Ashland Tennis and Soccer Club

July 31, 2015 - PRLog -- About:

ATC will not only enable Ashland to compete with Lex every year in tennis, but will also bring new jobs and families to Ashland, Ohio.

Wooster Racquet Club is closing.  "Ashland Tennis Club" will be located in Ashland, but near Wooster.  Our goal is to not only work with the Ashland market, but also the Wooster area.  We want to be near route 71 so that additional out of town tennis players can easily access our club.  Near the Fin or a little further towards Wooster would be ideal. Our club will be ~20 minutes from Wooster, ~25 minutes from Lexington, ~40 minutes from Copley, ~45 minutes from Akron, ~50 minutes from BW, ~1 hour from Cleveland, and ~1 hour, 10 minutes from Columbus.

We are also considering "A&W Tennis Club" as a potential name.  The "A" would represent Ashland and the "W" Wooster. We want to build 8 indoor tennis courts, 2 racquetball courts, and room to add 6 Har-tru courts and a pool outside at a later time.  5 courts will be used every night for adult USTA practices and leagues, and 3 courts will typically be teaching pro courts.

We would like enough indoor space for locker rooms and a foosball/ping pong area.  We are considering 2 indoor soccer fields to add revenue streams, as well as daycare/babysitting services like Paramount Tennis does.  We value having many revenue streams, and the revenue/square footage ratio of the building is important to us. Perhaps lifelong Ashlander and current AU girls soccer coach Danny Krispinsky could lead the soccer program.  Perhaps a Men's Tennis program could be added to Ashland University now that Men's Soccer has been cut.  (Or add these 3 sports to AU - Men's Soccer, Men's Tennis, Woman's Lacrosse)

Mull and Weithman, an architecture firm in Columbus, will design it (Bob Irwin's uncle is Joe Weithman).  Weithman Brothers, a construction company in Galion, will build it (Bob Irwin's uncle is Ray Weithman).  Irwin's Office Supplies will provide the furniture. We plan to model many things similarly to Lakewood Racquet Club in Lexington, Ohio.  Ron Schaub has created the most successful tennis program in Ohio.  Currently, his girls have reached the Top 4 in the state the last 10 consecutive seasons - winning 4 state titles in that time.  His boys have reached the Top 4 in the state the last 7 consecutive seasons - winning 2 state titles.  We will use similar pricing to Lakewood - therefore being affordable enough to most in the community and surrounding area.  We aim to be able to serve as many tennis enthusiasts as possible by not charging too much.

With Just 41 days left in this campaign, your support is urgently needed! Please look at all the rewards they have for those who make a contribution.  Please consider getting involved, at whatever level you can, and help “Ashland Tennis Club (ATC)” get funded!

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For more information, contact us on: robertstevenirwin@gmail.com

Link to the Project: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/973235196/ashland-te...