Walking Tennis To Launch In Shrewsbury And Market Drayton

As excitement mounts ahead of this year’s Wimbledon Championships, tennis of a slower pace is on the minds of local charity, Age UK Shropshire Telford & Wrekin.

The call is going out to older tennis players (aged 55 or over) to join new weekly Walking Tennis sessions in Shrewsbury and Market Drayton, beginning this July.

‘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.

Walking Tennis provides a fantastic way to stay active while enjoying the social benefits of being part of a tennis community, according to Age UK. The sessions are open to everyone, regardless of their ability, as well as those who’ve never played before. 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 strawberries and cream launch of the sessions in Shrewsbury will be at The Shrewsbury Club, Sundorne, on Tuesday 9 July, from 10.00 – 11.00am.

Then there will be another strawberries and cream launch, this time for the Market Drayton sessions, on Monday 15 July, at Greenfields Lane, Market Drayton, 2.30 – 3.30pm.

This new initiative 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…

For more information about Age UK Shropshire Telford & Wrekin’s Walking Tennis groups, call us on 01743 233 123 or email enquiries@ageukstw.org.uk