Tennis

Tennis
Where: School Courts (hard/grass), Vale of White Horse (clay), Abingdon Tennis Club (hard)
When: Michaelmas and Lent term: Wednesday afternoons
Summer term: various times
Who: The school runs 20 teams throughout the age groups and all teams have regular matches against other schools. The teams are: 1st-5th VI, U16A-C, U15A-D, U14A-D, U13A-B, U12A-B.
i/c: SRB

The Tennis Club runs 20 teams across the age groups, with coaching sessions and matches being held on the newly re-surfaced school courts, the clay courts at the Vale of White Horse and at Abingdon Lawn Tennis Club. Each age group has three coaching session per week with the professional coaching staff and all teams compete in inter school matches on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

The Tennis Club takes part in the Independent Schools League, Oxfordshire Independent Schools Competition, the Aegon Cup and the Independent Schools Tennis Association Tournaments held at Eton at the end of the summer term. There have been a number of unbeaten teams over the last few years and many players go on to gain county and even National honours.

The Tennis Club runs internal box leagues and ladder competitions, with every match being played as a British Tennis rating match.

All players in the club are eligible to sign up for a free British Tennis Membership, offering them a rating, free entry to the Wimbledon ticket ballot and other LTA membership offers.

     
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