Activities
Special Ardgowan Tennis Club offer to those attending summer tennis camps 2009
Get into tennis!
We hope you have enjoyed being part of the summer tennis camps.
If you are not already a member of a local tennis Club, and want to continue playing tennis, Ardgowan Tennis Club is offering you the chance to play at its regular weekly coaching session each Thursday for the next three Thursdays commencing Thursday August 20th at the special cost of £2 per session. For 5 to 10 year olds the time is 4.45pm to 5.30pm and for 11 years and older the time is 5.30pm to 6.30pm.
If you would like to join Ardgowan Tennis Club, now or after these three sessions, there is a specially reduced subscription for a junior (8 to 14 years) at £30 and for a mini member (for 5 to 10 year olds) at £20. This lasts until 31st March 2010 and gives you unlimited tennis for less than £1 per week! Parents can also be on court with their child members up to age 10 at no extra cost.
Further details and a joining form is available from Club coach Jim Lyon on 07985 120 155 or from within the tennis clubhouse.
Junior coaching at local tennis clubs
Tennis Inverclyde helps to provide coaching and organisation for mini and junior members of both Ardgowan Tennis Club (link to club website) and Fort Matilda Tennis Club (link to club website) in Greenock.
Both clubs offer mini and junior memberships at attractive rates and there are floodlights for winter play at Ardgowan. Click on the club name to go to their website.
Come and Try Tennis in 2009
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.’