50 YEARS ON……….

The French Tennis Federation will celebrate Ken Rosewall’s French Open final triumph over Rod Laver 50 years ago, in what was a defining period for the sport with the Open era beginning. Ken added to a win in Paris 15 years earlier when he defeated the only man to twice win the Grand Slam. An 8 time major championship winner, Ken will be honoured at Roland Garros this year and will attend the French Open Champions Dinner and present the trophy to the Men’s Singles Winner. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, KEN. How lucky KTF is to have you as a patron of the Ken Rosewall Regional Project.

KEN ROSEWALL REGIONAL PROJECT

Now in the third year of funding from CQS, The Yulgilbar Foundation and International Club Philanthropy, KTF programs are being conducted in many primary schools in regional and remote areas in Australia as part of the Ken Rosewall Regional Project.

Kids Tennis Foundation is truly indebted to these three wonderful sponsors. As a result, the children in schools in these regional and remote areas have been given an opportunity that would not have been possible without their support. One such school is Bluff Point Primary School (Western Australia). Bluff Point Primary School is a school situated in the regional City of Greater Geraldton, a coastal city in the Mid West region of Western Australia, located 424 kilometres (263 miles) north of Perth in Western Australia. The school celebrated its 100th anniversary in October 2013. Enrolments are drawn from Aboriginal (54%), non-aboriginal, migrant and non-English speaking backgrounds. “We have had the pleasure of having Batavia Tennis Coaching run the Kids Tennis Foundation program at our school. The whole program was professionally run and very well organised. As we are a low socio economic school, this program has given some of our students an opportunity to participate in a fun and fully inclusive program that “Tanjil South Primary School students participated in the KTF program in 2017. the students wouldn’t normally have the opportunity to do. The coach, Andrew Peavey, delivered a series of fantastic sessions, both indoors I would have no doubt this program has highlighted to the students that and out in the playground. All the children improved their skill level and some resilience, respect for others and a positive attitude which is imperative when have begun tennis coaching and playing competitively since receiving coaching playing sport in general. in the KTF program. Thanks to Kids Tennis Foundation and the Ken Rosewall Regional Project”. During the sessions, students showed co-operation and enjoyed the interaction Owen Bell, Deputy Principal. with other students and the coach. All students experienced success and achieved Another is Tanjil South Primary School. a sense of pride in their own abilities to learn new skills. A former gold mining town, Tanjil South is a rural locality in eastern Victoria, 7 They approached every session with keen enthusiasm and everyone is looking km north of Moe, a town in Latrobe Valley in the Gippsland region of Victoria, forward to the KTF sessions in 2018. Australia. It is approximately 130 kilometres (80 miles) east of the central The Ken Rosewall Regional Project a great initiative by Kids Tennis Foundation.” business district of Melbourne and 45 kilometres (30 miles) due south of the Karen Bailey, PE Teacher peak of Mount Baw Baw in the Great Dividing Range.

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