PICTURE GALLERY: Ballymena Junior Tennis Festival
BALLYMENA Lawn Tennis club celebrated their 12th Junior Annual Tennis Festival in The Peoples Park last week.
It was a wonderful week's enjoyment with 40 children from 4 to 14 years of age having fun and games, coaching and competitions and many prizes.
Among them were two young visitors, Rory and Dillon, who travelled over from Wimbledon.
"Rory enjoyed taking part so much last year that his family phoned the club to book their holiday to coincide with this event," said Ballymena club chairman Fergus Barklie.
Financial support from companies such as Ulster Bank and Bank of Ireland along with refreshments supplied by Sainsburys, Spar Doury Road and Spar Galgorm made the event special for the young players, while prizes such as six cinema seats from IMC along with 8 x 5 vouchers from an anonymous retailer in Ballymena put the 'icing on the cake'.
The Magic Roundabout Nursery, who send children for coaching throughout the year, supplied hundreds of bags of sweets and lollipops as well as having 15 children attending the event.
The support was outstanding and the main club organisers - Fergus Barklie, Derek Calderwood and Joanne Logan, have thanked all sponsors for making this such an outstanding 2008 Junior Tennis Festival.
Fergus welcomed the Mayor, Councillor Maurice Mills, a regular supporter of Ballymena Lawn Tennis Club.
"Our youngest four year old player shook hands with the Mayor and explained to him that that is the way to hold his tennis racket - 'shake hands with your racket' - so the Mayor had his first tennis coaching lesson free!
Many of the non members taking part enjoyed themselves so much that they joined Ballymena Lawn Tennis Club to continue playing tennis with the friends they met throughout this week.
"Ballymena Tennis Club plays throughout the 12 months of the year - we never stop playing," says Fergus.
"Great discounts available for joining the club at this time of the year so join now. Anyone interested in joining us come along and play, get coaching at any age,4 to 70+, no problem."
Times for club coaching are: Adult Social tennis - Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7pm or Saturday mornings from 10.30am; Junior Teenies Club - Friday evenings 6.30pm to 7.30pm or Saturday mornings 9.30pm to 10.30pm; Junior Club - Friday evenings 7.30pm to 9pm or Saturday mornings 9am to 10.30am.
Further details and club contact information available from The Peoples Park Pavilion - 25643081.
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