Sundridge Park facilities investment
Tennis venues offer more than just a place to practice, they are a community, a place to catch up with friends, and get on court. The LTA’s Quick Access Loan scheme, funded by the LTA Tennis Foundation, provides loans that help deliver projects that will grow the number of people playing tennis and padel, ensuring long term sustainability for the venue and its members.
The loan scheme supports the LTA’s and the LTA Tennis Foundation’s vision of ‘tennis opened up’ by ensuring every approved application includes a community element to their proposal, enabling more people to access tennis.
The Venue
Sundridge Park is a thriving tennis, padel and squash club on the London/Kent border. A club where players of every age and ability level are welcomed and can play to their potential. The club is an integral part of the local community and shares their facilities with local schools, businesses and charities.
The Project
Sundridge Park saw such great success for their club with their first Quick Access Loan, that they applied for and were awarded a second.
Across the two projects they have:
- Initially installed 2 floodlit Padel courts
- Converted four existing grass courts to three floodlit tiger turf courts.
- Installed a further 3rd Padel court
The Impact
- The Club has experienced a huge growth in usage, both through increased membership and pay and play.
- Increased court utilisation because of floodlighting
- Due to increased revenue the club has invested in its clubhouse, improving facilities for their members further.
- Increased coaching and competitions schedule
- The club runs regular community sessions with local groups including inclusive Padel sessions.
The loan scheme has allowed us to invest in expanding our facilities to firstly bring the new sport of padel to our venue and secondly to add more floodlit courts. Padel has without a doubt been a game changer for the Club, helping attract a new community of players, and a new revenue stream which will be re-invested, enabling us to open our doors to more members of Bromley and the surrounding areas through disability and community programmes.
Find out more
Visit our Quick Access Loan page to find out more about how the loans work, the help they could provide to your club and how to apply: