The Yorkton Pirates Tennis Club is currently looking for local area youths under the age of 14 (as of January 1) to compete in the sport of tennis at the 2016 Saskatchewan Summer Games in Estevan July 24-30.
鈥淲e have places in the club for any of the young people that are under 14 that just want to do a little bit of practicing in case they want to try out for the Saskatchewan Summer Games,鈥� said Tennis Club Secretary/Treasurer Blaine Stoll. 鈥淎ny players, male or female, under the age of 14 as of January 1 that would like to come out are welcome.鈥�
Stoll said that there is no cost for the young players to attend the tennis sessions 鈥� which take place Sunday afternoons at 2:30pm and Thursday afternoons at 4:30pm 鈥� and are held at the Yorkton Tennis Courts located behind the Yorkton Regional High School and Western Development Museum.
In addition, Stoll mentioned that players don鈥檛 need to worry about supplying their own equipment, as the Yorkton Pirates Tennis Club has more than enough to go around. 鈥淎s long as they come out with safe court footwear then they鈥檙e welcome to come out and try,鈥� suggested Stoll, continuing, 鈥淭hose that have tennis gear are welcome to use their own, but if they don鈥檛 have anything then we have racquets and equipment that we can lend to them.鈥�
Not only is the club looking for youth to join, they鈥檙e also looking for more teens and adults as well. 鈥淲hile the older people can鈥檛 play in the Summer Games, we鈥檒l still be more than happy to welcome new players to the club,鈥� said Stoll. 鈥淎nyone wanting to try tennis out is welcome to come out when our club meets.鈥�
Stoll said that the first couple of sessions are free, but after that people must purchase a club membership to continue practicing with the club.
Luckily fees are extremely low, with a yearly membership costing just 20 dollars per person, or 40 dollars per family. 鈥淲e鈥檙e very cost-effective because we don鈥檛 want to drive anyone away from our sport,鈥� mentioned the Tennis Club鈥檚 Secretary/Treasurer. 鈥淲e think everyone should be able to play tennis if they want to, so we don鈥檛 want to charge too much.鈥�
