Ahlilah Longmire
Long Island City, NY (USA)
Role(s):
Founder/Owner/Principal
Ascot Manor
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Location:
Long Island City
Industry:
Retail/Clothing
Year Founded:
2017
Number Employees:
1-10 people
Business Stage:
Growth (profitable)
Entity Type:
Limited Liability Company
Description:
Ascot Manor is a new socially conscious tennis brand in the active lifestyle apparel industry. Woman owned, we are individuals who believe no child should be stripped of their tennis dreams due to their socioeconomic status.
Ascot Manor re-invests a portion of sales back into the business in order to help sponsor tournament fees, apparel, and other expenses for under-resourced competitive junior tennis players. The company is headquartered in New York, NY, home to the U.S Open and Arthur Ashe Stadium. The company is majority owned by its founding partner.
We started in 2017 with crafting an idea to change the narrative of how people view tennis apparel with the inception of what we call tennis-leisure to embody the lifestyle of our tennis-aficionados and activewear goers.
As the company to offer the first ever patent-pending tennis utility jacket that lets you play and effortlessly travel with your tool—your racquet—we at Ascot Manor know that when gifted amateurs are at work, honing their craft, they need quality tools and apparel to help mold them into tomorrow’s world class leaders, champions and professionals.
A 2020 (URL removed) grant recipient, Ascot Manor has been featured on The Tennis Channel, Men's Health, Forbes, Travel & Leisure, Yahoo Sports, FOX 5 New, to name a few, and has been recognized by the USTA, and Executives at IMG Tennis. Currently Ascot Manor works with a number of professional tennis players as Ambassadors as well as top National Jr players.