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

October 2022
New Venture For Vosloorus Kids

New Venture For Vosloorus Kids

We have consistently supported most the tournaments within easy reach by taxi for our kids where we believe that they will benefit from playing in such events. The top tier tournaments sanctioned by Tennis SA are still a way off, but some of the under 14 girls should be able to take the step up next year.

So for variety, which is the spice of life, we decided to “test the water” at a couple of other events rather than the ones just on our doorstep.

We gave two girls the opportunity to play in the Daveyton event. Daveyton is another African township further afield and the quality was, sad to say, below that which we have been used to playing in. The girls did well but I am not so sure that there was a great deal of benefit for them as they were hardly tested.

We also sent a few players to the Soweto Development event organized by Tennis SA. Now Soweto is the home of the Arthur Ashe Tennis centre in the largest of all the township within the country. It was to be a full days tennis, but the entry was so large that most players played only two and in one case only one match. That is not ideal for the kids to spend all day at a venue for that small amount of tennis.

It was a pity that these two “try outs” did not produce the required results, but if we don’t try them, we will never know.

Next up is the Gauteng East Tennis Association closed tournament which acts as the first step towards the trials for next years inter provincial age group teams. We have entered seven of our players and hopefully we will get two or more into the teams to represent the province in 2023.

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