Canada’s first: The ACE Tennis Progressive Centre at Adventure Valley

June 21, 2013

A great new concept has been created for the summer of 2013 which could help recruit new players to the game of tennis at a very young age in the Toronto market. All Canadian Sports Management has introduced Canada’s first progressive tennis centre at the beautiful Adventure Valley location in North York.

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A great new concept has been created for the summer of 2013 which could help recruit new players to the game of tennis at a very young age in the Toronto market.

All Canadian Sports Management has introduced Canada’s first progressive tennis centre at the beautiful Adventure Valley location in North York. The club is designed to train and develop young players between the age of 4 and 12. The ACE Tennis Progressive Center is under the direction of former long time Mayfair tennis director, Michael Zimmerman. “Z” as he is known is now the Director of ACE tennis operations for Toronto.

The ATP centre has redone six of the 11 courts into ¾ courts through the financial assistance of a Tennis Canada grant. A variety of ACE Progressive training programs and individual coaching will be offered at the facility starting in July. The ATP centre will also play host to three circuits for players U8, U9, U10 as well as the Provincial Championships for U8 and U9. A total of 19 events will be held on weekends during July and August.

Merchant of Tennis will present The Under 8 All Canadian circuit [mini-tennis] which will have 7 events starting July 6 and which will conclude with the U8 All Canadian Provincial Championships on August 24-25. The Astra Tennis Club will present The U9 ACE Tennis circuit [3/4 court] which will start on July 6th and conclude with The U9 ACE Tennis Provincial Championships on August 31 and September 1. These events will be part of the Ontario Tennis Association Future Stars Circuit which is done in conjunction with Tennis Canada support. The five U10 ACE events will be run in conjunction with the Ontario Tennis Association Future Stars Circuit and will have Wilson as the presenting sponsor.

These events were created to provide a competitive option for the many children joining Ontario summer tennis community clubs and programs. Providing competitive opportunities at such a crucial age will assist in retaining these young players to the game for a lifetime. These 19 OTA sanctioned events will go a long way to help implement the Tennis Canada led Progressive Tennis Initiatives. Andrew Chappell, Tournament Manager for the Ontario Tennis Association: “ We are excited to further grow the Tennis Canada and OTA progressive tennis initiatives , which help bring new families to competitive tennis.”

Families interested can go directly to the Ontario Tennis Association www.tennisontario.com tournament section to get the required information or at the ACE tennis web site www.acetennis.ca. Registration for the events should be sent to avtournaments@acetennis.ca

Next Gen Tennis League promises exciting matches

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The Next Gen Tennis League again saw some great tennis last weekend at The Credit Valley Tennis Club and Burlington Tennis Club. This promises that Saturday the 24th will feature some exciting matches and very competitive tennis. All three matches will be played on Saturday October 24th, with Team Byte Network Security facing Team Hydrogen at noon (Burlington Tennis Club).

ITF Men’s 85 World Team Championships Renamed the Lorne Main Cup

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Toronto, October 13, 2020 – The International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced on Tuesday that, as of 2021, the Men’s 85 World Team Championships will be renamed the Lorne Main Cup after the late Canadian. Lorne Main was selected for the honour following a unanimous vote by the ITF Seniors Committee, and approval from the ITF Board of Directors, after his name was put forward by Tennis Canada as part of the nomination process.

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This past week in the World Team Tennis ‘Bubble” I have seen the efforts to keep everyone safe while carrying on a team competition with around 60/70 players and coaches onsite. Counting organizers, officials, media, and support personnel are around 150 people trying hard to make this happen. I am very impressed by how the strict protocol has been handled and how everyone is invested in making this event a success, but The Open is a completely different scale of details.

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Toronto Star: “‘Feel this moment,’ Canadian tennis legend advises Eugenie Bouchard”

January 24, 2014

Carling Bassett-Seguso knows exactly what Eugenie Bouchard is going through — and what she can expect next.
Eugenie Bouchard’s magical ride to the Australian Open semifinals has attracted the attention of a Canadian tennis starlet from 30 years ago. “When I heard that, I went, ‘Oh, my God. Thirty years.’ Then I thought how awesome it is that it’s happening now and how great this is for Canadian tennis,” Carling Bassett-Seguso said Tuesday in a telephone interview from Bradenton, Fla.

Luke Saunders: “I Love Winning”

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__________ ***Luke Saunders is from Nova Scotia and has been training at ACE Tennis, Burlington, Ontario, since September after many years of flying up to