We love squash!
FREE squash lessons have proven a hit with Thame’s school children this half-term, at a ‘Squash camp’ regularly provided by Racquets Fitness Club.
Squash coach, Sue Martin Downhill, said: “It was great to see so many children attending the squash camp during the half term. There was a 25% increase in the numbers from previous camps and a brilliant competitive spirit from the kids.
“The children come from many different schools around the area including Barley Hill Primary School, John Hampden Primary School, Lord Williams’s Lower and Upper schools, Gateway school in Great Missenden, Aylesbury Grammar,cAylesbury High School, and the Dragon School in Oxford. Ages ranged from 8 to 15 and there were three children from the same family.”
The Mayor of Thame, Jeannette Matelot Green, who is a school Governor at Barley Hill Primary School, in Thame, said: “I am so pleased to see the Year 5 and 6 children from Barley Hill and John Hampden schools enjoying their free squash lessons during school PE lessons at Racquets.
“This is such a good opportunity and Racquets are again showing their commitment to our community to both young and old – I’m learning to play racketball with the Silver Servers myself! I only wish I’d had lessons when I was at primary school.”
Silver Servers is a session that takes place on Tuesday mornings where anyone over 50 can go along and join in to play racketball with other over 50s, some of whom have played before and others who are new to the game.
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