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Community Tennis

Building Tennis Communities

The Building Tennis Communities strategy focuses on encouraging tennis participation within the whole community. The goal is to bring more people into the game of tennis and to keep them playing for life.

The three key components of the Strategy are Community Champions, Community Partners and the Tennis Pathway. A Community Champion is an individual who is passionate about tennis and is well connected to other community leaders. The Community Champion brings together partners in the community in an effort to grow the game of tennis to improve the health of the community.

Community Partners include community leaders who clearly understand the role that tennis can play in the reduction or elimination of some community problems. These partners may include the education system, health department, parks and recreation departments, media, local businesses and community tennis clubs.

The Tennis Pathway consists of four components on a continuum: Try, Learn, Play and Compete. Community Champions focus most of their energy on the Try and Learn stages, which is where most people first experience tennis and decide if they like it or not.

Tennis Manitoba provides funding through Tennis Canada for a three-year period and, after that, we work together to find the resources to make sure that tennis continues to contribute to the health of the community.

Brandon, Portage la Prairie and Selkirk have completed three years in the Building Tennis Communities program. Steinbach is entering its second year in 2008 and Sargent Park is a first year community. If your community would like more information about the Building Tennis Communities program contact the Tennis Manitoba office at (204) 925-5660.

For further information on the Building Tennis Communities initiative visit www.tenniscanada.com and click on ‘Community Tennis’.

Related news:
} Manitoba Communities Receive Tennis Canada Funding  Jan 2008

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