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 continues to be an asset to the club and its members.

 Mike Ratcliff - Tennis Pro

Mike has been with the Waterloo Tennis Club since 1994 and in the Waterloo Region for more than 20 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.
 

Gary Winter - Tennis Pro

Gary joined the Waterloo in October, 2009. He moved from Vancouver, BC where he coached for four years at the prestigious Vancouver Lawn Tennis Club. Gary was involved in all programs at Vancouver Lawn ranging from Progressive Tennis classes for juniors to junior recreational and high performance programs as well as adult recreational and competitive programs. Before that, Gary lived in Whistler, BC for fourteen years where he managed the health club at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler and was the Director of Tennis for the resort hotel. Gary has also worked as a program and communications coordinator with Tennis B.C. He has coached tennis at the University of British Columbia and led grassroots classes in various communities in BC. Gary continues to play seniors competitive tennis and won the 45+ Indoor Western Nationals Doubles title in 2006.

Gary is sponsored by Wilson. He is also a consultant for Dartfish, a software system for analyzing sport performance. Gary is an active member of Tennis Canada’s Tennis Professionals Association. He is a Tennis Canada Coach 2 and is currently taking his Coach 3 certification course with Tennis Canada. Gary is also certified in the Progressive Tennis method.

“Tennis is such an awesome sport and I constantly feel honoured that I have the opportunity to help kids and adults learn and get better at the game at all levels.”

  
Sally Kemp - Office Administrator Email