Spa Tennis had the privilege of hosting training sessions for the GB Women’s Seniors team over several days in August – the forerunner of what we hope will be a lot of high-level play at our new courts. The team is going from strength to strength with the Super Seniors (50-60+) coming 5th, and Seniors (40-54 years) 8th, at the FIP Senior European Padel Championships in Spain in June. Sally Fisher – the team manager

After an hour or two of tennis or padel these days, many of us are ready for a good nap – so the prospect of playing for 24 hours straight is mind-boggling; but that’s just what club members Jon Hipkin and Liz Hickling did last month, raising over £2,000 for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance in the process, as well as funds for the club. The remarkable and inspirational feat of endurance finished at midday on

We’re delighted to announce that Yaz (Yasmin) Torry has been appointed as our Centre Manager. Yaz has a background in sport and fitness, having enjoyed competitive women’s football and swimming before health issues unfortunately intervened. She started her career in sports management with Leeds City Council in 2011, as a lifeguard and swimming teacher. Yas still has passion for lifeguarding and is working towards becoming a qualified training assessor so that she will be able to

It’s great to see our new padel courts and pavilion being so extensively used, and wonderful to have a professional team now running the clubs day to day operations. There’s still much more we’d like to do, and as our our operations have expanded, so has the importance of keeping members in touch with club news and developments. We are launching an enhanced social media programme, and you are now reading the first edition of