YOUNG “racqueteers” are being served up a treat at York Tennis Club.

In only eight short years, the Clifton Park-based junior section of the club has come from nowhere to boasting 150 members – ranging in age from five to 18-years-old.

Bev Cairns, head coach of York Tennis Club, was asked by the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) to restructure the junior side at Shipton Road back in 2001 and they have never looked back.

“We’ve gone from having no juniors at all in any competition to youngsters playing mini-tennis and older juniors mixing in the men’s and women’s senior league sides,” she said.

“Ideally, I would like to get even more competing and moving through to the senior teams.

“We have had some very promising players who have been in the LTA development and performance squads.”

Coach Cairns added: “I love coaching the youngsters. It’s a very rewarding job.”

The York TC juniors play on the club’s six courts – all-weather surfaces called “outdoor carpet”.

Anyone interested in joining the junior ranks at Clifton park should contact Cairns by emailing bevcairns@talk21.com