At the annual Tennis Wales awards recently the National Governing Body for Tennis in Wales were recognised with the presentation of the 'insport' Bronze award.
The awards evening welcomed Ken Skates, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sport, and Tourism in the Welsh Government; Cathie Sabin, President of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA); and Jon Morgan, Executive Director of Disability Sport Wales, in a ceremony hosted by TV presenter Arfon Haines Davies, at the St David’s Park Hotel in Ewloe, Flintshire on Saturday night (January 24).
The insport NGB programme is part of the broader insport project, which aims to support the physical activity, sport, and leisure sectors delivering inclusively of disabled people. Disability Sport Wales know that no one understands a sport better than the sport itself, and so the principle behind insport NGB is for DSW to develop a Toolkit which will support the development of inclusive thinking, planning, development and delivery by everyone within the NGB so that ultimately they will deliver across the spectrum to disabled and non-disabled people, at whatever level they wish to participate or compete.
“The awards recognise our most talented and dedicated people – on and off the court, especially those who make it possible for thousands to enjoy tennis in Wales every week,” said Tennis Wales chief executive Peter Drew.
“The past year has seen continuing huge growth in tennis at primary schools across Wales, club membership increasing steadily, and adult tennis participation in Wales rising from 27,000 to 45,000,” he added.
“Tennis is now becoming one of the most popular sports to play in Wales, and at the elite end of the sport, we’ve had two players from Wales winning titles on the ATP (association of Tennis Professionals) tour, juniors winning British national titles, Welsh players winning finals of ITF (International Tennis Federation) junior tournaments, and County teams right at the very top of County Cup. Currently we have 11 juniors from Wales in the top 10 rankings for their age group on the British Winter National Tour, so things are certainly looking very bright for the future of Welsh tennis.”
- See more at: http://www.lta.org.uk/in-your-area/Wales/news/January-2015/Tennis-Wales-Awards-2014---The-Results/#sthash.fIcLXjZC.dpuf
