Activities
Tennis Inverclyde Easter 2010 camps get underway
Tennis Inverclyde are once again running their popular Tennis camps during the Easter School holidays. These will be held at:
Fort Matilda Tennis Club: Monday 5th April until Friday 9th April 2010
Ardgowan Tennis Club : Monday 12th April until Friday 16th April 2010
The time for each camp is each day from 10.00am until 12.00noon.
Tennis Inverclyde Co-ordinator Jim Lyon said, ‘These camps have proved very popular in the past and are aimed at children 6 years to 14 years and over. We hope that once again many children will come along, ‘make a racquet’ and have a smashing time! Children of all abilities and standards are welcomed and racquets are available for all who need them.’
The cost for each week is £20.00 with any other child from the same immediate family half price where both book for the week. The daily rate is £5.00 per session. Children can be registered from the first morning of each camp.
For further information please contact Jim Lyon on 01475 791746 or 07985 120155 or by email to jlyon1@hotmail.com Due to the success of last year’s camps it is anticipated that there will be a large demand for places, and these will be allocated on a first, come first served basis.
Come and Try Tennis in 2010
A number of special Come and Try sessions are currently being put together. Watch this space for details coming very soon.
Wimbledon 2009
Some of the excited youngsters going to the 2009 championships
Wimbledon was fantastic!
That was the cry from the Tennis Inverclyde youngsters and leaders who visited the Championships at Wimbledon over the final two days. A party of 19 youngsters flew down to Wimbledon and despite some train travel cancellations, they had a great time in warm sunshine.
As well as watching the girls and boys finals (not a Brit amongst the contestants) on Court No. 1, the youngsters had the thrill of extra good Centre Court tickets for the men’s and ladies’ doubles events seeing Venus and Serena Williams thumping great winners not 20 feet away from them. They were also able to watch the singles finals from the giant screen on Henman Hill and also from the new screens located in the greatly enlarged No. 2 court which now holds around 3000 spectators. Then there was the Kids Game Zone to explore and test out their skills plus the Wimbledon shops to visit and also the hunt for celebrities which included Adrian Childs from BBC television and Chico the entertainer from The X Factor.
‘All of us had such a great time’, said Tennis Inverclyde Chairman Chris Jewell. ‘The finals, particularly the men’s final, seem to get better and better and the youngsters were thrilled at being right at the heart of tennis sitting on the coveted Centre Court and watching the best players in the world doing what they do best. We are grateful to all our sponsors, in particular Sport Inverclyde and W H Kirkwood, whose financial help make it possible for another group of children to visit Wimbledon and see their heroes in action.’