Thousands of young athletes from across the country are picking up a racket and playing competitive tennis as part of the School Games Festival this week.
Schools from across Avon were victorious in their local borough or partnership Year 3&4 Mini Tennis Red competition to earn their place in the School Games.
There are 46 county festivals taking place across the country over the summer of which tennis is a part of 43 and more than 1,000 young people took part in ten sports at Avon School Games Level 3 Festival.
Tennis was one of the highlights with 12 teams competing for honours on the day. In a closely fought final Marshfield Primary just emerged victorious as the winners.
LTA Tennis Development Manager for Avon & Wiltshire, Julie Jones, said: “I would like to thank all the young tennis leaders and organisers who helped to create such a wonderful and positive experience for 100’s of young pupils across the county. I hope many of the young players will take up tennis regularly in school and at their local tennis venue”
Paul Williams, Schools Tennis Manager at the Tennis Foundation added: “A key priority for British Tennis is to grow the base of the game and that means more young people, playing more often. Congratulations to everyone who participated at the School Games event this year and we look forward to seeing more even schools and young people taking part in the years to come.”
The School Games was created to encourage young people to play more competitive sport in school as part of plans to leave a lasting legacy from the London 2012 Olympics.
Young people taking part in the School Games will have the chance to compete in a range of Olympic and Paralympic sports with competitions progressing from school up to national levels.
For more information on the Tennis Foundation’s support for primary, special and secondary schools please visit www.schoolstennis.org
To view highlights from the Avon Year 3 & 4 Schools Final please click here