Anyone for
tennis?
With the Wimbledon finals due to hit our screens this month, there is no better time to get out and try the sport for yourself…
Prestatyn Tennis Club
The James Alexander Barr Tennis Centre in Colwyn Bay
If you have been inspired to pick up your racket and give tennis a go this summer then there are plenty of local clubs where you can practise – or even learn the sport from scratch. Rhos-On-Sea Tennis Club has three all-weather hard courts and three astroturf courts. All courts are playable throughout the year, with four of the six courts floodlit. Rhos-On-Sea Tennis Club
Rhos-On-Sea LTC has summer camps for children that provide lots of fun team challenges, games and competitions,
months the centre has indoor floodlights.
where players can be a part of a vibrant and busy club. Its camps cover all performance factors of tennis players: mental,
Outside and the centre has four full-size outdoor courts. All
physical, technical and tactical.
of JAB’s outdoor tennis courts feature a concrete surface and floodlights, and are surrounded by a high fence enabling play
This summer the camps run from 22nd July to 26th August
even on a windy day.
and cost £20 per day (or £70 per week) for members and £25 a day (or £85 a week) for non members. Rackets are provided,
A bit further down the coast and Prestatyn Tennis Club is
and the camps are a great way for kids to make new friends.
a family-friendly tennis club that is open to all abilities and expectations. It offers fun club sessions for members where
Meanwhile the James Alexander Barr Tennis Centre in
you can turn up and play, and both adult and junior tennis
Colwyn Bay is in the process of starting new coached tennis
coaching is also available.
sessions. These programmes include cardio tennis, adult pay and play, disabled sessions and group sessions for children
Prestatyn Tennis Club has a very active membership, with
called ‘mini reds’.
teams in the North Wales Tennis Summer and Winter
The JAB Tennis Centre provides two full-size indoor tennis
Leagues. And, whether you are joining as a family or
courts, both featuring tournament standard, acrylic flooring
individually, you will find the club very welcoming.
– making them suitable for competitive and high-class play. Lighting is provided by the sun during the day via the semi-
So, if anyone fancies picking up a racket and giving tennis a
transparent roof, and during the evenings and darker winter
go, the ball is in your court… n
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