{"id":710494,"date":"2026-07-25T12:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T12:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/710494\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T12:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T12:51:09","slug":"free-tennis-sessions-return-to-vigo-recreation-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/710494\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Tennis sessions return to Vigo Recreation Ground"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.andoveradvertiser.co.uk\/topics\/test-valley-borough-council\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Test Valley Borough Council<\/a> has announced that the free sessions will take place every Sunday from 10am to 11am, welcoming people of all ages and abilities.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The initiative aims to encourage more people to pick up a racket, whether they are complete beginners or returning to the sport.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A council spokesperson said: &#8220;Looking for a free way to get active, meet people and enjoy some time outdoors? Barclays Free Parks Tennis sessions are taking place every Sunday at Vigo Recreation Ground from 10am to 11am.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  They added the sessions are &#8220;friendly, informal and open to everyone, whatever your age or ability&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  From Sunday, July 26, additional coached sessions for children will also be introduced as part of the Kickstart programme.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  These include sessions for four to seven-year-olds from 11am to 12pm, followed by sessions for eight to 11-year-olds from 12pm to 1pm.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  All activities will be held at Vigo Recreation Ground in Andover and are free to attend, with places available to book online through the Lawn Tennis Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Test Valley Borough Council has announced that the free sessions will take place every Sunday from 10am to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":710495,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-710494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=710494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/710495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=710494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=710494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=710494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}