GSTC Tennis Academy to be launched on July 31

GSTC Tennis, the dedicated tennis club, successfully conducted the first ever open day tennis camp on July 15. 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. 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 July 31 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 pm under flood lights by dedicated professional coaches and would be open to any member of the public.

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 on 0727 666 026.