Charity Serves An Ace In Market Drayton

Hot on the heels of its popular walking football groups, Age UK Shropshire Telford & Wrekin is hoping to smash it out of the park with a new walking tennis initiative in Shropshire.

The charity welcomes participants aged 55+ of all abilities, to join their new walking tennis group in Market Drayton.

‘This will be a low impact and fun activity that will benefit your physical and your mental health,’ said Emma Wilde, Wellbeing Services Manager at Age UK Shropshire Telford & Wrekin.

Age UK, with funding from the LTA Tennis Foundation has launched its new initiative for older people, The Walking Tennis programme, which will take place in communities across England over the next two years. The Walking Tennis sessions will start being delivered at eight local Age UKs from Spring 2024. These local Age UKs, which include Age UK Shropshire Telford and Wrekin, Lincoln and South Lincolnshire, Devon, Sutton, Calderdale and Kirklees, Waltham Forest, Blackburn with Darwen and South Kent Coast, will implement and oversee the running and long-term viability of the Walking Tennis Programme.

The new group, beginning Monday 15 July, is part of a programme being rolled out in communities across England over the next two years, and is being launched with funding from the Lawn Tennis Association’s Tennis Foundation…

Sessions will take place every Monday, 2.30-3.30pm at Market Drayton Tennis Club, Greenfields Lane, Market Drayton, TF9 3SL.

For more information about Age UK Shropshire Telford & Wrekin’s walking tennis sessions, call 01743 233 123 or email enquiries@ageukstw.org.uk

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