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Anyone for tennis? New community tennis group launches in Sevenoaks
12 January 2012
A new community tennis group which welcomes people with disabilities is launching in Sevenoaks next week with a free session for anyone who comes along.
The sessions are being launched through a partnership of disability organisation the Avenues Trust Group and The John Heuerman Tennis Academy.
The sessions will be open to anyone of any age, disability or playing ability. They start on Wednesday 18th January and will then run every Wednesday from 9pm to 10pm at Sevenoaks Leisure Centre. The group is also looking for anyone who wants to get involved as a volunteer.
Martin Chittell, Sports and Active Lifestyles Co-ordinator with Avenues said: “It’s great that we’ve been able to team up with the tennis academy to provide these sessions for disabled people. Through our Sports and Active Lifestyles project, Avenues is working to enable more disabled people to become more active and to make use of their local sports and leisure facilities. I hope as many people as possible will come along and have a go!”
Jo Powlson from The John Heuerman Tennis Academy said: “Our Tennis Academy prides itself in creating a friendly, welcoming atmosphere for all with no barriers to participation as can often be the case with private tennis clubs. Forming a link with Avenues fits perfectly as we want to increase participation in tennis for everyone. We hope offering activities to people with disabilities will be very rewarding both for them and our coaching team.”
The John Heuerman Tennis Academy is a community tennis coaching team operating in and around Sevenoaks which offers coaching for all ages and abilities.
For more information or to book a place at the sessions please contact The Tennis Academy on 01959 523377 or Martin Chittell on 020 3535 0547.
In organising the sessions for 9pm in the evenings Avenues is supporting the ‘Stay Up Late’ campaign which aims to encourage and enable people with learning disabilities to stay up late and take part in evening activities the same as everyone else. For more information go to www.stayuplate.org
