March 25th 2022
Dear Member,
Last week of the first term is here! We have exciting news for the upcoming term but first let us do a recap of what was on this week and also what is coming up for the next two weeks… SPRING BREAK!
Rackets Academy Doubles Ladies League
Unfortunately, this season’s Ladies League is over, after almost a whole year of amazing tennis matches and a great competition the season comes to an end with the win of “Rackettes” (CONGRATULATIONS LADIES!!!!). On Thursday we had the awards ceremony that took place in Motor City, where the champions were announced and also had a good time playing tennis with some of the coaches from Rackets Academy.
The Pro Am ended with some fun awards:
- Newcomer of the year: Paula – No Strings Attached
- Player of the year: Maria – Matchmakers
- Captain of the year: Catriona – Radu’s Rebels
- Coach of the year: Alejandro – Get a Grip
- Most stylish team: Rackettes
- Best hair award: Coach Raduan
- Coolest coach award: Easy
- Sportsmanship award: Wendy – Rackettes
- Clincher award: Debbie – Get a grip
- Best host: Rackettes
- Best teammate: Mags – Baseliners
- Pride award: Heather – Rackettes
Congratulations to all the winners and we cannot wait for next season to begin. We will keep you updated for next season’s schedule and tournament.
Get to know our players – Garv Bahl
Our Elite player, Garv Bahl, just got back from two back-to-back ITF tournaments in Cyprus where he made the final in singles and semifinals in doubles, not a bad results considering it was his first tournament after recovering from a wrist injury. Congratulations Garv, we are very proud of you! Let’s keep up the great work and bringing trophies back to Rackets Academy.
Some thoughts on his experience and deep run at the ITFs in Cyprus:
“This was the first tournament after recovering from my wrist injury so I was a bit nervous going into the tournament. Throughout the tournament I had to play against many different players with their own specialties and game styles and I had to persevere through many ups and downs, especially in the second round being down a set and 1-3, but along with Kirk’s guidance and hard work I was able to make it to the finals. Unfortunately, I didn’t play my best match in the finals but you learn most from losses and I think I was a great experience for me to find out where I stand amongst international players and have brought back lots to improve and work on”.
Spring Break Camps
Monday – Friday 28th March
We will be running the camps at 3 different locations, ages 4 to 12:
1. Fitness First Town Center (4-12)
2. Fitness First Lakes (4-14)
3. Fitness First Mudon (4-10) (2 weeks only)
Activities Include:
Tennis
Padel tennis (Mudon)
Splash Session
Xfit Kids
Football
Motor Skills Development Activities and Fun Games
Dodgeball
Boxing (lakes)
Various many more fun activities and games
AED 150 per day
AED 665 for 5 days
10% Fitness First or sibling discount available
Daily schedule:
8.30 – 9am – Drop off
9 – 9.45am – Activity 1
9.45 – 10 am – Drink Break
10 – 10.45am – Activity 2
10.45 – 11. 15am – Drink & Snack break
11.15 – 12.00 am – Activity 3
12.00 – 12.30pm – Pool Time / Splash Session
12.30 – 1pm – Pick up time
Places are only confirmed once payment has been made at Fitness First Reception due to a strict number allowed to ensure all social distancing, safety measures and guidelines are adhered to.
WEEK 1 and 2 from Mon – Fri
MOTOR CITY TENNIS CAMP
Drop Off: 8:30-9am / Finish 1:00pm
Venue: Green Community Motor City
Tennis / Games
AED 250 per day
AED 1000 for 5 days
ELITE PERFORMANCE CAMP
Week 1&2: Monday-Friday
Drop Off: 8:30-9am / Finish 1:00pm
Venue: Sofitel – The Palm
Tennis / Fitness / Matchplay
AED 250 per day
AED 1000 for 5 days
Rackets Academy Spring Break Championships
Rackets Academy Spring Championship will take place from 28th March – 10th April 2022 Matches will be played in knock out draws, each match will be best of 3 tie break sets with super tie break till 10 points in the third set.
Junior categories will be played during the day (12pm-6pm) and adults’ category will be played in the evening (6pm+) Matches will be played at Motor city venue
Entry fee per category: 120aed per player
U10,U12,U14 will be Tennis Emirates ranking tournaments and you can register on this link bellow: https://te.s-pin.com/Institute/tournament/mytournament
Week 1: March 28 – April 3:
- Men’s Singles
- Boys & Girls Singles: U10,U12,U14,U16
Week 2: April 4 – 10
- Women’s Singles
- Mixed Doubles
- Men’s Doubles
- Men’s 35+ Singles
Travel Tour
Congratulations to all the players that got back last Monday from the Ten-Pro Global Tournament that took place in Mallorca, Spain. We could not be happier with our Elite players performance.
Larisa Brasil got 3rd place U15 and 6th place U14
Enzo Kahi got 3rd place U14
Axel Raber was runner up U15
PTT UTR Tournaments
We are ready to host another UTR Pro Tennis Tour event. Starting in late March we are hosting at Atlantis two women’s PTT $25K+H events. It will be the first women’s PTT tournament to offer free hospitality to players. Last month, Rackets Academy hosted two men’s PTT events, which were the first UTR tournaments that were held in the Middle East. UTR has now partnered up with Amazon Prime, so all matches will be available to watch on Prime Video. We will go more in depth on that in next week’s newsletter.
From Rackets Academy we wish you a happy Spring Break holiday! Enjoy it!
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