Anyone for tennis?

Our service users make the most of a unique opportunity to design unusual tennis racquets to celebrate 125 years of Wimbledon

Some of the artworks designed by our service users to celebrate 125 years of Wimbledon tennis.

Tennis racket designed by Balham service user to celebrate 125 years of Wimbledon tennis

125 local people were given wooden racket frames and invited to create pieces of celebratory art reflecting the Championships.

Tennis racket designed by Balham service user to commemorate 125 years of Wimbledon tennis A Wimbledon groundsman with one of the specially designed tennis rackets

The All England Lawn Tennis Club is holding a special celebratory event in the Centre Court Debenture area in September where all the artwork will be displayed and everyone who participated in the project will be invited.

The video clip below shows our Balham Resource Centre Manager, Odette Battarel, talking to the BBC about the exhibition.

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