Make tennis less middle-class
At present schools do not have enough trained staff able or willing to work after school to show children effective sporting techniques. Therefore we need to look at ways of getting local sports clubs more closely involved with local schools.
Tennis is a sport that has been for too long associated with the middle-class. Let’s see children from less fortunate backgrounds given the same opportunities to learn to play tennis, especially in areas where there may be existing tennis clubs. Let’s get the LTA and the Lottery to invest more resources in schools and clubs in areas of South-East that would not get a chance to play tennis.
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Hide AdPlease send me your ideas about what can be done to get more people involved in tennis by emailing me at [email protected].
Yours Faithfully
Richard Ashworth Conservative MEP for the South-East