What a Racquet

Aim

The project aim is to completely re-paint two courts with a two tone colour finish & new white court markings.

History

The tennis club formed part of the Stainsby House Estate in 1885. Records show that land was purchased in 1939 and the tennis club formed as Stainsby Tennis Club, documents mention Smalley Tennis Club in 1949. Tennis has played a big part in this local community for over 80 years. 

Currently we are a small community tennis club in Derbyshire with 2 grass courts and 2 hard courts. Local schools come and use the courts during the summer and we run adult and junior club sessions. The club is very much open to all and we keep joining costs as low as possible to encourage membership. We have this year won the Derbyshire under 10 Championships, we run open days and social events during the year. 

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Why are we crowdfunding?

In order for the club to continue providing an amazing facility for its local community we are in desperate need to re paint the hard courts before they crack and become unsafe. The club relies on volunteers for help running the club and because we are a non profit  we can struggle to find the extra money for these larger projects. 

How we’ll spend the money raised

The cost of re painting the  2 tennis courts is £8.628,Sport England have kindly agreed to fund £4,314 of this figure we need to raise the remaining £4,314 

How you can play your part

There are four simple ways to help us reach our target, and make this project a reality.

1. Make a pledge. Don’t delay if you’re going to support us because momentum is key to our success!

2. Spread the word. Share our project on your social media pages and tell the world to get behind us! The more people we reach, the more support we will get.

3. Offer rewards. Get involved if you are a local business by donating things we can offer to our supporters. We will give you a shout out!

4. Fundraise for us. If you want to run your own fundraiser – maybe a sponsored activity or similar – use the 'contact project' button at the top of our page to let us know. Setting up your own page only takes a few minutes and you won’t need any bank details. Just a fun idea!

Funding method

Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made by 15th January 2027 at 11:48am