Summary of 2023 activities

• January 7 : start of our weekly(every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday) indoor training sessions for 50-60 kids.
• January 14 : first of the monthly coaches’ meeting to manage organizational isues and further professionalize the training sessions.
• February 12 : the Richard Krajicek Foundation organised a tennis tournament for kids in the age of 8-16 years; they could also join activities like squash, padel, badminton, table tennis and pickle ball.
• 15 Kids from our Street Tennis project participated.
• April-June: 22 children participated in junior team competitions.
  • To prepare them for  the competition, there was a special training session organised.
  • Out of the 4 participating teams, 2 became champions.
• April 22 : informative parents’ meeting; updating them about our activities during the year.
• Juni 17 : friendly matches were played at a Richard Krajicek playground in Rotterdam.
• July-August : the best players participated in local junior tournaments coached by one of the trainers.
• July 24-28: participation of 5 talented kids in a tennis camp lead by a professional tennis school at the courts of our partner Gaasperpark (previously known as Strandvliet).
• August 19 : workshop for the coaches’ group, focused on teambuilding.
• September 9 : Summer tournament in 5 age groups at the clay courts of our partner Gaasperpark.
• September-October : 15 children participated in the autumn version of the junior team competitions.
• 1 Team became champion.
• November 18 : Family tournament with sports like tennis, soccer, basketball and hockey.
  • The event was completed with prize giving.
• November 26 : paying tribute to all competition teams that became champions and celebrating it with playing bowling.

From left to right Mofe, Ofure, Alyssa, David and their coach mr.Billy Woods.

This team won 2 championships in the 11-14 age group!