South Africa

South Africa

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VOSLOORUS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, VOSLOORUS TOWNSHIP, GAUTENG
The project started in 2011 and at present around 100 children are coached and mentored on a weekly basis with tennis each afternoon and Saturday mornings. Since inception, around 250 children have benefited from this initiative with some having gone on to represent the province at inter provincial tournaments. This year a record was set when four children were chosen. Head Coach Michael Lelosa visits the four local schools to canvas children and now, with the tennis club having been affiliated to Tennis SA and a club formed, more families are attending and bringing their children. Lockdown hampered the programme but since September 2020 children have been entered into local events which now allow spectators. Life Skills Days will be re-introduced once lockdown restrictions are lifted.
 
KENTON JUNIOR TENNIS PROGRAMME, KENTON-ON-SEA, EASTERN CAPE
The programme in the small coastal town of Kenton-on-Sea and its neighbouring Township, Ekuphumleni, teaches tennis and life skills to school children in an environment rife with unemployment, drugs and alcohol. A “future generation” group has been started at the primary school and for those children too young to undertake the walk to the courts just yet, the community hall or a flat area next to the school will be used. The programme has also established a close relationship with the local Kenton Tennis Club which provides its facilities free of charge. Despite Covid-19, 2021 is proving to be exciting with numbers of older children returning to or starting the programme increasing to more than twice that of 2019 and 2020.
Update May 2025 Update May 2025

Update May 2025

The coaching at the Vosloorus Tennis Club by head coach Michael and his assistant coaches Nyaniso and Wellington, has continued to be well attended by the children from the local Vosloorus schools.

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Scott Mead Scott Mead

Scott Mead

Scott is a photographer and venture philanthropist following a career in Finance. He was educated in the US and UK and moved to London in 1988. He serves on many boards in the US and UK primarily in sports, education and the arts.

He is a member of the International Lawn Tennis Club of Great Britain (IC of GB) and The All England Lawn Tennis Club and has served on the Global Advisory Boards of the WTA and ATP.

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David Gollob David Gollob

David Gollob

David has been an International Lawn Tennis Club of the United States member since 1990 and is currently USIC Honorary Secretary. His career includes numerous leadership positions in the consumer technology arena followed by owning a group of machine tool manufacturing companies and a music agency business. “Tennis has provided me with so much that giving back through the sport is a natural. I am excited to support the great work that ICPF does for children around the globe.”

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Neil Howitt Neil Howitt

Neil Howitt

Neil has enjoyed his career working in UK financial services after qualifying as an actuary in 1990, but not as much as all the time he has spent hitting balls with rackets or clubs outside of this. He is honorary secretary of the International Lawn Tennis Club of Great Britain, a member of the East Gloucestershire Club board, and the AELTC. He has been involved with the Philanthropy arm of the IC Council since 2023.

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