GSTC Tennis Academy to be inaugurated on 31 July

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GSTC Tennis, the dedicated tennis club, successfully conducted the first ever open day tennis camp on Saturday the 15 July 2023.

It was well attended and was conducted by six professional coaches.

The event commenced with an exhibition game of tennis between two Sri Lanka ranked Fed Cup players, Janali Manamperi and Tuvini de Alwis in order to showcase the level of the game and the skills of tennis that ought to be achieved. This was followed by a differently abled person running and returning the tennis ball to demonstrate the will to play tennis in order to be fit and healthy.

The coaches then commenced the program by introducing the basic skills of tennis and ended the two-hour session with fun tennis activities.

The participants were then encouraged to follow up by joining the GSTC tennis academy which will be inaugurated on Monday 31 July 2023 at the GSTC Tennis premises at Joseph Frazer Road, Colombo 5.

The academy would be conducted on Mondays and Thursdays between 6.30 and 7.30 p.m. under floodlights by dedicated professional coaches and would be open to any public member. A nominal fee of Rs. 2,000 per person would be charged for the one-hour session under lights.

Registration for the program could be done by contacting GSTC via WhatsApp at 0727 666 026.