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Great fun and games at our Opening Day


KINGSBRIDGE PARK COMMUNITY TENNIS


a full body workout that imple- ments both aerobic and anaerobic health, burning both calories and fat which in turn reduces the possibility of stroke and/or heart disease. Tennis has been found to improve bone health, flexibility and balance and also to enhance mental fitness by relieving stress and boosting mood. Sadly, however, there has been


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a certain elitism towards joining a tennis club which for some has caused it to be too daunting to approach a club and give the game a go. The Lawn Tennis Associa- tion realise this is one of the main factors that has caused the decline in tennis and have been trying to think of ways to open up the game. With the support of the Devon


LTA and the Tennis Foundation, four keen tennis players Richard and Lisa Miller, Lesley Healey and Verity Robinson approached South Hams Council with an idea, a ‘Community Project’ that welcomes everyone of all ages and abilities to tennis, whether you are three or a hundred and three, able or less able, begin- ner or pro, standing or impaired. On Sunday 15th April 2017


Kingsbridge Park Community Tennis was born, and later that year were awarded ‘Devon LTA’s Com- munity Project of the Year’. This is not a club with members


here is much to be said for the great game of tennis as it has so much to offer. It is


Friends enjoying an Indian Summer Social Session yesterday evening


but a community with Friends that encourage one another and en- ables everyone to participate and enjoy the great game of tennis. In just over two years Kings-


bridge Park Community Tennis has


This is not a club with members but a community with Friends that encourage one another and enables


everyone to participate and enjoy the great game of tennis.


already welcomed over a hundred Friends enabling them to enjoy tennis 365 days a year, with the added bonus of 3 weekly social


sessions that includes free use of tennis balls and floodlights (that SHDC kindly managed to coax into working again) throughout the darker winter months. The Social Sessions are thriving, as are the friendly fun tournaments and the Big Tennis Weekends, the last one taking place in the Love Your Park day which was a big success. Free coaching is also given to children’s clubs - Beavers, Cubs, Scouts etc. Funding has been applied for and ideas are afoot all the time. As soon as an inside venue can


be found, Verity, Lesley and Lisa are looking to join forces with a physiotherapist, Fiona Murphy, who specialises in tennis for those with learning difficulties and/or


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