2020 has certainly started with a bang for ACE Tennis! Our Recreational and Competitive programs are thriving at both Ace Burlington at the Cedar Springs Racquet & Sports Club, and Ace Toronto at Toronto Tennis City, downtown Toronto.
Congratulations to Nemanja Stefanovic, Eiji Fujita, and Kirtan Patel for their strong performances in recent National Selection events - and good luck to all our competitive players - many of whom are in the throws of the indoor competitive season, competing in various tournaments on the OTA schedule. Congratulations also to the award winners for the 2019 Ace Super Series tournament series. As you know, we place a great deal of importance on having integrated, organized training programs - and in that vein, over the last week we have done assessments/evaluations for all the players in our competitive programs which provide valuable feedback to these players and their parents regarding their progress in training over the last five months.
In our ongoing efforts to assist and help educate the parents of our younger players, many of whom have just recently started to have their children train more regularly in our programs and compete in tournaments - we hosted another parent meeting at Ace Burlington in which valuable information was provided on the pathways through our competitive and recreational streams, along with the OTA competitive structure and options for young players getting into competitive tournament play.
In this newsletter we also have an insightful interview/discussion with Walker Lamarche - the Head Coach for our Futures and Champions programs in Burlington, and an informative article on practice tips for young kids to do at home. Adam Dykes (Head Coach of Futures and Champions Teams at Ace Toronto) provides some insight on practice habits and Renata Olah (Ace Burlington Fitness Coach ) presents excellent information on nutrition for high performance tennis players.
We will be hosting March Break Camps (registration is open) at both locations, so please register as space is limited. Stay tuned as we are also in the process of organizing an exciting array of Spring & Summer programs and training camps at the various Community Clubs across the GTA that we partner with.
Sincerely,
Doug Burke
ACE President
