Richard Ballinger - "Probably the best magician at the Avenue!"

Avenue Tennis Club Centenary Open Day 19^th Sep 2009

Avenue Tennis Club Centenary Open Day was held on Saturday 19^th September.  The day was resounding success with lots of families attending and having tennis coaching, enjoying the magic shows with Richard Ballinger, singing with Sarah Coles Music with Mummy, playing on the bouncy castle, looking at the sportswear and equipment on view from Tony Pryce Sports and Prince Rackets.

Vinny Duddy, Head coach at the Avenue said he was really delighted with the turnout and hoped that the efforts made by the coaches would encourage children and adults to come back to the club and take up one the many tennis coaching courses held at the club.  Vinny said – he would like to thank the ladies from the club (Jane Sanders, Lyn O’Dell – Ladies captain, Poo Jenkins and Carol Davies) for their efforts to keep everyone supplied with hot and cold food and to Sally Christison for keeping the bouncy castle manned and managed throughout the day.  He also said that the support from club members Phil Hoyland, Randy Salway and Simon Peto to the club coaches was invaluable. A big thanks to Lenny Cameron (Bar Manager) who kept the bar open for all.  He also said that the non sporting events went down really well with Sarah Coles from Music from Mummy keeping the younger children entertained and Richard Ballinger keeping everyone’s attention with his Magic Shows.

The finale of the Centenary Celebrations is the Centenary Ball, a black tie event, on Saturday 26^th September, which will have dancing to a DJ and local band Riverbrew in a Marquee set up at the tennis club.

The next major event at the tennis club will be the Junior Tennis Camp which will run throughout the next school holidays in the last week of October; if you wish to book a place then please contact the office or visit the website (www.avenuetennis.com) for details and to download the application form.