THE Avenue Tennis Club, at The Grove, Burnham-on-Sea, participated in the British Lawn Tennis Association’s Great British Tennis Weekend, running two Open Day events on Saturday, July 21 and Sunday, July 22.
Avenue manager Barry Ramsden and coach Vinny Duddy took a variety of people of all ages and abilities through some coaching and fun games, and had a great time meeting some new players.
Duddy said that over the two days they had around 40 people turn up, and a lot of interest was shown in getting involved in tennis at the club, ranging from families to young children, and a couple of veterans who wanted to try out the club’s facilities. (especially the Astroturf courts which are very nice on the knees).
The club has organised social tennis throughout the week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays, together with a variety of subsidised coaching sessions for juniors and adults and Vinny Minis on a Friday evening.
TENNIS FANS: Stu, Ali, Will and George Dyer.
As well as tennis, the club runs a number of other social events including barbecues and Wednesday evening suppers.
This year see the club is running the Centenary Burnham-on-Sea Tennis Open, which is a LTA Grade 3 tournament for all juniors and adults, running daily from August 12-18.
This year’s event is the 100th to be run by the club and sees some top players competing.
Entry to watch is free, with some great tennis on view, and hot and cold food provided throughout the week.
For more information on membership of the club (which has eight floodlit courts), you can visit the club website.
FUN DAY: A good turnout at Avenue Tennis Club.
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