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Results from the Tony Blair Sports Foundation schools tournament at Sunderland Tennis Centre
| Author: AboutMyArea HeadOffice | Published: 21st July 2010 09:42 |
This prestigious schools tennis tournament took place at the Puma Centre in Silksworth last week.
Darras Hall First School, from Ponteland were crowned the 2010 winners of the Tennis Challenge Cup.
Runners up were Priory Primary School from Tynemouth.
Among the other 5 schools competing were Mill Hill Primary from Sunderland and Shotton Hall Junior School from Peterlee.
More than 8,000 children aged seven and eight from around the region have received free tennis coaching since the competition began in November last year.
Jeanette Pickard, chief executive of the Tony Blair Sports Foundation, said all the schools provided extremely tough competition during a series of matches. She added:
Participation has increased 10-fold since we started this annual competition three years ago, which is a great accomplishment.
The programme is reaching out to benefit communities right across the North-East and that is thanks to a great partnership between the foundation, the Lawn Tennis Association and school competition managers."
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