Tennis Canada and Rogers to provide $1.2 million for Year-Round Community Tennis Court projects in 2024

Program set for greatest 12 months since inception with six initiatives confirmed for 2024

The 12 months-Spherical Group Tennis Courts Program offered by Rogers is ready for its most impactful 12 months since its inception in 2022 with six municipalities chosen to obtain a complete of $1.2 million in funding to develop lined tennis courts in 2024, Tennis Canada introduced on Tuesday.

Unfold throughout three provinces, initiatives within the municipalities of Niagara, Mississauga, St Catharines and Chatham-Kent, Ontario in addition to Ile-Bizard, Quebec have been confirmed for 2024. A further location in British Columbia, representing the primary mission in Canada’s western-most province, might be introduced within the coming weeks. Every of those initiatives might be supplied $200,000 in seed cash, bringing Tennis Canada and Rogers’ funding in this system to $1.2 million this 12 months alone and the entire variety of accomplished and ongoing initiatives to 14.

In its third 12 months, the 12 months-Spherical Group Tennis Courts Program has already made a considerable affect throughout the nation. Accomplished initiatives in Markham and Hamilton, Ontario, Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta, in addition to Waterloo, Quebec have delivered 26 new lined courts, offering 4.1 million Canadians entry to year-round tennis. Every membership noticed its winter courtroom bookings and membership enrollment enhance dramatically for the brand new indoor seasons, due to the collective further 2,695 hours of courtroom time per week that have been made out there to their communities. Additional initiatives in Thunder Bay, Stratford and Toronto, Ontario are additionally at present below building as a part of this system.

The initiatives at Niagara Falls Racquet Centre (Niagara, ON), Premier Racquet Membership – Mississauga (Mississauga, ON), West Island Tennis Membership (Ile-Bizard, QC), and in St Catharines and Chatham-Kent, Ontario, will see a collective 22 year-round tennis courts added to their communities, accessible to 1.16 million Canadians and accounting for a complete of two,200 further courtroom hours per week in the course of the winter months. By the top of 2024, the entire variety of year-round tennis courts created by this system will attain over 60 – greater than 35% of this system’s objective of 160.

“It’s super to see this program proceed to flourish as we work in the direction of our objective of constructing tennis extra accessible to Canadians throughout the nation,” mentioned Gavin Ziv, Chief Government Officer, Tennis Canada. “This 12 months, our portfolio has elevated from 4 to 6 amenities, as we proceed to prioritize the development of extra year-round tennis courts by the acceleration of our capability constructing efforts. As at all times, we’d prefer to thank our super associate Rogers for the seed cash they supply and their unimaginable help on this program and congratulate the municipalities and membership working companions which have acquired funding. We can’t wait to see their initiatives come to life in these communities. Momentum for this program simply retains rising, and we encourage different municipalities, golf equipment and gamers to get in contact to see how they will get a mission began of their space.”

“We’re happy to associate with Tennis Canada to assist develop the sport of tennis throughout Canada,” mentioned Terrie Tweddle, Chief Model and Communications Officer, Rogers. “By means of these new year-round courts, we’re serving to to make tennis extra accessible to extra Canadians.”

The initiatives introduced right this moment are scheduled for completion in time for the 2024-25 fall and winter seasons. That’s aside from Niagara Falls Racquet Centre, the place their bubble is already near completion and a grand opening is scheduled for Thursday, February 8. Soil-turning ceremonies might be held at every of the opposite mission golf equipment over the approaching weeks.

As momentum for the 12 months-Spherical Group Tennis Courts Program offered by Rogers continues to develop, with 90% of Canadians agreeing that municipalities ought to work with Tennis Canada on the initiative, you possibly can study extra about this system and e mail coveredcourts@tenniscanada.com to seek out out how one can assist kick begin a mission in your municipality.

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Municipality: Niagara Falls, OntarioYear-round courts created by mission: 4Canadians served by mission: 95,000Additional courtroom hours per week created by mission: 400“Gamers wish to play! Because of Tennis Canada and Tennis Golf equipment of Canada, gamers have entry to extra courts all-year-round on the Niagara Falls Raquet Centre,” mentioned Jim Diodati, Mayor of Niagara Falls. “This modern, three-season dome will see Tennis Golf equipment of Canada function the lined house with leases and programming, and every year the entire dome will come right down to reveal the open-air courts for the spring and summer season. Extra courts, for extra seasons means extra gamers! We will’t wait to get our racquets getting into right here!”

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Municipality: Mississauga, OntarioYear-round courts created by mission: 4Canadians served by mission: 805,000Additional courtroom hours per week created by mission: 400“We’re actually excited to have been chosen for funding by way of the 12 months-Spherical Group Tennis Courts Program,” mentioned Karl Hale, CEO of Premier Racquet Membership – Mississauga. “Thanks to Rogers and Tennis Canada for his or her help. We can’t wait to see this mission come to life and to deliver year-round tennis to the Mississauga group.”