Ashfield District Council is to improve its tennis courts in partnership with the Lawn Tennis Association.

Courts on Welfare Park, Huthwaite; Kingsway Park, Kirkby; and Sutton Lawn will see a mixture of new access systems, improved fencing, resurfacing, and repainted courts. The courts at Sutton Lawn will also get new LED floodlighting.

Council leader Jason Zadrozny said: “We want to encourage more people to play tennis. We are confident that these improvements will do exactly that.”

Once the works are completed all courts will be available for online bookings via a system called Clubspark. Bookings are paid for on the app and an access code is generated. At Sutton Lawn, on darker evenings, inputting the access code will turn on the floodlights for the required period of time.

Coun Vicki Heslop, member for Sutton Central and New Cross, said: “These tennis improvements are ace and it’s incredibly exciting.  When I stood for election in May, to serve local residents, improving our tennis courts was a promise we made.  At Sutton Lawn, our courts have fallen into disrepair and our success with the Towns Fund and partnership with the LTA is leading to the biggest improvements to the courts since they were first built.”

Pictured are councillors Samantha Deakin, Jason Zadrozny and Vicki Heslop at the tennis courts on Sutton Lawn.