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Monday, 12 September 2005, 14:46 GMT 15:46 UK

Tell us about your tennis club

More and more of you are joining tennis clubs and we want to hear about it!

What's cool about your club? Why should others join? And what do you like about tennis?

What are City Tennis Clubs?


If you'd like to answer some of these questions then email us, with your parent's permission if you are under 16, and we'll contact you.

We've already heard from players at clubs in Coventry, Canterbury, Edinburgh, Southampton, London, Leeds, Cardiff and Sheffield.

You can read their reports below.

SCOTLAND
Tennis clubs

13-year-old Sarah plays tennis right in the heart of Edinburgh no matter the chilly weather. She says her club loves having new members especially as they usually end up eating cakes!

Find out more about Sarah's tennis club

NORTHERN IRELAND
Tennis Clubs

NORTH EAST ENGLAND
Tennis clubs

The south Leeds tennis centre has hosted recent professional tournaments so as you can imagine, Matt is quite happy to practice on such good courts. He tried tennis for the first time recently and now plays in a performance squad.

Find out more about Matt's club

There's plenty of characters at Frazer's tennis club in Sheffield. 75-year-old Eric is forever telling Frazer that he's never once in 60 years managed to buy a racquet with a backhand built into it!

Find out more about Frazer's club


NORTH WEST ENGLAND
Tennis Clubs

MIDLANDS
Tennis Clubs

Coventry is home to the newest City Tennis Club but is spread across the city. Justin explains that he doesn't just play for the two weeks during Wimbledon.

Find out more about Justin's club

WALES
Tennis Clubs

Jonathan joined his tennis club in Cardiff two years ago and now plays night and day. The floodlights enable him to play well into the evening and settle down for a nice game of pool in the clubhouse afterwards.

Find out more about Jonathan's club

EAST ENGLAND
Tennis Clubs

SOUTH WEST ENGLAND
Tennis Clubs

SOUTH EAST ENGLAND
Tennis Clubs

Sarah explains why she gets a kick out of coaching as well as playing in Southampton and how she's one of the first in line when it comes to seeing the summer's best tennis tournaments.

Find out more about Southampton CTC

At the Kensington and Chelsea tennis club you can join for as little as £1. And as Mariem explains you can rub shoulders with rock climbers and horse riders all under the same roof!

Discover more about Mariem's tennis club

Jason offers a warm welcome to his club in Canterbury and explains that any new members will be able to easily mix in with a sociable crowd. "It's the people which make the club what it is," he says.

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