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Instructor Spotlight: Spencer Mackoff and Marshall Mackoff

A love for tennis was sparked early on for brothers Spencer and Marshall Mackoff. First introduced to the sport in public parks as young children by their mother, they began playing more seriously at UBC tennis camps. Eventually becoming coaches themselves, they founded Summer Smash Tennis together in 2012 – and haven’t looked back. Operating year-round today, Summer Smash Tennis teaches some 2,000 students annually through community centres, schools and First Nations. Spencer, drawing from his varsity

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Summer Program Highlights

Check out new programs, from the one-on-one For the Love of Literacy (three-five year olds) and Westcoast Pickleball Academy (nine-12 year olds) to Pet Loss Art Therapy Group (19-64 year olds). And save your spot in returning classes like Let’s Boost Reading (six-seven year olds),  Colour Your Ideas (seven-11 year olds) and Yoga to Unwind and Reset (18-plus years). Visit the Summer 2025 Guide to peruse all programs.

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Instructor Spotlight: Jan Cooper

Don’t tell Jan Cooper that you can’t sing. “Singing is within all of us. Some people are natural and others need to be trained. If you can speak, you can sing,” says Cooper, a vocal coach with 40 years’ experience. Introducing his vocal training programs to the Kerrisdale Community Centre this year, Cooper brings a variety of musical and theatrical experience to the classroom. He got his break during the production of Godspell at the

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