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| Grass Roots Schools Initiative The Totally Tennis Schools programme has provided thousands of local children with the opportunity to play tennis through subsidised curriculum coaching and after school clubs run at their school Currently more than 20 local schools are involved, including Brighton Hill Cummunity College, for which the extensive tennis programme contributed to them winning HSBC Schools Tournament Regional Final, two years in a row! Totally Tennis also runs, in partnership with Brighton Hill Community College, the Basingstoke Primary Schools and the Basingstoke Secondary Schools Tournaments, and Basingstoke Primary and Secondary Tennis Leagues, where every year over 200 young players take part. The Totally Tennis schools progamme has not only grown within the local community, with coaches running sessions at the schools themselves, but also at the indoor tennis centre at War Memorial Park. Schools can take advantage of reduced off-peak (school hours) fees, encouraging schools to bring players to the centre itself to take advantage of the excellent indoor facilities at affordable rates. Schools are also offered reduced rate coaching sessions at the centre during the day which has been taken up by both a local primary and secondary school who are both within walking distance of the centre. Coaching and development has extended to school staff, with training programmes designed and implemented for teachers from both primary and secondary schools to lead to more continuity between coach-led and teacher-led tennis. |