Primary and Secondary school students will have a chance to learn the lawn tennis over the August vacation period. This is a as a result of a programme sponsored by the Ministry of Education’s Allied Arts department.
The programme is being conducted by National Coach Shelly Daly-Ramdyhan who told Chronicle Sport that that programmes like these help to widen the pool of tennis players.
“This year, for the first time, it caters for primary school students; in the past it was only for the secondary school students. By doing this, they widen the pool for more kids to be involved in a sport, in this case tennis.”
She indicated that the camp, which features approximately 40 students, has seen a tremendous turnout, especially at the secondary school level. At the primary level, the National Coach indicated that there are about 15 students who are eager to learn the sport. Ramdyhan also mentioned that the response has been phenomenal even through the inclement weather.
“We are trying to utilise the National Racquet centre’s library so that we can go indoors (when it rains). There are books available on each sport and tennis is one of them, so we will try to use that in the absence of not playing outside to have some indoor sessions with the kids but the weather doesn’t affect the kids, they come anyway.”
The Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) coach says that the two-week camp which commenced Monday last will conclude on Friday. She is also optimistic that in the coming months, the sport’s youth core will be strengthened.

By Stephan Sookram