Lancashire LTA is delighted to announce that Sefton Park & Mersey Bowmen Tennis Club have jointly been named the North Region’s Community Venue of the Year in the 2017 Aegon British Tennis Awards.

Having previously been named Lancashire Community Venue of the Year, the venues jointly progressed to a regional judging panel, who decided to recognise the community venue partnership for this further Regional award.

Sefton Park, in conjunction with Mersey Bowmen Tennis Club, is a highly successful inner-city tennis hub, boasting over 500 registered players. Weekly Tennis for Free sessions at the park have proved extremely popular, topping national tables, and form the focus of community provision at the venue. Staffed by a team of two coaches and eight volunteers, the sessions attract over 80 participants each week during the summer months. The Regional Award recognised the breadth of tennis provision at Sefton Park and Mersey Bowmen Tennis Club which includes Tennis Tuesdays, Advantage Tennis Training, Local Tennis Leagues, Tennis Xpress and a midweek junior programme.

Of the award, Sarah Stephenson from Lancashire LTA said: “It is an honour to have a regional winner in the 2017 Aegon British Tennis Awards. Sefton Park and Mersey Bowmen Tennis Club’s contribution towards local tennis in Lancashire has been outstanding and the award is fully deserved. We wish them every luck as they now go forward to be judged by a national panel for the title of national award winner.

The Aegon Britsh Tennis Awards are a joint initiative between The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), the Tennis Foundation, partner Aegon and 40 local/national tennis associations, including Lancashire. The Awards reward and champion the people who deliver tennis in communities across Great Britain.

As a Regional Award Winner, Sefton Park and Mersey Bowmen Tennis Club will now be put forward to a national judging panel who will determine overall winners for each category. Those successful will then be invited to attend the national Aegon British Tennis Awards ceremony in London on 4th July 2017.

To find out more about the Aegon British Tennis Awards, visit www.lta.org.uk/britishtennisawards

For media enquiries please contact:
• Laurie Haines
• LTA North Regional Office – 020 848 77 040 – [email protected]

NOTES TO EDITORS
• The Lawn Tennis Association’s (LTA) mission is to get more people playing tennis more often, and its role is to develop, promote and govern tennis in Britain.
• Aegon is Lead Partner of British Tennis and is helping to transform the sport in this country. They’re supporting young talent through the Aegon Future Stars programme, as well as sponsoring the junior and senior GB Davis and Fed Cup teams and amateur and professional events. Aegon sponsor five world-class grass court tournaments; the Aegon Classic Birmingham, Aegon International Eastbourne and Aegon Championships at The Queen’s Club, and will also sponsor the new Aegon Open Nottingham WTA and ATP events from 2015. For further information visit www.aegontennis.co.uk
• The LTA’s purpose is to enrich lives through tennis. Our new values are Teamwork, Integrity, Passion and Excellence which underpin everything that we do.