KNUTSFORD GUARDIAN - 7 March 2012
InCheshire - March 2012
Another success at Knutsford Tennis ClubSaturday,
14th November 2009 was another landmark in the fast developing success story
of Knutsford Tennis Club when it proudly welcomed the Cheshire LTA
(Lawn Tennis Association) President, Barbara Bloor, to the Club to
present their ‘Clubmark’ award. Clubmark is awarded by the LTA to clubs
who have reached benchmark standards, and recognises the hard work put
in by the club during the year. Achieving Tennis Clubmark means the LTA
endorses and supports a club’s tennis programme, policies and
procedures, action and development planning, and club management.
Chairman
Sally Norman said “It was an honour for us to have Barbara visit the
Club and present us with our award. We have certainly come a long way
in the last year since the arrival of our Head Coach, Mark Airey –
achieving both Clubmark status and being awarded the ‘LTA Cheshire Club
for 2009’ was beyond our expectations during the first full year of our
ambitious 5 Year Development Programme. I am very excited as to what
we may be able to achieve in Year 2 – we have plans to improve our
facilities so that we can encourage more people from the community to
come and play tennis in a safe and fun environment”.
The
afternoon was supported by both senior and junior members, but
unfortunately the weather played a negative part in the proceedings.
What should have been a Senior/Junior Tournament was reinvented into an
indoor soft tennis competition with some quick creative thinking by the
coach. This kept the many juniors entertained whilst, the senior
members concentrated on the many delicious home made cakes on offer!
Tennis coach Mark Airey brings sporting success to KTC
12/07/2009 09:26:00
Debbie Jamison
The children at the Club on Mereheath Lane have been playing lots of tennis this summer, in sunshine and showers!
There
has been fun tennis at members’ clubnight on Fridays, coaching
programmes for all ages and abilities and more chances to play
competitions than ever before.
One competition that is a
regular date in July is the Annual Singles Club Championships. There
were boys and girls events in four different age categories up to 18
yrs old. The knock out rounds were played in the evenings Monday to
Thursday.
Cuttings
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