Summer Smash Tennis is Making Tennis Accessible to Local First Nations in British Columbia

Summer Smash Tennis program promotes accessibility of tennis to First Nations communities in British Columbia.

Written by Spencer Mackoff and Marshall Mackoff, Co-Founders of Summer Smash Tennis Entering its fifth season of programs, Summer Smash Tennis and Tennis BC’s “Indigenizing Tennis” initiative is slated to provide fully subsidized ongoing tennis programs for children and adults to each of Vancouver’s three local First Nations starting Fall 2024. In partnership with Squamish…

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Recalling Harlem Junior Tennis & Education Program Founders Bill Brown and Claud Cargill

Remembering the Founders of the Harlem Junior Tennis & Education Program: Bill Brown and Claud Cargill

Photo credit: HJTEP Harlem celebrates its tennis haven. The Harlem Junior Tennis & Education Program raised nearly $1 million at its 52nd Annual Gala on May 13 at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City. HJTEP develops champions in tennis education and wellness, bringing tennis to youth from high-risk, low-income inner-city neighborhoods and offers opportunities…

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