John Bezear, BBA/ADHM - General Manager Email

John comes all the way from sunny Australia and has over 10 years experience managing multi-million dollar sporting clubs. This coupled with his extensive business and hospitality education will be an asset to the club and its members.

John is excited to become part of the Waterloo Tennis Club team and is looking forward to building a sustainable future for the club and its valued members.

John is no stranger to competitive sport and has a long history of competing on the international stage. He is eager to develop his tennis skills and is looking forward to meeting all the members on and off the court over the coming months.


 

 Mike Ratcliff - Tennis Pro

Mike has been with the Waterloo Tennis Club since 1994 and in the Waterloo Region for more than 15 years.

As a junior in England, Mike won the 1963 &1964 British Singles and Doubles Crowns. He has also spent time in Montreal, where he was instrumental in forming the Quebec Tennis Instructors Certification System from which Tennis Canada's Certification system was formed. Mike also worked along side Billie Jean King training at the first World Tennis Association Training Camp for women. He assisted Billie Jean in her comeback to tennis.

Mike is an accomplished squash player and won the 1980 Atlantic Open. He resides in Kitchener with his wife Pat and cat Freddie.
 

Joel Ayer - Tennis Pro

Joel is a Tennis Canada Coach 2 with 15 teaching experience since 1992. Joel was the recipient of the IKON Tennis Nova Scotia Coach Award in May 2008. In 2007 and 2008, Joel worked as an U14 National Training Center Assistant Coach to Bob Brett. Bob Brett is currently coaching Marin Cilic (ATP 25 player in the world) and was a former coach of Nicholas Kiefer, Goran Ivanisevic, and Boris Becker. Joel was offered a position as 2009 Canada Games Coach in Nova Scotia but had to decline due to his recent move to Kitchener. In 2006 Joel was an Atlantic Canada National Coach for U18s. In 2006 Joel held the No. 1 singles and doubles ranking in Nova Scotia. At this time Joel was also ranked No. 3 in mixed doubles with his partner Nadina Imamovic..

Joel has a fun and charming personality filled with great sense of humour. He is very responsible and places great emphasis on his participants' on-court and off-court tennis fitness, psychological, and match play needs. Joel welcomes new players and loves to meet people..

  
Sally Kemp - Office Administrator Email
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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