Sports Minister to Dedicate Kerala Tennis Academy on Tuesday

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:
Kerala Tennis Academy, set up by the State Government with the aim of hosting world class events and imparting high-quality training to talented youth, will be dedicated by Minister for Industries, Sports and Youth Affairs E P Jayarajan here on February 19 (Tuesday).

The Academy, developed by renovating the Tennis Complex at Kumarapuram in the city at a cost of Rs 2.51 crore, boasts of all the state-of-the art facilities for advanced coaching, practice and conducting international tournaments, day-and-night throughout the year including the rainy season.

Minister for Co-operation, Tourism and Devaswom, Kadakampally Surendran, will preside over the inaugural function, to be held at 7 pm. Thiruvananthapuram Mayor, V K Prasanth, and Kerala State Sports Council President T P Dasan will be chief guests.

The academy, which comes as a long-cherished dream of tennis lovers as well as seasoned and budding players, has a capacity to train 250 children and 100 adults. The Academy will impart grass root level, middle level and elite level coaching.

Besides the main outdoor synthetic court with flood-lighting, it has three practice courts with roof covering, side covering, LED arena and flood lighting. Other salient features of the Academy include viewers’ gallery, a practice court with ball pass wall, gymnasium, administrative block and restrooms.

Dr A Jayathilak, Principal Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs, and Sanjayan Kumar, Director Sorts and Youth Affairs, will also attend the inaugural session.