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Doug Burke
ACE Tennis President
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It's hard to believe that we are already more than a month into our winter session. It was great to see Alex Mikhailuk playing so well over the Christmas break - winning both the Canadian Open - hosted by ACE at Cedar Springs - and the Advantage International Open - at Veneto; as well as being the Finalist in the USTA National Campus UTR Open. It was also wonderful to see such large participation - including so many ACE players - in the annual ACE Christmas Super Series event.
The winter competitive season is in full swing, well done all ACE players that qualified for the recent National Selection #1, and the ongoing National Selection #2 tournaments. Congratulations to Rachel Krzyzak on winning the National Selections #2 U16 Singles and Doubles!
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Meanwhile ACE has forged some exciting new partnerships (see below) with Dr. Anil Kaushal Director of Omni Health and Sana Farid of Empower Aces. Congratulations to Natalie Armitage for her appointment as Tennis Director at Cedar Springs - see our interview with her below, we wish Natalie much success in her new role.
ACE will be running March Break Camps for U10 competitive and progressive players - and summer camps, which will be held at Cedar Springs and Burlington Tennis Club in Burlington, along with Toronto Tennis City in Toronto. March Break Camp registration is open and Summer Camp registration will open tomorrow February 15th.
Lastly, Burlington will be staging several exciting events - including National Selections, Provincials, and our annual Spring ITF event.
Doug Burke
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IN THIS ISSUE
- Notable Results
- Super Series Results
- National Selection #1 and #2
- More player achievements
- U12 Boys Team
- Tennis Canada Workshop
- Meet Cedar Springs New Tennis Director - Natalie Armitage
- ACE Toronto Tennis City
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- Omni Health Partnership
- Coach's Corner
- Empower Aces Partnership
- Morning Program
- Sign Up March Break Camp
- Sign Up Summer Camps
- Upcoming Tournaments
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Congratulations to Alex Mikhailuk who has been on a winning streak these last few months with the help of her coach Mike Hall.
CHAMPION
$10,000
All Canadian Indoor Open
CHAMPION
$8,000
Advantage International Open
FINALIST
$3,500
USTA National Campus UTR Open
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SUPER SERIES
December 26th - 31st
SEE RESULTS - CLICK
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FOR 2017
OVERALL STANDING
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NATIONAL SELECTION
#1 and #2
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National Selection #1 was held at ACE Burlington, the Aviva Center and various other locations. Congrats to players that qualified and participated in both #1 and #2 events, and good luck to players still competing in the Selection #2 event.
Rachel Krzyzak won both the Singles and Doubles title in the Selection #2 U16 category and Sarah Liu and Nemanja Stefanovic took the U14 Girls and U14 Boys National Selection Doubles Champion titles.
Coaches from both academies were there to support the kids including
Craig Mercer, Benjamin Cayuela, Mike Hall, Brandon Alguire, Doug Burke, Flavia Nagayama, Victor Hoang and Pierre Lamarche.
Players who qualified for the National Selection Main Draws
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FROM ACE BURLINGTON
Ethan Tiong (U12)
Bianca Ceroni (U12)
Aryanah Kahnamoui (U12)
Bryce Bodak (U16)
Nemanja Stefanovic (U16)
Angelina Stoyanova (U16)
Olivia Halvorsen (U14)
Sierra Ausman (U14)
Versailla Kahnamoui (U18)
Victoria Tankova (U16 & U18)
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Selection #1
FROM ACE TORONTO
Tea Budisic (U12)
Eva Sobol (U12)
Anna Mockovciak (U14)
Arden D'Aniello (U14)
Vlad Andreescu (U14)
Anna Mockovciak (U16)
Arden D'Aniello (U16)
Yochana Benchetrit (U16)
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Selection #2
FROM ACE BURLINGTON
Rita Colyer (U18)
Angela Chen (U18)
Nemanja Stefanovic (U16)
Jaida Borg (U16)
Olivia Halvorsen (U14)
Sierra Ausman (U14)
Braydon Butt (U12)
Aryanah Kahnamoui (U12)
Bianca Ceroni (U12)
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Selection #2
FROM ACE TORONTO
Yochana Benchetrit (U16)
Vlad Andreescu (U14)
Anna Mockovciak (U14)
Tea Budicic (U12)
Eva Sobol (U12)
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Congratulations to Rachel Krzyzak -
U16 National Selection #2 Singles and Doubles Champion! |
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On the left; Sarah Liu Girls U14 National Selection Doubles Champion and Singles Finalist seen here with doubles partner Anna Gruber.
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On the left; Nemanja Stefanovic Boys U14 National Selection Doubles Champion
with partner Stefan Simeunovic.
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Cooper Arroyave has been on a winning streak; pictured on the left as Champion
- Total Tennis at Greenhills Golf U9 Futures Stars January 28
and on the right as the U9 Vineland Futures Stars Champion, on February 3rd.
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| Noah Rizvi - Champion U9 Rogers Rookie Tour at ACE Burlington January 21st. |
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Taran McKay won the Sportsmanship Award in the U9 Rookie at TTC.
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| On the left Maxim Zharkov (2nd Place) with winner Mathias Moreno in the U9 Rogers Rookie at Toronto Tennis City. |
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To help galvanize our young competitive boys ACE is starting an U12 Boys Team initiative for players born between 2006 and 2008. Criteria will be used for selection including technical, tactical and mental competences, attitude, work ethics and behaviour, along with players meeting the required Tennis Canada training hours in their Long Term Athlete Development Pathway,
The program will be run by Victor Hoang and Walker Lamarche.
More information will be provided shortly.
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Using the LTAD Competencies in your Daily Practice
WORKSHOP AT AVIVA
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| Left to right; Luis Gomez [from ACE TTC] Jocelyn Robichaud [Tennis Canada] Natalie Araya and Benajmin Cayuela [from ACE TTC] and Adam Svoboda [ACE Burlington]. |
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The workshop on February 6th took place at the Aviva Center, and focused on using the LTAD evaluation tool to identify priorities, knowing the final skill and then how to break down/develop the priorities systematically over a number of practices. The emphasis was on taking control of the point and net play.
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MEET CEDAR SPRINGS NEW
TENNIS DIRECTOR
Natalie Armitage
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Natalie Armitage is the new Tennis Director at Cedar Springs and we wanted to introduce her to all our readers. When she comes rushing in from her lesson, she assures us immediately that she remembers she agreed to meet for a talk. It's Monday and she has already had a busy weekend attending her daughter's cheer leading competition in Ottawa. She has been on court since early this morning, a nonstop feeding machine spewing out balls and valuable lessons in technique and strategy, and now an account- ant is looking to speak with her, she is on her way to a meeting with the General Manager, she has a son and daughter likely waiting for her assistance when she comes home, and then there is us. We assure her it will be quick.
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U9 Futures Team Holiday Camp with coaches Morgan Lever and Benjamin Cayuela.
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| U7 Little Aces group above and below with their new ACE academy hoodies and coaches Isabella Baston and John Cairns. |
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An athletes body faces different demands than the average patient. Sports injuries are unique and the rehab that follows these injuries needs to be uniquely tailored as well. We will be conducting movement screening of ACE high performance athletes in order for us to gather baseline data on how the players move. In the unfortunate event that a player is injured, we will then already have knowledge of their specific mechanics and can use that to help direct treatment more efficiently. We will also use the screen as an opportunity to note errant movement patterns, muscle compensation and general movement capacity to make possible training/fitness recommendations to the coaches."
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Brandon Alguire
Head Coach
Provincial Team
Tennis Canada Coach Developer |
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COACH's CORNER
MENTAL PREPARATION FOR A TOUGH
With the competitive indoor season on right now I came across this article on mental toughness when playing tournaments. I think it's a great tool for players to use in order to help them prepare for matches and also to review after their matches to see if they followed the advice of the article. Good luck to all the competitive players this indoor season.
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ACE Tennis has partnered with Sana Rizwan Farid, Conflict Transformation Consultant of Empower Aces, to provide ACE Athletes and Parents with Mental Strength and Empowerment Training.
Sana Rizwan Farid
holds an M.A. with a focus on Conflict Transformation from the University of Notre Dame (USA) and has extensive experience mentoring and providing conflict transformation training to youth.
Next workshop for our U9/U10 junior athletes has been scheduled for February 24th, 2018.
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MORNING PROGRAM
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Left to right; Ethan Tiong, Bianca Ceroni, Viktoria Seslija and Mikail Iqbal
with Pierre Lamarche who was helping the girls celebrate their win over the boys during the Christmas Holiday training.
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READ MORE
ACE TORONTO MARCH BREAK CAMPS Click
Here
ACE BURLINGTON MARCH BREAK CAMP Click
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READ MORE
ACE TORONTO SUMMER CAMPS Click
Here
ACE BURLINGTON SUMMER CAMPS Click
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TO
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UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS
ACE BURLINGTON AT CEDAR SPRINGS
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ACE U12, U16 Provincial Circuit
February 16th - 19th, 2018
ACE U12, U16 Transition Tour
February 23rd - 26th, 2018
U12 PROVINCIALS
March 9 - 13
ACE U14 , U18 TRANSITION TOUR
March 16 - 19
ACE U12 , U16 PROVINCIAL CIRCUIT
March 23 - 25
ACE U10 - U16 SUPER SERIES
March 29th - April 3rd, 2018
36th All Canadian JuniorChampionships - ITF
9 April - 14 April, 2018
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REGISTER FOR A TOURNAMENT -
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ACE TENNIS BURLINGTON operates out of Cedar Springs Health, Racquet and Sportsclub. The Cedar Springs Club boasts state of the art fitness facilities that compliment its 11 indoor tennis courts. It also offers full member recreational services including access to pools, a basketball gym, and a restaurant. Physiotherapy, medical services and massage therapy are also available on site.
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Toronto Tennis City is Toronto's most unique tennis destination located at Yonge and Davisville. The club provides its members with year round access to red Italian clay
courts with state of the art LED lighting, a beautiful club house and a complimentary REPLAY video analysis system. The club offers first rate adult programs and service
oriented staff. Toronto Tennis City is also home of ACE Tennis Academy, Canada's #1 school for junior players.
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Ace players and coaches benefit from the Ace Replay system which provides them with the opportunity to access a video replay of the player's practice, lesson or match play. The Ace Replay system provides an opportunity for match analysis, an understanding of player's behavior in pressure situations and evaluation through analytics.
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All Canadian Sports Management Inc. is a 40 year old company which has specialized mostly in the field of tennis through strategical planning for tennis development, creation and management of sport facilities, the creation and operation of events, research and development. All Canadian also operates Canada's top tennis developmental school ACE Tennis and has ownership in ACE REPLAY, a new video replay system.
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ACE has been a Gold Designated Tennis Development Center 17 years in a row. The TDC "Go for Gold" Program is a "support program" designed by Tennis Canada to work with junior competitive development programs across Canada. The TDC program is a key component of the overall player development plan of Tennis Canada and its mission of developing world class players. The TDC program designates indoor clubs/academy's meeting minimum program requirements with a gold, silver, bronze or basic designation.
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