Friday 6 July saw the eight best teams of Year 3 pupils from across the region take part in the competition’s Grand Final which was held at Sunderland Tennis Centre and was attended by the Mayor and Mayoress of Sunderland, Cllr Pat Smith and Baroness Hilary Armstrong.
The Competition features a ‘Tennis Factory Challenge Court’ as well as a Singles Competition.
The 2012 Tony Blair Sports Foundation Tennis Challenge Cup has seen 334 North East schools enter the competition, with over 2,600 children competing throughout the initial cluster stages of the event, through to the County Finals and then the Grand Final. The Tony Blair Sports Foundation has been equally delighted to have qualified 275 new Tennis Competition Organisers and 237 new Tennis Leaders between April 2011 and July 2012 to help support the running of this competition.
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