The Wood BMW Junior Tennis Scholarship at Victoria Park Community Tennis Centre, Salisbury on Saturday 19th June 2010 produced the first showing of the Wood BMW Tennis Scholarships.
The event was a huge success, attracting 66 children in school year 7 from the Salisbury area who were selected by their local schools to attend.
The three winners, Izzy Dickson, Hannah Richards and Kamil Wojak were presented with their prizes on their trip to the Championships at Wimbledon and will also receive free coaching sessions for a year, a sponsored Head tennis racket, a membership to the three main tennis clubs in Salisbury and also Five Rivers Leisure Centre.
The event bought together tennis coaches from around Salisbury to help select the winners with Roger Jones the ex National Coach/Development Officer of the South West Region selecting the main winners.
This whole event was made possible by the kind sponsorship of Wood BMW. Other sponsors include, Head UK, Wiltshire council, Salisbury City Council, and the LTA Tennis Foundation.
All children who participated in this event were given a free membership to Victoria Park Community Tennis Centre and a free tennis coaching session.
If you are interested in playing tennis as an adult or junior please take a look at our website at www.victoriaparktennis.org.uk or contact us be email vptennis@tiscali.co.uk, or phone 01722415089.