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Pershore hosts first tennis festival for children and adults with learning difficulties

Players from Telford Tennis Centre and Derwen College joined up with Pershore to create a Team Challenge Event.

19 players took part in the Challenge, scoring points in teams and including various tennis activities to work on their serve, forehand, backhand, volleys, rallies and match play. The winning team was the Red Team, pictured here with their fellow tennis team mates and Head Coach, Steve Bauer.

The local club were recently awarded the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) Disability Programme of the year and continue to encourage everyone to join them on court to play tennis.

Simon Jones, Chair of Tennis Shropshire, said: “Everyone did a fantastic job today in organising the Challenge event. You all did an absolutely fantastic job in ensuring that all the players had a wonderful time and I have had some very positive feedback from the Shropshire team who really enjoyed the afternoon.”

Pershore Tennis Centre will be hosting a regional Learning Disability tournament on 30th and 31st May 2020 and welcome support to share their message with interested groups.

As seen in The Evesham Journal and The Cotswold Journal.