Norfolk schools mini tennis event held as Wimbledon begins

Hundreds of Norfolk primary school pupils took part in the Mini Tennis Festival at the UEA Sportspark on Monday.

The event, organised by the Norfolk LTA, saw roughly 100 children from 26 schools battle it out for the grand prize.

The event was held on Monday (Image: Sonya Duncan, Newsquest)

Each player from the schools qualified to get into the tournament (Image: Sonya Duncan, Newsquest)

Norfolk LTA spokesman Stuart Silvester said: "It was a really good day.

"We always ask them to try their best, but as long as they enjoy themselves, that's the main thing.

"There were four children per school, with two boys and two girls coming from year three and four.

The event is held to coincide with the start of Wimbledon (Image: Sonya Duncan, Newsquest)

The winners were North Wootton Aces, who beat Fairhaven in the final, 3-1 (Image: Sonya Duncan, Newsquest)

"Each school qualified previously and arrived to play each other in singles until it came down to two schools.

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"The winners were North Wootton Aces, who beat Fairhaven in the final, 3-1."

There was also a special guest at the event, Georgia Routledge.

The former Thorpe St Andrew School pupil last week won the first ever para standing world championship in Turin, Italy.

Organiser Stuart Silvester said the pupils had a really good day (Image: Sonya Duncan, Newsquest)

"It was great to have the kids see Georgia, who handed out the medals" added Stuart.

"We had volunteers from local tennis clubs officiate the event as well, who we can put the kids in touch with to develop their skills even more."

Roughly 100 pupils turned up from 26 different schools to take part (Image: Stuart Silvester)

Georgia Routledge, pictured back left, who last week won the first ever para standing Tennis world championship, arrived as a special guest (Image: Stuart Silvester)