Thousands of pupils and students have been experiencing The Championships, Wimbledon as the Tennis Foundation and LTA continue to inspire more young people to take up tennis.
A number of schools, colleges and universities have attended The Championships in week one to see some of the world's top players in action.
Through the Schools Tennis Members Wimbledon Ballot, the Tennis Foundation distributes over 6,000 tickets to The Championships each year to school groups.
Schools Tennis Membership is aimed at schools to join for a small annual fee and entry to the Wimbledon Ticket Ballot is just one of the many benefits available.
For the first time, Universities and Further Education Colleges that have made a commitment to delivering tennis with the Tennis Foundation's support, have been selected to receive discounted tickets as well.
Lancaster and Morcombe College
One of the schools that were allocated tickets was Eastern Primary School from West Glamorgan, Wales.
"We'd like to say a big thank you to the Tennis Foundation for the opportunity to attend the Wimbledon Championships this year, the children had a fantastic time! This experience will provide a life-long memory and also encourage them to get playing tennis themselves," said teacher Lee Haymer.
"It's been great to see so many schools at Wimbledon this year as visiting The Championships really inspires the children to pick up a racket themselves. The pupils from King Edward VII School in King's Lynn were thrilled to be there and we'll be working closely with all the West Norfolk schools to help develop their tennis programmes," added Community Tennis Project Manager Tony Devenish.
Pupils from King Edward VII School
In partnership with the LTA, the Tennis Foundation has supported teachers through AEGON Schools Tennis with free training, resources and equipment to help them deliver tennis in schools. In addition, there are innovative packages of support to develop tennis further in further education colleges and universities.
The Tennis Foundation is also working in partnership with Greenhouse and St Paul's Way Trust School, Tower Hamlets to employ a full time tennis coach at the school. Pupils from the school came along to Wimbledon to sample the atmosphere and met some other special guests!
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