We now also have a daily shuttle running from SDTC, Ivybridge leaving at 8:30 and returning at 5:30 with the cost being the same as a Full Day, just £20

We have added in new sports and activities recently including the massively popular adventure team game; capture the flag, as well as trampolining, medic ball, orienteering and circus skills.

Also new for the Easter holidays we are taking the circus skills one stage further and have some great fancy dress and facepaints available so you can quite literally be clowning around whilst you learn to juggle, use a diablo, devil sticks or simple learn to spin plates!

Its not all about physical challenges at the camps though, we like mental challenges too. That’s why we have just bought another 3 chess boards so now with 5 boards available to use so we can run chess competitions as an option for those who are keen to challenge their minds as well as their bodies.

On Friday 13th April from 1:30 – 3:30pm we are also looking to offer for the very first time; Den Building and Survival skills which will be taking place at the Parke National Trust site nearby. Here a skilled park ranger will help you learn the skills required to build yourself a den for shelter, make a fire without the help of matches as well as teach you how to track animals, use nature as your compass and make water safe to drink. In other words after an afternoon at Parke you will have learnt the skills required to stay alive in the wild! This half day trip will cost an extra £5 p/p and there will be a minimum of 6 people required for it to take place.

We genuinley believe that the camps are getting better and better every time, as we listen to the feedback from you and try to develop and improve the camps after every holiday. We have more sports and activities on offer than ever before with options available to suit everyone’s tastes. Look out for rack climbing, abseiling and paint balling all coming soon.

If you haven’t already then why not book your place now, as spaces are limited and will be allocated on a firstcome first served basis. This is especially important if you want to access the daily shuttle service from SDTC, Ivybridge!

All the info and booking forms are available at our dedicated website www.high5sportscamps.co.uk so tell your friends, your neighbours, your cousins, your school mates and we hope to be seeing many of you at the camps over the Easter Break.

Any Questions then don’t hesitate to contact me direct on: ben.knight@tennis-mad.co.uk and I hope to see you at the camps soon.

Ben Knight
HIGH5 Sports Camps Director

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More details to follow soon

The event, which starts at 11am on Saturday 17th March and runs through until 11am on Sunday 18th March, is being held simultaneously at two of tennisMAD’s main coaching venues, The South Devon Tennis Centre, Ivybridge and the Callington Tennis Dome at Callington Community College.

Director and coach Ben Knight said, “The aim of the challenge is for continuous tennis to be played on one court throughout the entire 24 hours, so if a player stops for a break then another player must immediately step onto the court and play must continue. With this non-stop challenge being a very physically and mentally demanding one to complete, many players from the programme and also their families and friends have offered to come along, join in and help share the effort for some part of the event. Everyone who is taking part, whether it is for the whole 24 hours or just a part of the event, will be looking to raise as much sponsorship money as possible for this great cause. If anybody else would like to come along and take part in the event, or if you would just like to come and show your support and see the challenge take place, then spectators are welcome during the daylight hours of Saturday and Sunday.

The two venues are the team’s key sites, where players of all ages and abilities take advantage of the great facilities and coaching on offer to help develop their games. Both the centres have indoor and outdoor tennis courts, allowing them to offer tennis all year round. This makes them ideal locations from which to attempt this challenge.”

If anyone would like to make a donation towards this challenge then please visit the donations page at: https://my.sportrelief.com/sponsor/tennismarathon.

Thanks for your support and we hope to see you there over the weekend. If you can’t make it look out for all the pictures and write ups which will follow the event, along with the final totals for how much we have raised.