JANUARY
Dear players and parents,
Happy New Year everybody, it's great to be back with you all - and to
see our players and parents again at the start of what promises to be
an exciting 2017.
The Christmas/holiday period was a very busy one at both ACE
locations - as ACE Burlington hosted the annual Super Series junior and
$9,000 Open events, while Toronto Tennis City was busy with junior
camps. Also in December - ACE celebrated its forty years of operation with a 40th
anniversary party (see below) at the /Cedar Springs Club in Burlington.
TORONTO
BURLINGTON
Although we are only a month into this session - much activity has taken place. Our
competitive players have their hands full - as National Selection tournaments are in full swing
for the various age groups (see highlights below), while many players are simultaneously
navigating through school exams.
It's wonderful to see that the participation in our new progressive programs for this session is
once again "through the roof ". Meanwhile it seems like players and parents alike love the
new ACE jackets (see below) which our competitive players have received for 2017.
Finally, we are happy to announce that ACE and Cedar
Springs, under the direction of Ivan Bradaric, have agreed to
a long term contract which ensures the continuity of one of
Canada's top development programs in one of Canada's
top clubs.
Doug Burke
Burlington Tennis Director
ACE TENNIS President
Ivan Bradaric and Doug
Burke
PLAYER ACHIEVEMENTS
ACE
T ENNIS
BURLING T O N 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 is also
available on site.
From left to right: U18 National Selections Doubles runner-ups Oleksandra Gorchanyuk with
Alex Mikhailuk and champions Angela Chen and Rita Colyer. Oleksandra and Alex were
also U16 National Selections Doubles runner-ups.
In addition Alex won the U16 National Selection event, pictured on the right with coach Mike
Hall. On the left, Katie Kubicz was the Finalist at the $10,500 Landmark Capital Limited
Open.
ACE
TENNIS
TORONTO
operates at Toronto Tennis City,
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. In
addition to being the home of
ACE Toronto, the club offers first
rate
adult
programs
and
service oriented staff.
ACE TENNIS
IS
CANADA'S
#1
TENNIS
SCHOOL
DISCIPLINE
PRIDE
COURAGE
On the left, Enna Krnjic won the ACE U12 *** and Aryanah Kahnamoui was runner up (Jan 13
- 15). On the right Sarah Liu pictured as NAT Girls U16 Champion Dec. 16 -18.
A VIDEO ANALYSIS SYSTEM
Left to right: Ellie Daniels ACE Girls U12 Provincial Circuit Champion Dec. 2 - 4 and Eli
Hoffman ACE Boys U12 Rookie Champion.
Ace players and coaches benefit
from the experimental Ace
Replay system with access to 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.
On the left; Cadence Benchetrit U10 Rookie Finalist with ACE U10 Rookie Champion Mikail
Iqbal. On the right; Deniz Akin U12 ACE Rookie Champion.
Chris Bulgaru has been on a winning streak again, here as NAT U9 Future Stars Champion
and as the Future Stars "George Carter Memorial" Champion at ORC.
SUPER SERIES
Below are pictures from the Christmas ACE Super Series held at ACE Burlington December
26 - 31.
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 in the scientific
area of the sport and the
operation of Canada's top tennis
developmental school through
All Canadian Academy and now
ACE Tennis. All Canadian also
has ownership in ACE REPLAY.
Left to right: Boys U10 Finalist Alexander Andrei with U10 Champion Hans Deng, and Girls
U10 Finalist Aryanah Kahnamoui with U10 Champion Gianna Obonyie.
Left to right: Girls U12 Finalist Cadence Brace with Girls U12 Champion Victoria Mboko and
U14 Finalist Dasha Plekhanova with Girls U14 Champion Maya Perkucin. [Boys U14
Champion Marko Stakusic and Finalist Tim Zelikovsky are not pictured.]
Left to right: Boys U16 Champion Leighton Brandon and Finalist Alex Oancea, and Girls U16
Finalist Rachel Hanford with Champion Corina Spasojevic.
2016 SUPER SERIES OVERALL WINNERS were as follows:
Boys U10 - Zackary Kimelman - 60 points
Girls U10 - Anastasia Kavuonov - 50 points
Boys U12 - Kirill Chepushtanov - 160 points
Girls U12 - Iulia Cristina Bucea - 120 points
Boys U14 - Tim Zelikovsky - 120 points
Girls U14 - Jaida Borg - 120 points
Boys U16 - Eric Cherniy - 80 / Leighton Brandon - 80 / Alex Oancea - 80
Girls U16 - Corina Spasojevic - 80 points
Boys U18 - Ryan Navarro - 80 points / Nick Lagaev - 80 points
Girls U18 - Jada Bui - 80 points
Winners receive $500 towards training or $350 towards tournament play at an ACE Tennis
facility. In the event of a shared win, the players will share the prize money.
Click here for overall standings for 2016
Natalie Araya
Assistant Tennis Coach,
Progressive and Competitive
Toronto Tennis City
I would like to thank everyone for coming out to our 2nd U8 Red Ball Winter
Series Tourney here at Toronto Tennis City. It was a great turnout and I
hope to see your son or daughter playing at our next tourney on February
11th.
Here are some photos from the event.
Watch the video from Toronto Tennis City and their
Red Ball Program
Toronto Tennis City Little Aces players looking cool in their new ACE jackets.
Toronto Tennis City 2011 Team getting introduced to the program by coach John Cairns.
Parents are encouraged to be assistant coaches in this FREE program offered by ACE to
tennis players born in the year 2011.
NEW COACH at TTC
Toronto Tennis City is pleased to announce Luis
Gomez as a new member of our coaching team.
Luis holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Queens University and is a
certified tennis coach with the Lawn Tennis Association (UK), Italian Tennis
Federation and Tennis Canada. Luis brings international coaching
experience through coaching in Italy, England, Australia and Ecuador.
Ranked top 5 in every age category as a junior in Ecuador Luis was
ranked top 30 in South America in the U14 and U16 age groups.
Luis will be heavily involved in our junior academy coaching players of all ages and levels.
MARCH BREAK CAMP
ACE Toronto Tennis City March Break Camps offer recreational and competitive training
opportunities for all ages and levels on red clay courts. Recreational players have the
opportunity to join half day, or full day Progressive Camps. Competitive players will benefit
from our high performance environment that includes fitness and an emphasis on preparing
players for tournament play. All of our coaches are certified by Tennis Canada.
COMPETITIVE CAMPS
U9-U10 Competitive Training (3/4 court and full court)
U12-U18 Competitive Training (tournament players)
PROGRESSIVE CAMPS
Progressive 1 / Little Aces (1/2 court) Ages: 4 - 8
Smashing Aces - (3/4 court and full court) Ages: 9 -12
High School Camp Ages: 13 - 17
Click HERE for more details on camps
ACE president Doug Burke
Jamaican Initiatives
Making a difference in two worlds
Doug Burke and Pierre
Lamarche
When I reached out to my old friend Douglas Burke who was
living in Kingston, Jamaica to move back to Canada and assume
leadership of the Ace Tennis operations, it was with the
understanding that his contribution to Jamaican tennis and it's
youth would be on-going.
Now six years later and having assumed the direction of Ace
Tennis, Douglas who has half his family in Toronto and half in Kingston is still heavily involved
in insuring that his commitment to his home land makes a difference for young Jamaican
tennis players.
Over the last few years Doug developed the curriculum for the training and development of
physical education teachers in the primary and
secondary institutions in the delivery of tennis
programs
throughout
Jamaica.
The
annual Douglas Burke Invitational Doubles
Tennis Series culminates during Christmas
every year and provides exposure for
competitive junior players of all ages.
Burke also uses his position at Ace to provide
educational and tennis opportunities in Canada
to
talented
Jamaican
youngsters. He
fondly remembers his own opportunity when his
Doug Burke at the prize giving, handing out ACE
family came to Canada where he won the U18
shirts
Canadian National junior title, before attending
Southern Illinois University, on his way to the ATP tour, and becoming the godfather of
Jamaican tennis.
Two former Ace players, Jamaicans Simon Levy and Maiz Sinclair, followed Doug to
Burlington and are now at Ferris State University in Michigan.This Christmas, a new
prospective college player, Daniel Newman has made the commitment to leave his family in
Montego Bay. This past week 14 year old Michaela Stephens, [see below] one of Jamaica's
future hope, arrived in Burlington [in a t-shirt] for a two month training stint.
Looking after the Jamaican kids in Canada, taking care of Ace players on an on-going basis,
insuring the well being of his mother and father in Toronto, supporting his former Davis Cup
player son, Brandon in 2nd year law school at Osgoode at York and coordinating his
Jamaican family [including three grand children] on a daily basis with his superstar wife Anne
Marie are just part of Doug's everyday responsibilities.
So when you see Doug at tournaments, at the club, take the time to talk to him and see what
a true Winner is.
"Respect, Peace, Love"
Pierre Lamarche
Jamaica's number one female junior player
Michaela Stephens will be attending renowned
Ace Tennis Academy in Canada on a threemonth scholarship as part of her
development. She is expected to leave the
island on Monday, January 23, to begin her
stint. The scholarship was made possible by
her former national coach Douglas Burke, who
is currently the president and tennis director of
Ace Tennis Academy in Burlington, Canada.
He was Jamaica's national coach for over ten
years. Stephens said she hopes to make the
best of the opportunity.
ACE / ALL CANADIAN
40th ANNIVERSARY
ACE Tennis celebrated Christmas and it's 40th anniversary with a party at the Cedar
Springs Club. All Canadian Academy alumni showed up and it was a great reunion for the
players and their head coach and mentor Pierre Lamarche. The evening was attended by
staff from ACE Toronto and ACE Burlington as well as some honorable guests; Katy
Shulaeva [former Fed Cup player], Gary Muller [former ATP player] Casey Curtis [super
star coach], Bill Cowan [former Davis Cup player] Pam and Rob Horwood of Merchant of
Tennis, Bobby and Natalie Armitage of the Oakville Tennis Academy, sport
psychologist Sue Wilson, one of a kind Mayfair coach Bob Bregman and past ACE / All
Canadian family members.
Sue Wilson and Casey Curtis
Collette and Michael Zimmerman [ TTC
Manager] with Craig Mercer [TTC Tennis
Director] and Sarah MacKenzie.
Former All Canadian Academy alumni, left to right: Simon Bartram [Tennis Director Toronto
Lawn], Hatem McDadi [Vice President Tennis Canada], Chris Pridham [former Davis Cup
player], Pierre Lamarche [former Davis Cup player/captain], Gaetan "Gator" Parent [Tennis
Director Queens Club], Marianne Groat [former Fed Cup player] and Doug Burke [former
Davis Cup player/captain].
Andre Labelle visit
Tennis Canada National Coach Andre Labelle seen here with ACE "stand out" Vicky Mboko
during his recent visit to ACE Tennis Burlington.
SUMMER CAMPS
REGISTRATION OPENS FEBRUARY 15
ACE BURLINGTON - CEDAR SPRINGS CLUB
U7 Little Aces Camp Age: 5-7
U9 - U11 High Performance Camp
U11 - U14 High Performance Training Camp
ACE at BURLINGTON CENTRAL TENNIS CLUB
Mini Tennis Camp Age: 4-7
Smashing Aces Camp Age: 9-11
High School Camp Age:10-16
U14 - U18 High Performance Training Camp
ACE TORONTO - TORONTO TENNIS CITY
U8 Little Aces Camp Age: 5-8
Mini Tennis Camp Age: 4-8
Smashing Aces Camp Age: 9-11
U9 - U10 Competitive Training
U12 - U14 Competitive Training
U16 - U18 Competitive Training
at Davisville Tennis Club
COACH'S CORNER
Brandon Alguire
Head Coach Provincial Program
ACE Burlington
At ACE Tennis we emphasize the importance of planning. Each and every
program has an annual plan which outlines the tactical, technical, and mental
skills required for that program's age and level of play. These plans are
progressive in the sense that the skills the players acquire are a prerequisite
to the next program and the following programs after that.
The following article addresses the importance of players using their time properly on the court
and understanding what they should be working on EVERY day! If any of our players don't
know for sure what they should be working on, they should consult the annual plan and the
ACE Tennis Mantra. Both documents they should have received at the start of the year from
the head coach of their program.
Productive Time on the Tennis Court
If you are trying to become the best tennis player you can, you need to go about this process
in a disciplined and organized manner. Each and every time you step on the tennis court, it is
another opportunity to become a better tennis player mentally, emotionally, tactically, and
physically. All too often the athlete goes to a practice session with no clear understanding of
what they are trying to accomplish.
This results in precious time being lost due to not having a clear cut plan of how that
individual is going to become the best tennis player possible. This is the responsibility of the
instructor and the student to map out a process of how they are going to attack their
development in an efficient and disciplined manner.
Coming to the courts and just hitting balls with four or five kids on a court, while a couple of
the kids are staring into the clouds, is NOT going to get the job done if you are trying to
become an accomplished and superior tennis player. All students need to be engaged and
learning at all times. Many parents and students are told that if their child plays more hours of
tennis, they will become better tennis players. That is just not the case. More quality high
disciplined hours will equal to significantly more improvements.
If you are signed up to train 4 to 5 hours a day and you are just hitting a bunch of balls with no
purpose and taking long water breaks, do not expect to achieve your goals and dreams. At
this point, having the athlete train properly for an hour or hour and a half is far more beneficial
than spending 4 to 5 hours on the court if the training is done properly, efficiently and
responsibly.
FREE SAT TUTORING
The SAT is a mandatory test in English and math for all students aspiring to
a scholarship at college in the USA.
In our continuing efforts to provide excellent wide-ranging services to our
clients, our renowned educational advisor Helen Donohoe is offering free weekly SAT
classes following the Saturday morning competitive program at Cedar Springs Health,
Racquet and Sportsclub in Burlington.
***Helen Donohoe, M.S.Ed., is a teacher of English and French in the Hamilton/Burlington
area. For more information, please contact Helen directly at [email protected].
Click HERE for more information on SAT preparation.
ACE TENNIS BURLINGTON
ACE TENNIS TORONTO
Cedar Springs Health, Racquet and Sportsclub
960 Cumberland Avenue
BURLINGTON
L7N 3J6 ON
Toronto Tennis City
185 Balliol Street
TORONTO
M4S 1C2 ON
[email protected]
[email protected]
Phone 905.632.9500
Phone 647.381.6464