Mississauga Tigers Inks Partnership with Revibe TO by Hussein Abdullahi

Mississauga Tigers High Performance Program have inked a partnership deal with Toronto-based Wellness Clinic Revibe To.

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The Mississauga Tigers High-Performance Program is a new program that aims to provide amateur baseball athletes with an adequate infrastructure that will provide opportunities to support the players attain their goals. The Tiger’s General Manager Antwi Atuahene has directed a partnership between a Toronto-based wellness clinic Revibe To. and the Tigers High-Performance Program. Revibe is opening doors to the Tigers High-Performance Program the new program started in early August 2020.

As I took the GM spot with the Tigers HPP I felt that there was a need for us to get a hub in Mississauga, where our players can receive therapy, rehab, and injury prevention programs.
— Antwi Atuahene (General Manager)

Under the umbrella of this partnership, Revibe will be responsible for providing the athletes with sport medicine services ranging from manual therapy, sports rehab, and injury prevention programs targeted to maximize their performance levels on and off the field. The co-Founder of Revibe Josh Alferez highlights how the Tigers athletes will benefit from their revolutionary pro-active approach, as well as how sports organizations can infuse sports medicine and wellness practices into their programs.


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General Manager Antwi Atuahene addresses players before the start of mini-camp

Before The Tigers HPP identified Revibe as a potential partner, GM Antwi met with the CEO of Revibe Justice Okeke to speak on the potential value of the partnership. From Antwi’s personal experience with Revibe, he highlighted their amazing track record with clients both in the sports and corporate sectors. Revibe has established their brand adding the Tigers HPP to their list of sports clubs they’ll be assisting, earlier this summer the wellness clinic signed a partnership deal with basketball powerhouse Royal Crown Academy in Scarborough’s east end.

This partnership took place because Revibe and Tigers HPP are looking to shake the industry by creating an experience that extends beyond the sport.
— Josh Alferez

Josh Alferez wants to introduce the upcoming generation of athletes to his revolutionary proactive approach infused with wellness. Before Antwi’s General Manager position with the Tigers HPP, he has cultivated a business relationship with the Co-Founder of Revibe To. Josh Alferez, which made this partnership organic.


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Mississauga Tigers take the field for Training Camp

Revibe will open their wellness clinic to Tigers athletes, where they’ll have the opportunity to partake in an exclusive Revibe experience. An integral part of this partnership was for Revibe to educate the athletes going forward on utilizing efficient training systems that increase joint mobility, overall strength and peak performance. Their proactive approach highlights the importance of wellness, sleep, nutrition, and mindfulness practice. Revibe’s co-Founder Josh Alferez and team aims to create an authentic experience for the athletes that extends beyond the sport of baseball. As the Tigers look to get a jump start on their competition, the athletes are taking a positive step forward working alongside Revibe.

To perform at an optimal level you need to put your body as the number one priority. From stretching to strengthening, mindfulness practice to sleep, and nutrition to supplementation; It all matters!
— Josh Alferez ( Co-Founder of Revibe To.)

Revibe’s facility includes open concept therapy rooms, a recovery lounge, a movement lab, a workspace, and a theatre room. It’s beyond your typical sports clinic and that’s competitive advantage Revibe has created with their wellness centre, both parties are excited to observe the growth of these athletes while sustaining a lasting partnership. The future looks bright for the Tigers HPP they gear up for their upcoming season GM Antwi is confident that the athletes will be ready to hit the field and perform at optimal performance level.

Photography by: @Kyoshinn

Photography by: @Kyoshinn

Written by: @TGQ.Inc

Featuring: @timetorevibe, @tigerhpp

Produced by: @TGQ.Inc

WOE G2S CAMP || The Youth of Tomorrow by Hussein Abdullahi

As the youth look forward to heading back to school, they intend on sharing a memorable camp experience with their peers. Working On Excellence Grind2Shine (WOE G2S) presented their first annual weekend camp for the youth ages 8-17, in hopes to promote unity, awareness, and equal opportunity. The Camp was comprised of various sports, arts, and wellness activities for the youth to engage and interact with their peers, community members, coaches, and industry professionals. Special guest appearances included TSN Sports Anchor Kayla Grey, Canadian Kick-Boxing Champion Jason Battiste, and Toronto Firefighter Doug C.

We took the idea and decided to make it 100% for charity to help the youth in danger of these injustices.
— Myck Kabongo

The 3-day camp experience highlighted the importance of community outreach and providing an inclusive environment for the youth. At the forefront of this social impact project was Toronto Professional Athlete Myck Kabongo and Professional Strength & Conditioning Coach Seamus Egan-Elliott. The two had been working collaboratively over the years and have developed an authentic relationship, given their genuine interest in enriching their community, it only made sense for them to present the idea of the WOEG2S camp. The focus was for the camp to be accessible to all youths regardless of their financial means and providing an infrastructure for bringing people together from different walks of life.

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Photo by: @capturedbyma

A major goal was bringing people together from different walks of life and learning about each other, in addition to learning a new skill sets
— Seamus Egan-Elliott

Day 1

On the first day, campers were selected into groups and appointed to coaches (Drew, Hussein, Benson, Juice, Seamus, Jelani, John, Pavel, Stephen and Myck). Following group selections, campers then started their sports activities including football drills, basketball skills and development, and hockey fundamentals. After a full rotation of sports activities, the groups then broke for lunch which, was provided by the neighbourhood’s favourite Square Boy Restaurant. After lunch, former Canadian Kickboxing Champion Jason Battiste joined the group and for one of his motivational speeches.


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FIGHTER’S MENTALITY

Jason Battiste spars with Coach Pavel Barber.

In life,the real winner is the one who crosses the finishline last, becasue that person will learn how to win in the end.
— Jason Battiste

Jason spoke on his boxing career and life experiences throughout his journey as a Pro Athlete, imparting his knowledge and wisdom for campers. Following his speech, Jason spent the afternoon teaching campers fighting and boxing tactics along with a strength and conditioning competition. Jason owns a boxing fitness club called New Frontier Fitness, where he offers a variety of 1-on-1 training options for athletes across various fitness levels.

Campers then got the opportunity to practice yoga and mindfulness with Toronto Yoga instructor Jia. After the high-intensive drill stations, it was good for campers to mellow down before the end of their first day. To wrap up the first day of camp, Coach Myck announced the raffle winners for his autographed NBA game-worn San Antonio Spurs jersey. The selected winner for the grand prize was Isiah from the Toronto Top-Tier basketball club.


Day 2

Following the first day of camp, coaches relayed a powerful message on the importance of leadership, hard work, and consistency. Each group showed a unique display of those themes. Day 2 the environment of the camp was a bit more competitive as groups went head-to-head in drills at each station. Groups then broke for lunch that was provided by Toronto’s Own Black Classic Juice Co.

In the afternoon, Toronto Firefighter Doug C. Doug imparted his wisdom for the group of campers along with some of the challenges he faced earlier on his career. The campers were moved by his speech and intrigued so following Doug’s Speech, there was a Q&A portion. Doug highlighted the importance of teamwork, sacrifice, and passion, in correlation to point of emphasis for the day of camp. To commence the end of day 2 coaches announced the raffle winners and camp all-stars. The winner for the grand prize was Mohammad Alsamaneh (smiley) who took home an official game-worn OVO Basketball jersey donated by Coach Hussein.

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TEAMWORK

Doug shares his story on becoming a fire fighter.


Day 3

The final day of camp was special as the media crew of TSN were in attendance to capture the unique camp experience. Sports Anchor and Reporter Kayla Grey had the opportunity to share her story for the campers and coaches. For those who aren’t aware, the sports industry is predominately run by males and for Kayla, she has carved a unique path for herself, as well as millions of visible minorities. Kayla spoke on the importance of representation for women in the professional industries and climbing the corporate ladder being a person of colour within the industry. Sports gives people a universal platform that has a global reach and for this generation of upcoming athletes its imperative to fully equipped them with the tools that will influence great leaders of tomorrow. To wrap up camp coaches had an awards presentation to honour all campers for their hard work, dedication, and efforts. Each camper took home a prize but most importantly, a valuable experience to remember. WOE G2S has hopes to bring a 2nd annual camp next summer!

Being a person of colour in my industry gives hope to millions of women out there who look like me.
— Kayla Grey
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GRIND 2 SHINE

Written by: @TGQ.INC

Photography by: @capturedbyma

Produced by: @TGQ.INC