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Tennis hotspot serves up new campaign
IT'S game, set and match for thousands of lucky youngsters as a tennis hotspot launches a new promotional campaign.
Children will be encouraged to pick up a tennis racquet in the borough of Haringey, one of just five areas in the country selected in the first wave of hotspots by the Tennis Foundation.
Haringey was the only London borough selected - others being Nottingham and Loughborough, St Albans and Welwyn, Reading and Workington and Portsmouth - and they were rewarded as recognition of efforts made by the council and its partners to promote tennis among all sections of the community.
Lead coaches, Robby Sukhdeo and Siwan Stephens, head up the campaign which aims to create more free tennis facilities for all residents along with dedicated tennis programmes for every primary school.
IT'S game, set and match for thousands of lucky youngsters as a tennis hotspot launches a new promotional campaign.
Children will be encouraged to pick up a tennis racquet in the borough of Haringey, one of just five areas in the country selected in the first wave of hotspots by the Tennis Foundation.
Haringey was the only London borough selected - others being Nottingham and Loughborough, St Albans and Welwyn, Reading and Workington and Portsmouth - and they were rewarded as recognition of efforts made by the council and its partners to promote tennis among all sections of the community.
Lead coaches, Robby Sukhdeo and Siwan Stephens, head up the campaign which aims to create more free tennis facilities for all residents along with dedicated tennis programmes for every primary school.
Legal warning over Thai boxing classes
GYMS have been warned to check the legal implications of offering Thai Boxing classes for children following the screening of a controversial documentary.
The programme - Strictly Baby Fight Club - prompted enquiries about the risks which young children involved in the sport are exposed to.
In response, the NSPCC's Child Protection in Sport Unit stepped in to offer guidance on the current legislation, sending out a letter which is also published on its website.
It said as Thai Boxing is not considered a sport by any of the UK Sports Councils or the Department for Culture Media and Sport and - as it has no single governing body - there is no-one to engage with to raise concerns.
GYMS have been warned to check the legal implications of offering Thai Boxing classes for children following the screening of a controversial documentary.
The programme - Strictly Baby Fight Club - prompted enquiries about the risks which young children involved in the sport are exposed to.
In response, the NSPCC's Child Protection in Sport Unit stepped in to offer guidance on the current legislation, sending out a letter which is also published on its website.
It said as Thai Boxing is not considered a sport by any of the UK Sports Councils or the Department for Culture Media and Sport and - as it has no single governing body - there is no-one to engage with to raise concerns.
