Water Orton & District Tennis Club

Water Orton & District Tennis Club prides itself on being a welcoming and accessible community tennis club.

IF YOU WISH TO BOOK OUR COURTS YOU HAVE TO BE A MEMBER, DETAILS OF WHICH CAN BE FOUND ON THE MEMBERSHIP PAGE

Our aim is to provide opportunities for all ages and abilities, within the local community, to play social or competitive tennis.

New members of any age and standard are always welcome and no previous playing experience is necessary.

*Please note league matches will also take place during the summer so please look at the booking section to see court availability if you wish to turn up and play outisde of programmed hours*

HS2 COMMUNITY GRANT AWARD FOR WATER ORTON & DISTRICT TENNIS CLUB

As we look forward to our 10th Anniversary, since our formation in 2010, what better way to celebrate than receiving this £43,000 grant.

The funding from HS2 Ltd.’s Community and Environment Fund (CEF) will help our Inclusive Community Sports Club to offer even more opportunities for the local area.

The grant will fund much needed facility improvements, which will allow us to continue with our voluntary coaching work with several local schools. Each week we have two inclusive schools visiting our club, bringing children who have additional needs.

From May through until October, each school term we support 45 young people every week to play a sport we all enjoy. This will be our sixth year of offering this special volunteering work. We are proud to be one of the few clubs in the county that offers this opportunity.

Our court surface was in desperate need of a total resurface and had become quite dangerous, especially for wheelchair users. The funding from the HS2 Community and Environment Fund,, administered by Groundwork UK will now rectify this problem and at the same time improve the drainage giving us a much safer playing area.

As a community club we pride ourselves on these special achievements and we can now focus on developing them further. We would also like to thank Water Orton Parish Council for their support. Their recent restructure has helped us obtain a new 20 year lease and their help has really been appreciated. Special thanks also to our many members and families from the village and the support we get from our near neighbours bordering our community club. Thank you all for your continued support.