The College of West Anglia Sports has this week been presented with the British Tennis Award for Further Education 2012 by the Lawn Tennis Association and the Tennis Foundation.
The college, one of 45 across Great Britain supported last year, have been providing tennis opportunities both in and outside the classroom. They have been using tennis resources in lectures to help students with their BTEC sports qualification and have added tennis to their enrichment programme, enabling any student in the college to access tennis in their spare time. They have also trained a number of students through their Level 1 Coaching Assistant Course and have trail blazed a new 'Student Tennis Ambassador' concept, now being delivered nationally.
The award was presented to the college by Cathie Sabin, Deputy President of the LTA and Trustee of The Tennis Foundation, whilst students were delivering a tennis session to a local primary school, using skills they had recently acquired through completing the Tennis Leaders modules.
Cathie Sabin said: "The Tennis Foundation and LTA are delighted to be awarding the national Further Education Tennis Award for 2012 to The College of West Anglia - they are a shining example of how working together can help more students play tennis. Kings Lynn is also one of eight Community Tennis Pilots currently taking place across Great Britain and it is fantastic to see the college so actively engaged with the pilot, making a positive impact across the wider community."
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