21-02-2025
Tennis club sees success with walking tennis sessions
EAST Dorset Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club have seen success with a new walking tennis program.
Club coach Sally Revell started the program in January for six weeks, but after its success, it will continue.
In the penultimate session there were nine people in attendance, including two men recovering from strokes, one of whom is aged 89, with the sessions helping their recovery.
The program was advertised through doctor's surgeries and, with the help of BCP Council, at other leisure facilities.
The sessions are aimed at anyone of any ability and they are dementia and Parkinson's friendly, with equipment provided.
At Southbourne Tennis Club, wheelchair tennis has also seen success, taught by head coach David Sanger.
Dorset Tennis and Padel are hoping to organise an open day for volunteers at Southbourne, focusing on disability tennis.
Paralympic wheelchair tennis star Lucy Shuker, from Three Legged Cross in Verwood, has been invited to the event.
The organisation is partly funded by the LTA but does rely heavily on sponsorship, with chair of the Participation Committee, David Lloyd, said should be boosted after it became a charity last month.
For more information, visit the Southbourne, East Dorset and Dorset Tennis websites.
