Expanding accessibility to tennis
Expanding equitable access to tennis through fully subsidized, community-driven programs delivered in partnership with Indigenous communities and schools.
Creating pathways
Creating pathways
Creating pathways
Creating pathways
Pathways to Tennis is a not-for-profit organization removing financial and structural barriers to participation. We deliver fully subsidized, year-round programs that support health, leadership development, and long-term engagement, ensuring tennis remains accessible, inclusive, and community-driven.
Our mission
We expand accessibility to tennis and its benefits by reducing barriers to participation and fostering meaningful relationships through sport
Paths to connection,
paved with play
Trust
Building programs grounded in transparency, respect, and long-term community relationships.
Collaboration
Working alongside communities, schools, and partners to create shared impact.
Wellbeing
Supporting physical, mental, cultural, and spiritual health, personal leadership growth, and lifelong participation.
Partners and sponsors
We are grateful to the community partners and sponsors who help us pave the pathway to tennis.
Built on trust and sustained through community
Tennis is often inaccessible to Indigenous communities due to limited courts, high costs, and a lack of culturally safe programs.
Pathways to Tennis collaborates with Host Nation communities to deliver fully subsidized, year-round programs with communities and schools, removing barriers and supporting sustainable participation.
Tennis builds more than just players
Lifelong Wellbeing
Tennis is more than a sport. It supports physical and mental health at every stage of life. Tennis builds coordination, confidence, and resilience creating holistic habits of self-care and self-reliance that extend well beyond the court.
Community Strength
Tennis is a unique sport that brings people together through the process of learning and play, fostering belonging, collaboration, and mutual support. Through consistent programming and inclusive environments, tennis can build a culture of cooperation, leadership, and collective growth.
Connecting Generations
Tennis is one of the few sports where people of all ages can start or continue learning the game. Children, adults, and Elders can participate and play the sport together, creating shared spaces for connection, learning, and joy rooted in movement and athletic growth.
Our board
Guided by experience. Grounded in community. United by a commitment to make tennis more accessible, inclusive, and lasting.
Director
Director
Director
Board Member
Board Member
Board Member
Spencer Mackoff
Marshall Mackoff
Director of Summer Smash Tennis, BC & IB Teacher
Marshall Mackoff was born and raised in Vancouver and attended St. George’s during high school. Marshall joined his first summer tennis camp at 8 years old and would continue to play and compete in the sport throughout juniors and university. Marshall has significant experience in leadership positions, having captained the St. George’s senior team and later, Queen’s University’s Men’s Tennis Team. Marshall competed for the UBC Men’s Tennis Team while completing his Juris Doctor at UBC.
Marshall first began to teach tennis at St. George’s Summer Camps at the age of 15. He realized his love for teaching during his first summer as an instructor, and since then has coached at the UBC Tennis Centre, Dunbar Community Centre, and Kerrisdale Community Centre. Marshall is always looking to improve as a coach, having completed his Club Pro 1 designation in 2015 and having coached alongside some of the most experienced coaches in Vancouver during his time at Matchpoint Tennis Academy, from 2015-2017.