Tennis Able Norwich

26/04/2026

26/04/2026

Today we ran our first ever Special Olympics competition. The weather was kind, giving us perfect conditions for players and their families.

None of the team had played a proper match before, and they were brilliant. The matches were tight, and as the day went on, you could see confidence and consistency grow. We’ve never seen them serve so well.

Elliot and Macey did a fantastic job organising everything and kept the play running smoothly. It was also great to see so many family members there to watch and support the crew.

Thank you to everyone who helped make it happen — we’ll definitely be doing it again.

19/03/2026

Great session, so pleased we are getting lovely weather for it as well :)

03/02/2026

It was great to welcome Mark Bullock from Bright Ideas for Tennis to the club. Mark has a wealth of experience of working with top level Visual Impaired players and he was kind enough to show us some of the things he has learnt along the way. We were interested in learning his approach to coaching VI players and for techniques we could integrate. It was a fun and informative session and gave us lots of food for thought.

[Video description: Young VI player using large jingle ball passing the ball back and forth under a tennis net, working on tracking the ball by sound, moving into the correct place to recieve it, then returning to the other player who clapped to indicate their position.]

19/01/2026

Sometimes it is the little things that count!

Long time on the list has been making things a little easier for the players who come to visit us at East Anglia Tennis & Squash Club.

Having spoken to Vision Norfolk they provided expert advice on what we could do make things easier for visually impaired players.

As part of this we purchased and installed high contrast signage to make it easier for people unfamiliar with the club to navigate their way around. This should make things a little easier and reduce the anxiety of being in a unfamiliar place.

Next one of our volunteers installed contrasting edging in the key traffic areas used by our VI players. Edging on stairs to avoid trips and edging on courts to allow the players to feel the step before arriving/exiting.

Satisfying jobs to get ticked off the list ✔️

23/12/2025

Finishing the year with a bang with our final session and Christmas party 🎉 for our Special Olympics and VI players.

We have had another great year of tennis with all the players making great progression and keeping us on our toes.

Thank you to Special Olympics Norfolk - UK and Vision Norfolk for your support. Thank you to East Anglia Tennis & Squash Club for continuing to support the work we do.

We hope everyone has a very merry Christmas and we look forward to seeing you in the New Year 😄

12/12/2025

Headway is a fantastic organisation who have such a positive impact on so many people. We are lucky to see their work firsthand and run some sessions with them.

Save Headway Norfolk and Waveney from closure

07/12/2025

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11/11/2025

Looking forward to the first sighting of the "Alfie Hew-Grit" 🤩

☃️ We received nearly 600 entries to the ‘Name Our Gritters’ competition! ☃️

✅ Each one of our fleet of 55 gritters has now been given a unique name.

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🛻 One gritter will be transformed into Saltimus Prime
🎯 Luke Grittler will be darting across the Norfolk roads this winter
🎵 and a gritter clearly ready to shake it off and live the Life of a Snow Girl is Taylor Drift.

A grit big thank you to the schoolchildren, readers of the EDP and Radio Norfolk Listeners who sub-gritted entries.

The names will be added to the vehicles in the coming weeks, so keep your eyes peeled when the temperatures drop and our fantastic drivers start their grit runs.

See the full list of winners on our website – link in the comments besnow 👇

Right… we’ll stop with the puns now. Promice. 😉

11/10/2025

Great work Ruby 💪

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