FROME Tennis Club is celebrating after being granted £42,350 by Sport England for the planned new community tennis pavilion, which will be used by club members and non-club members who use the Community Tennis Courts.
This will enable preliminary site work to begin. The new modern pavilion will provide extensive viewing facilities, a clubroom and kitchen, and also a changing room and accessible WC and shower. It will replace the old wooden clubhouse that has been in service since 1996. Sport England have been the major sponsor, but there have been valuable contributions made by the LTA, Frome Town Council and the Clark’s Foundation. Also, the efforts of many club members have helped with fundraising.
John Price (a club director) said that this development is happening in the club’s centenary year. The club separated from Frome Selwood Bowls Club in 1921, and the Centenary celebration will be held next year in conjunction with the opening of the new pavilion.
All who are interested in tennis are welcome to come along to the club and see how they can start, restart, or improve their tennis. Pay and play bookings are also available for those who wish to have the casual game. The club coach – Stephen Marcelle – runs courses for adults and juniors. Just put Frome Tennis Clubspark into a search engine and find out more about the club and how you can get involved.
The club provides free membership and free coaching for young people who are in receipt of the pupil premium (free school meals). Reduced price membership is also available for adults who are in receipt of a low income.
A further project to provide floodlighting for the community tennis courts has received planning approval. This will provide more capacity in the darker months of the year. Fundraising continues for this project.
The club is situated in Somerset Road, club chairman Mark Brierley can be contacted via email on chairman@frometennis.net
