Islington Blind Tennis Session
- First Session is FREE
- £4 for Members
- £8 Non-Members
Venue: Islington Tennis Centre (ITC), Market Road, London, N7 9PL.
- 3 courts on Fridays
Important! if you are a Totally Blind or a beginner Tennis player and you want to be met at the station please let the contact below know by Wednesday for the Friday Session
Metro would always advise to phone or email the event contacts to confirm there have been no last minute changes or cancellations.
For more information contact: Odette Battarel Email: odetteb@pocklington-trust.org.uk
or Amanda Green: amanda.green@metroblindsport.org
If you want to try volunteering for Blind tennis, please Contact: Linda Almond
Email: almondall@aol.com
Blind Tennis
Is often called Soundball Tennis and is played on either a badminton court or a standard tennis court using a junior tennis racket and an adapted sponge ball that makes a noise when it bounces. Balls can be either black or florescent yellow to give maximum contrast with the colour of the sports hall. Blind Tennis video link here
Want to know more about Blind Tennis?
To find out more about what we offer or to get involved, contact Email: odetteb@pocklington-trust.org.uk
You can watch a video of Odette being interviewed about Sound Ball Tennis at the link below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGOjB5ZVSj4
Latest VI Advisory Groups agreed Blind Tennis Rule below
Download: the full VI Tennis Advisory Group Document below
Feedback Word document here
See rules for more info.
Read about the Metro Annual Tennis Tournament 2013 and a new players perspective by clicking on ‘Articles’ in the Quicklinks box on this page. For an umpire’s view of the 2012 Tournament, Visit: http://www.csp.org.uk/frontline/article/viewpoint-tennis-anyone
Watch a video on Metro the Tennis Foundation website of metro members playing at the National Tennis Centre
To read about Miyoshi Takei, the inventor of blind tennis, visit:http://www.hanno.jp/matsui/
