Alliston Tennis Club

Andrew Kokelj, President of the Alliston Tennis Club presents the OTA Bruce Childs Award to Kevin Herrington  at Mike’s Family Restaurant. Alliston Tennis Club held their 43rd Annual General Meeting at Mike’s  Family Restaurant October 25 2018. In addition to the regular business meeting, Andrew Kokelj, President  of the ATC presented the Bruce Childs Memorial Award to  Kevin Herrington. The Bruce Childs Memorial Award was established by the Ontario  Tennis Association to recognize an executive member or dedicated  club volunteer who has made an outstanding contribution to his  community tennis club for an extended period of time. Bruce Childs   was a long time volunteer at his  community club in Toronto. In his younger days Kevin played hockey in College, professionally  in England. But it was his dedication to teaching tennis, particularly with Juniors ,  for nearly 12 years that has made a difference a...

OTA 100th Anniversary Drop-In Retro Night at the ATC Courts    With lovely weather, we enjoyed a great night celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the OTA on Friday June 29th at the Alliston Tennis Club.The Drop-In nights was  open to members and non-members with players enjoying using many of the old familiar raquets of the past. The names Wilson Jack Kramer, Dunlop Maxply, Chris Evert, Slazenger, Spalding, Prince and Donnay rekindled youthful memories for all. Instead of just limiting play to one court, players used them on all the courts. Once the cobwebs were shaken off, there were many lively rallies and games throughout the evening. The highlight was provided by Mike Cooper, who brought his parents' wonderful collection of vintage tennis raquets to display for the members. His father Alex built many courts in North York in the 1960'3 and 1970's and wrote many articles on tennis. Mike played with a Slazenger raquet that his mother Grace used to become...