Capital Kids Season

The Capital Kids Program has officially finished for the 2016 season.  We wrapped up the year with a Celebration event at St. James Tennis Club on the afternoon of Sunday, September 20th with our Capital Kids coaches, Sean Fowler, Alex Harea, Nelson Dordelly-Rosales, Samantha Hum and program Director, John Wins-Purdy running fun games, a massive Red Ball tournament and giving out lots of prizes to over 100 participants.  The kids came ready to play, mostly bringing their own racquets or borrowing some junior racquets from the club. 
Families who were eligible and applied for our low-income equipment subsidy program took home new racquets which thrilled many little kids who were able to play with a brand new racquet for the first time.  We also took the time to promote Little Aces Minor League Tennis, which are indoor leagues for recreational and competitive juniors at Tennis Center West Ottawa, Carleton University and Rideau Tennis Club.  Many kids were interested and look forward to continuing to play tennis in the indoor season.

The Capital Kids program ran at 7 different locations across the city this year from the beginning of May until the end of August.  Our coaching staff of 7 Head Coaches and over 10 youth instructors and a handful of volunteers delivered lessons using progressive tennis nets, balls and racquets for kids age 6-12.  Overall, close to 1,400 kids participated in the program, all of which either took 1 or 2 months of lessons, 1-2 per week.  The pictures above and below are from the Capital Kids Celebration event.