Page 12 - Fall 2021 Newsletter

Tennis in the Parks Program

Submitted by: Eric Driscoll, USTA New England

We have 13 departments that we partnered with in NH to run youth and adult programs this
spring, summer, and fall and now have 50 recreation partners across New England. When
our fall programs start next month, we will have run about 90 programs with multiple age
groups this year and hired nearly 50 coaches in communities all over New England to
coach our programs.

See our full list on our Tennis in the Parks webpage here. This program which I lead and con-
ceived of in 2017 and which we piloted in 2018 more than doubled the first two years and

this year grew nearly fivefold! This year we will have introduced tennis to over 2,000 kids
and adults in their local communities.

I'm happy that we are filling a need and a want for tennis in all of these communities. Pro-
grams have been at 90 plus percent capacity and we're averaging 25 participants per pro-
gram.

Loudon Recreation Portsmouth Recreation

Exeter Recreation Hudson Recreation

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