| Hello EveryoneWe hope that you all had a great start to the New Year. It’s been a while since our last update, rest assured we’ll keep you posted about all the latest happenings. We are getting ready for the 2020 Summer Tennis Season here at the Ajax Tennis Club. There are going to be some changes at the club. First off, the club will have 2 new Club Pro’s for the upcoming season. Second, our Junior Program will get a major overhaul, and last but not least, our courts will be resurfaced this year. So let’s get started!
Club Head Pro and Club Pro!
Jordan Anthony, who has been our Club Pro for many years, will not be returning. Jordan has moved on to another business outside of Tennis and the Club would like to wish him nothing but the best in his new endeavour and would like to thank him for the past years.
Meet our New Head Pro – Graham Castanheiro
Graham has been instructing Tennis for almost 30 years. Graham has been working with Dave Ochotta for the past few years at the Pickering Rec Center and at the Sandy Beach Tennis Club.
Graham has coordinated the Academy Tennis Programs: Delivered Adult and Junior Tennis programs with the goal to develop lifetime tennis players. We are very excited to have Graham at our Club. His experience will bring a whole new level to our tennis community. If you have any questions for Graham, please feel free to contact him via e-mail at grahamscoaching@gmail.com
Meet our New Club Pro – Ben Muller
Ben will be working very closely with Graham. Ben ran most of our Junior Programs last year and will return as the Club Pro this year. We are very excited that Ben will be joining us this year as a Club Pro. He is having a very busy winter with the Juniors at Ajax Winter Tennis and also getting his certification from Tennis Canada. Both Ben and Graham are very anxious to grow the sport of Tennis at our Club. If you have any questions for Ben, please feel free to contact him via e-mail at benjimuller@gmail.com.
Without putting too much pressure on our pro’s, I believe we have the Dream Team of Tennis Pro’s for the Summer Tennis Season.
Junior and Adult Lessons and Programs:
Our Junior program will be completely overhauled for the upcoming 2020 season. We still offer programs to all skill levels including Beginners, however there will also be more specialized programs for kids looking to advance in the sport, something that has been missing from our Junior program over the past few years. There will be opportunities to enter OTA tournaments and much more. We will also have court time available for the Juniors on Sunday mornings where they come out and get to play with other Juniors in a non-lesson environment supervised by a volunteer of the Club at no extra charge. We are also looking for a Junior Director to be part of the Club Executive which will bridge the gap between parents and our Club Pro’s. Anyone interested in the Junior Director position please e-mail me at ajaxtennisclub@gmail.com.
Adult Lessons and Aerobics will return again this year. Graham and Ben will be releasing the program schedule for both the Juniors and Adults in a couple of weeks.
Private lessons can be arranged with either Graham or Ben!
Court Resurfacing scheduled for this summer:
Our 4 Club courts are scheduled to be resurfaced this year. As of right now there is no timeframe on when construction is going to start. While this causes some issues with scheduling programs, rest assured that all of our Programs will still be offered during construction. We have permits for the public courts to allow us to continue to run our programs like we did in the past. Some of the evening programs might have different start times or we might be moving some of them to the weekend.
For our competitive Durham A, B and C League teams, we are going to work with the Durham League to have our matches played away during construction.
We realize that the construction will cause some inconvenience, however keep in mind that we will offer all the programs and leagues as scheduled.
Ajax Tennis Club Registration:
Online registration should be available at the beginning of March.
Paper registrations will be available later this month and in-person registrations start in March.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or concerns.
Your 2020 Ajax Tennis Club Executive:
Club President – Boris Schreiner (ajaxtennisclub@gmail.com)
Vice President – Janette Butterley (atcclubvp@gmail.com)
Membership Director – Lyn Capps (atcmemberships@gmail.com)
Treasurer – Frank Cooper (atcclubfinance@gmail.com)
Secretary – Noda Schreiner (ajaxtennisclub@gmail.com)
For more information please visit our website www.ajaxtennisclub.org!
Can you also stay in touch with us through our different social media channels:
Facebook: Ajax Tennis Club
Twitter: @AjaxTennisClub
Instagram: ajaxtennisclub2017
As always, please don’t hesitate to contact us should you have any questions or feedback. Simply e-mail us at ajaxtennisclub@gmail.com. We usually reply within 24 hours.
Hope to see you on the Courts soon!
Your Exec Team |
