In a bid to encourage and promote playing tennis within Burnham on Sea at the Avenue Tennis Club, Head Coach Vinny Duddy and Assistant Coach Craig Phillips have arranged visits to the following schools to do a full day of Tennis taster sessions -  East Brent, Berrow, Brent Knoll, Lympsham, Beechfields, St John’s, East Huntspill, St Joseph’s, Mark and Burnham Infants.

The sessions are funded through the Somerset LTA and backed by King Alfred’s Head of PE Jean Paul Hoskins and Sarah Musset.

The first school visit took place on 2^nd March at East Brent on a beautifully sunny and wind free day where two of our local tennis stars, Ellie Darby and Tom Coles go to school.  The next at Berrow School, the following day, had to be cut short due to the rain and wind, which meant that the last two groups could not be done in the afternoon as the balls had become too soggy and the playground too wet to continue the sessions. 

Tuesday 10^th March saw Vinny and Craig at Brent Knoll School, where the Brent Knoll and Mark Tennis Club had kindly allowed their 2 tennis courts to be used for the day.  Using the Tennis courts made it easier to deliver the Taster Sessions which consisted of warm up games, ball and racket skills finishing off with a fun game.

At the end of each session the children were offered a free hours coaching voucher to be taken at the Avenue Tennis Club on either a Friday at Vinny’s Minis or at the Saturday morning pay and play sessions.

The Avenue Tennis Club will be running another Junior Tennis Camp during the Easter school holidays following the success of the last one held in February.  The camp will run on both weeks of the holiday (Mon – Thur & Tue – Fri).  Bookings for both weeks, 1 week or on a daily basis can be done through the office on 01278 782758.

If you want any details about membership or other coaching courses which run throughout the week then please contact Head Coach, Vinny Duddy on 01278 782758 – www.avenuetennis.co.uk.