Boldon Lawn
tennis club
“My first involvement with Boldon Lawn Tennis Club
began when I took my son down to play as a junior 22
years ago. I then watched him play and thought I would
join in in some of the beginner classes they have down
at the club and joined as a member and have been there
for 15-20 years now.
I used to play team tennis but mainly just play at a more
relaxed form with some of the younger players at the club.
The coach at the club, Steven Gilbert, is doing a fantastic
job there especially with the juniors at the club, which
was one of the reasons why I got involved in sponsoring
them.
I feel the club has such a great community and family
spirit and the committee members do such a fantastic
job running things. Ian Williamson especially puts a lot of
time and effort in to running five teams, organising junior
coaching and frankly I don’t quite know how he has time
to do everything!
The sponsorship with the club is really because I wanted
to give back to the Boldon Lawn Tennis Club for such a
great atmosphere we have here. I also sponsor the golf
club and just the Boldon community in general. I currently
have the advanced IFA banners around the club.
I would just like to say thank you to the club for all their
help and they are running such a great set up with the
juniors and I look forward to seeing the club grow and
long may it continue.”
Dave Newham, Advanced IFA
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We invite our young players to play in our annual
tournaments, partnered with an experienced senior player
to nurture and support them. They are also invited to senior
match practice sessions and play in competitive senior teams,
again with an experienced player.”
Community
“We are absolutely a community club; it’s at the very heart
of what we do here at Boldon. Many of our members live in
Boldon, our extensive schools programme radiates across
the community. We’re involved in community activities to
promote tennis at local park events several times a year and
we’re supported by local business in the community. We’re
also members of several social media groups which allows us
to share our activities and success with the local community.”
Challenges/Ambitions
“It’s always difficult for an outdoor club like ours to
compete against some of the bigger tennis centres that are
close to us. But we strive to be the best we can be by ensuring
our facilities are modern and maintained to a high standard,
offering a varied tennis programme for everyone and working
closely with our coaching team to grow the game of tennis.
Our ambition is to be recognised as a performance club
as well as a club for social and community play. Some of our
juniors are now playing at County Level. We want to continue
to grow our membership and continue to compete with all the
clubs in the league. Last year we fielded 24 adult teams and 7
junior teams in 2 regional leagues. Our ladies first team has
remained in the top division for 36 years.”
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