsible for the overall management of the Ontario Tennis Association, with a specific focus on the establishment and enhancement of the OTA's revenue streams.
Jim's illustrious career and his dedication to the game of tennis makes him a very worthy inductee to the Guildwood Tennis Club's Hall of Fame.