Are you ready for London 2012?
The Olympic Games Countdown clock
With the biggest sporting event hitting us this summer it is a fantastic opportunity for us all to sell and promote tennis to a new audience while everyone is gripped by the Olympic frenzy! Only 149 days away, now is the time to start thinking about what your place to play could do to take advantage of this opportunity to promote itself and to help grow your membership.
From Tuesday 17th – Monday 23rd July the Olympic torch will be travelling through various locations in Kent.
Please click on the link below to see which of the 40 chosen Kent locations are near you:
http://www.london2012.com/games/olympic-torch-relay/where-is-the-olympic-flame-going/locations-by-region-and-date.php?location=South+East&x=20&y=21
This will be followed by the Olympic tennis event itself at Wimbledon from Saturday 28th July to Sunday 5th August.
What could your club do throughout this period to encourage this captive audience to pick up a racquet and give tennis a go? Some ideas could include:
Opening your doors and holding a club open day for the local community
- Offering free taster sessions linking to local schools and community groups
- Hosting Olympic themed social and tennis events
- Offering some tennis activities as part of the local torch procession – contact your local authority to see what may be planned in your area. The link below gives a list of local authority contacts:
Kent - http://www.kentsport.org/contacts.cfm#LA
Pro-active South (Bromley) London - http://www.pro-activesouthlondon.org/
Pro-active East (Bexley, Greenwich, Lewisham) London - http://www.pro-activeeastlondon.org/
It is also a good time to make sure that your club websites are up to date and contain information of how to join or how find out more about your club – this will often be the first point of contact for someone and so make sure you capture their interest to get in touch!
We look forward to hearing from you over the coming months as to how your club will be getting involved with London 2012!