York tennis club serves up free sessions to get more children playing

Wednesday, 25 June 2025 16:54

By Nadia Jefferson-Brown

A YORK tennis club is serving up a summer of free sessions to encourage the city’s next generation of players.

With Wimbledon fever growing ahead of the main action starting next Monday 30 June, Rowntree Park Tennis Club is hosting events in a bid to give more young people a taste of the sport without any cost.

Volunteers from the club are helping to run two mornings of tennis competitions for a total of 90 girls from secondary and primary York schools over the next two Fridays (June 27 and July 4).

Rowntree Park Tennis Club is also offering two hours of free and supervised tennis to boys and girls, aged 10 to 14, every Thursday, from 4pm to 6pm, until the end of August.

Ian Bews, who has been secretary at the club for four years, said the free activities were part of its 2025 campaign to get more youngsters on the courts without cost being a barrier to playing.

The club has purchased rackets and balls for the children to use and secured a grant from the Lawn Tennis Association to cover the coaching costs.

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