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Tag Archives: Tennis
Council contractors drive roughshod over park’s grass area
While Jason Perry, Croydon’s £84,000 per year part-time Mayor, has been boasting about modest upgrades to some of the borough’s playgrounds, concerned residents have been pleading with him to stop council workers trashing our parks. According to the council’s propaganda … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, GLL, Greenwich Leisure, Mayor Jason Perry, Pay-to-play, South Norwood, South Norwood Lake, Tennis, Tory
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Council planners opt to block Wimbledon’s ‘corporate ecocide’
News from the far end of the tram network shows that council planning departments really can say “No” to big-money interests, after planners rejected proposals from the All England Club to build a massive stadium and dozens of tennis courts … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Croydon parks, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Merton, Outside Croydon, Planning, Wandsworth Council, Wildlife
Tagged AELTC, All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Ant and Dec, lawn tennis, Merton Council, Natasha Irons, Piers Morgan, Tennis, Wandsworth Council, Wimbledon, Wimbledon championships, Wimbledon Park, Wimbledon Park Golf Club, Wimbledon tennis
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£500,000 tennis refurb that will turn free courts into pay-to-play
The council has announced what it calls an “exciting” £500,000 refurbishment project for the borough’s tennis courts – while trying to hide the fact that what have previously been free facilities will now become pay-to-play. Cash-strapped Croydon isn’t even offering … Continue reading
Top tennis comes to Surrey – and you can watch for free
World-class tennis is returning to this corner of south-west London and Surrey this month – but unlike at Wimbledon, you don’t need a second mortgage and a debenture to get a centre court seat when the GB Pro-Series returns to … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Sport
Tagged Foxhills Club and Resort, Surrey, Tennis, Wimbledon
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