Margate Lawn Tennis Club has landed a pair of Winners
trophies in the highly prestigious Thanet Sports Awards 2012. Head Coach David
Houseman
won the Coach of the Year Award, sponsored by the KM Group and George Buckmaster
picked up the TDC Sport Matters Inspire Pride Achievement Award.
The
Awards were made at a special presentation ceremony at Margate’s Winter Gardens
on November 21, compared by Academy FM’s Johnny Lewis and featuring guest
speaker Team GB Olympic Taekwondo Gold Medallist Jade Jones.
George Buckmaster, who won an Inspire Pride Achievement
Award, is an extremely active ‘senior’ at Margate Lawn Tennis Club. Not only is
George prominent in club and competition tennis, he also encourages junior and
adult beginners. He is also the Club’s Mr Fixit, the ultimate handyman,
tirelessly carrying out repairs and essential jobs for love of the club.
Moreover George has single handedly transformed a virtually derelict ‘middle
hut’ building into a very usable place for Club juniors.
“David and George thoroughly deserve these awards,” comments
Margate Lawn Tennis Club Chairman John Taylor. “Their selfless effort and
resultant success for the Club’s benefit are immense and testament to just what
can be achieved, adding strength to the club: David by building on club
membership and George by ensuring that there indeed continues to be a club to
come to. The entire Club thanks them for their individual effort and
congratulates them, on their awards.”
The
Thanet Sports Initiative, now ranked as one of the biggest celebrated awards in
the district, is designed to promote the work and effort put into Thanet sports
activities. According to Martyn Cassell, Chairman of the Thanet Sport Network,
this year’s awards has seen an incredibly diverse range of candidates. “The
quality was phenomenal,” he says. The judging panel comprised Thanet Sport
Network members and sponsors.
Margate Lawn Tennis Club brings a high level of tennis to
the community at both social and competition levels covering East Kent and Kent
Leagues with individual members even playing at national team and event levels.
With its six all-weather hard courts, it offers all year round play, encouraging
juniors of all levels to play. With various coaching schemes in place for
juniors and adults, the club welcomes prospective new members.
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