The ANZ Tennis Hot Shots Racquet Roadshow made a stop at Harrisdale Primary School this week, with 180 Pre-Primary students receiving brand new tennis racquets all thanks to Tennis Australia’s partnership with ANZ.
The lucky Harrisdale PS students, who have just commenced their school based lessons, were handed the brand new racquets by Thornlie Tennis Club Coach Darren Draper with some special racquet taps made to Tennis West Schools Coordinator Jenna Sparkes and Program Pathway Leader Ardian Fazliu.
The students now join more than 30,000 pre-primary school students from more than 800 schools across Australia benefiting from the 2020 National ANZ Tennis Hot Shots Racquet Roadshow.
By December, 170,000 racquets will have been delivered to schools across Australia since 2015, thanks to ANZ. And with published reports continuing to discuss declining levels of activity in children, the free racquets will help get kids moving at school, home and in the community.
“Our partnership with ANZ will give another 3,000 kids across WA the opportunity to get active and lead a healthy lifestyle,” commented Tennis West CEO Michael Roberts.
“Tennis Australia’s partnership with ANZ has helped us to put more racquets in children’s hands than ever before. There are so many skills that kids can develop at a young age by playing tennis, regardless of whether that’s on the court, in their backyard or even in their lounge room,” Mr Roberts said.
“We’re really proud of our continued support of tennis at a grassroots level, encouraging Australians to get active and look after their wellbeing,” said Katherine Bray, Managing Director Retail at ANZ.
“Over the past five years this partnership with Tennis Australia has delivered racquets to thousands of communities across the country, helping young kids to get involved in community sports like tennis” she added.
ANZ Tennis Hot Shots Racquet Roadshow fast facts
- The ANZ Tennis Hot Shots Racquet Roadshow will deliver brand new tennis racquets to first year primary school age children across all states and territories in Australia for the fourth consecutive year
- By the end of 2020, a total of 170,000 racquets will have been delivered to children since 2015, thanks to ANZ
- Tennis Australia’s School Partnership Program aims to give children the opportunity to pick up a racquet and play tennis as part of their health and physical education curriculum
For further information about ANZ Tennis Hot Shots, please visit www.hotshots.tennis.com.au.
For more information on coaching lessons with Darren Draper at Thornlie TC, please visit www.thornlietc.com/coaching
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