Oakham Tennis Club in Leicester were celebrating this after the club was awarded LTA clubmark accreditation. The club have become the twenty fourth in Leicestershire to achieve the accreditation.
Tennis Clubmark recognises good practice in tennis clubs in areas including action planning, tennis development programmes, policies and procedures and communication. Oakham have been working hard during recent months to put together the Tennis Clubmark folder with evidence of their range of activities and how the club is run.
Paul Sheard, LTA Tennis Development Manager for Leicestershire and Derbyshire visited Oakham to present the clubmark plaque and watch some of the junior players in action.
“I would like to congratulate Oakham on achieving clubmark accreditation. Richard Wilson and Tim Davies have worked really hard over a long period to pull together all the evidence together to meet the tennis clubmark criteria and show that they are meeting the quality benchmark set out by Sport England. It’s been a great effort by the club and its volunteers and demonstrates their commitment to provide the best possible opportunities and environment for the local tennis community” said Paul.
The club are now turning their attention to a project to install floodlights at the club, which they are hoping to do later this year or early next year.