Vosloorus Project

Sport is a great uniform of life - it takes us out of our everyday existence, brings us all together on a "level playing field" and shows us the opportunities we can mould for ourselves through application. 

By focusing our attention on less advantaged communities, the IC’s Philanthropy Programme hopes to give those children an alternative focus to the streets and their inherent dangers of drugs, crime and negative peer pressure. Through tennis, and the dedication and structure it provides, we hope the children in our projects will learn basics such as commitment, self-esteem, respect for fellow players, physical fitness, the benefit of nutrition and how to play by the rules of fairness - all wrapped-up in an overall feeling of fun and enjoyment.

The IC’s first charitable development programme was co-organized in Burundi by the IC of Luxembourg in 2009 with Sport Sans Frontières and the ITF.  The IC Philanthropy committee is currently supporting 10 socially uplifting programmes.   Each programme is administered by one of the IC member countries.  Please click here to find out more.

Our activities are in line with the modern IC’s Mission Statement which includes: “promoting the growth of tennis by, among other things, encouraging participation of the young and the less advantaged”. Our projects in Vosloorus (near Johannesburg) and Kenton-on-Sea (near Port Elizabeth) provide the IC SA with perfect opportunities to put something back into the game which has given us so much.

Involvement in a programme such as this allows them to make new friends, learn how to follow rules, achieve personal goals, improve their self-esteem and stay off the streets.

We hope that for some this opportunity could be life-changing!

Please watch the videos about our existing projects.

Vosloorus

Kenton-on-Sea

Philanthropy News

March 2023
New Development Plans

New Development Plans

In an attempt to boost the awareness and the number of people playing tennis in the province, the Vaal River Tennis Development social tournaments are aimed at the development and the promoting of township tennis around the country.

For tennis to grow in South Africa the bulk of players has to come from the many township that house the African population. With the European population dwindling on an annual basis due to emigration, that population group now numbers less than 4 million out of a total population in South Africa of around 65 million. Even the Cape Coloured population, mainly in the Western Cape, has exceeded that figure. Simple maths shows you that the African population accounts for some 85% of the total , therefore that is the area that must be targeted for meaningful growth.

Our Vosloorus kids have been to a few of these to “test the water” and see if there is any benefit to them attending although it is an essentially an adult programme, junior players have been invited. This decision we applaud as anything that allows our better juniors  to mix and play with their peers, is welcome.

At times there are coaching clinics run by the hosts as well as small tournaments and it is an opportunity for us to introduce some of our younger players. Six of our better juniors took part in the senior programme at the Vaal last weekend in a similar fashion when we hosted a similar event in Benoni.

We have been invited to take part in the next event on 1 April as they will have a separate event for those better players. This is all part of their tennis education and we applaud the initiative started by the Vaal River Tennis and will endeavour to support these events moving forward.

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