Craig Mercer is Tennis Director and Assistant General Manager for Toronto Tennis City, as well as Director of Community Tennis for All Canadian Sports Management.  The fall programs at Toronto Tennis City this year have given us many reasons to be optimistic. We are very proud of how our players and coaches worked together throughout the season, and how well programs were run, with the players training in a safe and well-structured environment. All of our programs operated at full capacity (within the limits set by the City), and the kids made great strides with their tennis.

We implemented strict COVID-19 protocols, including restricting access to the club and bubble to players and staff only. As a result of these and other safety measures, we are happy to say that we have had 0 cases of COVID-19 at the club since the pandemic started. Parents were kept up-to-date with the latest information through weekly newsletters and personal communication from the coaches.   When the City of Toronto moved into the Grey Zone, we remained open only to operate our Competitive stream. After 2 days of operation we were forced to shut down as the government shifted its stance on High Performance and limited training to only professional athletes and those training for the Olympics.   Since our programming closed, coaches have been running Zoom fitness and mental training sessions for the kids. Sam Jonas, Adam Dykes and Mike Kokta have been running the sessions for the International, National, Provincial, Champions and Futures Teams 5 days per week while John Cairns, Isabella Baston and Mario Albu have been running the sessions for the Mini Tennis/Little Aces Team 3 days per week. The turnout has been great and the coaches are really enjoying working with the kids.   We look forward to running our programs again in 2021 and building on our successes from this year.