Andy Sutton
Racquets Director

Andy has been a Tennis Professional for over 30 years.  He is a certified Club Pro 3 which is the highest level of certification offered for Tennis Club Management. Andy also holds a Coach 3 Level Certification from Tennis Canada.

Highly regarded as a leader in his field, Andy is the Head Coach Developer for the Ontario Tennis Association .  With this position, Andy teaches tennis professionals, “how to be” professionals.  His philosophy and ultimate goal on and off the court as a coach, is to help people develop a love of the game and help make them play better.  As he noted recently in an interview with Tennis Canada, “the satisfaction from improving, for both the player and the coach, is intoxicating!”  This enthusiasm and positive coaching style creates an environment for coaching excellence and also an exceptional member experience, which is the ultimate goal of Premier Racquet Clubs.

Jean-François Danican
Head Tennis Professional

Francois is a Tennis Canada level 3 coach, GPTCA certified and PTR Professional.

Francois has over 25 years of coaching experience, starting as a High performance coach at Van der Meer academy in Hilton Head, Saddlebrook in Tampa, Florida and the Head Coach in Al Wasl Club (Dubai).

He is also the co-founder and director at Emirates Tennis Academy (Dubai) before joining the Ontario Racquet Club in 2019. He has worked with numerous top 200 ITF juniors and over 15 ATP Tour/WTA players.

Francois is also the former coach of Australian top 40 ATP player Alexei Poperyn. François has traveled all over the world playing, coaching, and attending seminars. He was a multiple junior champion from Guadeloupe. No.10 in the nation in NCAA D2 and twice the MVP of the South Atlantic Conference.

Finally he was the team captain in College and he was also part of the 4 time all-conference team.

Passionate and dedicated to improving the level of tennis in Canada, he has led many students to national titles. Welcome to the PRC family, Francois.