The Queen’s Club Foundation are extremely proud to have learned that two of our grantees, Ian Vidgen and Mark Bullock, have both won LTA Awards Development Coach of the year 2021 for their respective regions.
Grants
Metro Blind Sport half-way review
After a heavily disrupted winter due to COVID-19, last week Metro Blind Sport celebrated reaching the half-way stage of their visually impaired tennis grant.
Choice International Online Wheelchair Tennis Sessions
The winter lockdown was an extremely difficult time for many, and one of the many challenges was finding a way to stay active. The Queen’s Club Foundation were extremely proud therefore to be supporting Choice International in delivering online wheelchair tennis.
Middlesex Tennis Disability Award Winners
We are delighted to announce we have received the LTA Middlesex Tennis Disability Award for 2020. Thank you to Middlesex Tennis for recognising us in this way, we are honoured to receive the Award.
Metro Blind Sport Visit
On Wednesday 28th October James, part of the QCF office team, had the opportunity to watch and learn how to play visually impaired tennis. Earlier this autumn the Foundation awarded a grant to Metro Blind Sport to run 12 weeks of coaching sessions for visually impaired players.
New Grant – Penzance Tennis Club
The Queen’s Club Foundation is delighted to again be supporting Penzance Tennis Club. After the success of their disability tennis programme in 2019, we are excited to now assist Penzance in expanding their tennis in schools programme.
New Grant – Metro Blind Sport
The Queen’s Club Foundation is thrilled to announce our new grantee Metro Blind Sport. They have been supporting blind and partially sighted people since 1973, and were instrumental in bringing over sound ball tennis from Japan over 10 years ago.
Barons Court Project Pop Up Tennis
On Wednesday 2 September the QCF office team and Will Morse, Trustee, visited 245 Hammersmith Road to see our new grantee the Barons Court Project deliver pop up tennis to the homeless and people living with mental health issues.
Choice International Wheelchair Tennis Day Camp
On Sunday 23 August sixteen wheelchair tennis players attended the Lee Valley Tennis Centre to participate in Choice International’s grant funded wheelchair day camp.
