Tennis in Surrey 2015
Annual magazine highlighting the achievements of Surrey tennis. Published by the Tennis Surrey Team.
Annual magazine highlighting the achievements of Surrey tennis.
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titles at the championships <strong>in</strong> 2013<br />
and 2014 Reynolds claimed the B4<br />
Women’s S<strong>in</strong>gles title this year <strong>in</strong><br />
style, w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g three of her four<br />
round-rob<strong>in</strong> matches 4-0, 4-0 and<br />
dropp<strong>in</strong>g her only three games<br />
<strong>in</strong> the event to runner-up Ros<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Pybus after a 4-1, 4-2 w<strong>in</strong> aga<strong>in</strong>st<br />
the Darl<strong>in</strong>gton player.<br />
The championships also<br />
<strong>in</strong>corporated the first ever <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
Foundation Bl<strong>in</strong>d and Visually<br />
Impaired <strong>Tennis</strong> Awards with<br />
many deserv<strong>in</strong>g nom<strong>in</strong>ees. The<br />
w<strong>in</strong>ners were decided by a panel<br />
put together from the <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
Foundation and members of the<br />
GB Visually Impaired Advisory<br />
Group. Dave Donnelly was voted<br />
Male Personality of the Year, Dawn<br />
Fradgley won Female Personality<br />
of the Year, Leslie Snaith was<br />
voted Coach of the Year and the<br />
Volunteer of the Year Award was<br />
We are delighted to have had a<br />
record entry this year for the National<br />
Visually Impaired <strong>Tennis</strong> Championships<br />
and we had an exceptionally high level of<br />
tennis”<br />
won by Odette Battarel.<br />
“We are delighted to have<br />
had a record entry this year for<br />
the National Visually Impaired<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Championships and we<br />
had an exceptionally high level<br />
of tennis,” said David Hardman,<br />
the <strong>Tennis</strong> Foundation’s Disability<br />
Development Manager for London<br />
& South East.<br />
“Bl<strong>in</strong>d and visually impaired<br />
tennis shows how the sport can be<br />
adapted for absolutely anyone to<br />
play and enjoy. We’ve supported<br />
an <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g number of bl<strong>in</strong>d and<br />
visually impaired tennis sessions<br />
across the country this year and it’s<br />
great that so many people are now<br />
enjoy<strong>in</strong>g the game. I’m sure the<br />
National Championships will only<br />
<strong>in</strong>spire many more to take up the<br />
sport and we are extremely excited<br />
for the future of the sport.”<br />
F<strong>in</strong>d out more on the <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
Foundation website: www.<br />
tennisfoundation.org.uk<br />
@<strong>Tennis</strong>Fndation<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>Foundation1<br />
www.LTA.org.uk/<strong>in</strong>-your-area/<strong>Surrey</strong> Follow us on twitter @<strong>Surrey</strong>LTA tennis <strong>in</strong> surrey <strong>2015</strong> 21
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