Local tennis courts at the Recreation Ground in Calne receive a fresh look as renovation project is completed.
Calne Town Council and the LTA have worked in partnership to invest in and refurbish public park tennis courts in Calne. In total, two tennis courts have been renovated, with investment of £50,000 helping ensure that quality facilities are available for the local community.
- Calne Town Council and the LTA partnership to breathe new life into local park tennis courts in Calne.
- The project will see £50,000 of investment into the tennis courts in Calne Recreation Ground.
- Investment comes from the UK Government and LTA Tennis Foundation’s Park Tennis Project, being delivered by the LTA.
The project is part of a nationwide investment by the UK Government and LTA Tennis Foundation, delivered by the LTA, to refurbish public tennis courts across Great Britain, and open up the sport to many more people. This investment has seen over 3000 thousand existing park tennis courts in poor or unplayable condition brought back to life for the benefit of communities across the country. This has been through renovation works, and improved court accessibility with new gate-access technology and booking systems.
Park tennis courts are vital in providing opportunities for children and adults to get active, delivering significant physical and mental health and wellbeing benefits to participants. Accessible facilities in parks are particularly critical to opening up the sport to those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds and women and girls.
In addition to investment of £42,000 from the UK Government and LTA Tennis Foundation, £8,000 will be invested by Calne Town Council to complete the project costs.
Alongside the investment, Calne Town Council will also work with the LTA to deliver a range of activity on these tennis courts. This will include weekly organised free park tennis sessions for all ages, playing levels and experience where equipment is provided, meaning that people will not need someone to play with or their own racket. The Wiltshire area Local Tennis Leagues will also provide friendly, sociable, opportunities to get active through local competition.
The park courts are located at Calne Recreation Ground near the recreation club building and the Anchor Road entrance. They now have online booking, found via the LTA website Clubspark / The Recreation Ground (Calne) / Home and be managed by Calne Town Council. This will make it far easier to find and book a tennis court or activity at the tennis courts.
Scott Lloyd, Chief Executive Officer at the LTA, said:
“We are delighted to be working with Calne Town Council to improve their park tennis facilities and provide more opportunities for anyone to pick up a racket and get active. This investment is part of the UK Government and LTA’s Parks Tennis Project, and will mean that courts will be available for people to use for years to come. We will also be working closely with Calne Town Council to ensure that the local community have a range of accessible opportunities to get on court, and open up our sport to many more people.”
Robert Mercer, Amenities, Conservation & Sustainability Manager said:
I sincerely hope that everyone can see that without the LTA this level of refurbishment would simply not be possible and it will help protect access to grass roots tennis courts within Calne into the future.
Works started on Monday 14 July and are now completed, now with the new access gate in place the courts are now ready for use. The is the first enhancement in Calne Town Council’s ambition to make the Recreation Ground a ‘destination park’. Phase 1 also includes a bespoke ‘Ninja Trail’ play zone. A key milestone reached in the new destination play area for the Recreation Ground is that plans have been submitted for approval by Wiltshire Council. Follow this link for full details http://bit.ly/4kiEJ0D Work is already underway on proposals for toilets and a youth space.
How to use the courts
Set up an LTA ClubSpark account – it’s free
https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/ and hit JOIN
Go to our court info to pick your slot
https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/therecreationgroundcalne
Get your code for the gate access
Turn up and play for free!