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RECREATION
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             Promotions Officer Anya Kent says               Tennis Development Officer
     Have a fine time in '89 at Link Centre                             ready to serve
   Feeling a little over indulged af-  On Saturday 21st January come
   ter the Christmas festivities?  along and cheer the Swindon  The person who is going to get us   Neil already spends a lot of
   Never fear Link Centre's here!!  Wildcats as they encounter the  all interested in tennis is prepar- time coaching youngsters and, as
   Dispense with those feelings of  Lee Valley Lions. The 'Cats are  ing to meet as many people in the  chair of the Wiltshire Lawn Ten-
   guilt and join us at the Link for  hungry to win! Face off at  area as possible in the few weeks  nis Council and its tournament
   some of our many and varied  5.15p.m.                  before West Swindon's Tennis  committee, is well placed to see
   activities. Why not enrol on a   Link Ice Rink welcomes back  Centre at the Delta Business Park  that tennis becomes one of the
   course and learn something  Zany D.J. 'Sandy Martin' on  opens.                                most popular
   completely different such as tram- Sunday 29th January for the Link's   Neil Allen has         participation
   polining, rock climbing or ice  Sunday Disco session from  been involved in                    sports in Swim-
   skating -be adventurous and you  8.00p.m.-10.00p.m. Tickets:  the West for a                   don.
   will find yourself getting fitter  adults £1.50, concessions £1.20.   long time. At             The post of
   each week and enjoying yourself   Don't forget Lincoln's Half  present he is a                Tennis Develop-
   in the process. All courses begin  Term Camp from 6th-10th Febru- Project Manager              ment Officer is
   early in January but we still have  ary!  If you're aged between 5-12  in the Social and       funded by Th-
   some spaces available. A courses  years old come down to Link and  Economic De-                amesdown Bor-
   brochure is available on request.  we'll occupy you from 9.30a.m.- velopment                   ough Council
                               3.30p.m., with a host of fun filled  Group of Th-                  with a 50% grant
           Wright              activities at a price you just can't  amesdown Bor-                from the Lawn
                               beat at £2.00 per day! Watch out  ough Council re-                Tennis Associa-
    Planning Services          for further details.       sponsible for                           tion Indoor Ten-
                                 In addition to Camp we shall  Industrial and                     nis Initiative for
     Building Plans prepared,   also be running a Half Term  Commercial De-                      three years. The
                               Learning Centre which will take  velopment. As                    Delta Tennis
       Planning & Building     place from 8.30a.m.-9.30a.m. and  such he has co-                 Centre is financed
       Regulation Approval     4.00p.m.-5.00p.m., Monday-Fri- ordinated the                      by the Taylor
                               day, activities likely to be cov- opening up and                   Woodrow Prop-
            obtained
                               ered are skating, tennis, swim- development of employment  erty Company and the Lawn
      "All the headaches taken   ming and balisports.     sites across the town and is cur- Tennis Association with the land
        out of your hands."     Registration for both Half Term  rently very involved with the  being contributed by Th-
                               Camp and the Learning Centre  Shaw Ridge Leisure Park scheme.  amesdown Council. The centre
    All work undertaken by fully   will take place from Monday 23rd   However, he admits that when  will be managed by the Council
        qualified engineer.    January.                   faced with the tough choice of  as an annex to the Link Centre
                                Join us for fun and adventure  whether to stay in a high pow- and is due to open at the end of
    Telephone Steve Wright on   at Swindon' Link Centre!   ered job or give his life to tennis,  February.
       Swindon 871553           For further details tel. 871212.   there really was no decision to   Neil Allen's role will be to
                                                          make.                      convey his love for the game to as
                                                            "I've really enjoyed industrial  many people as possible. "In the
                ekwiff,                       .           development but in my heart,  very long term, it is hoped that
                                                          tennis was always going to win,"  champions will emerge from the
            o&erva#~Orhcs                                 says Neil. "People accuse me of  Indoor Tennis Initiative. But the
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                                                          eating, drinking and sleeping  aim now is to bring in as many
                                                          tennis and I will admit a passion  people as possible to enjoy the
                                                          for the game. Its a rare chance to  game, so I'll be visiting schools
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                        b.d,lional .t4en.                 bring your work and your inter- and community groups to invite
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              WE OFFER YOU THE BEST PRODUCTS AND VALUE FOR MONEY  	.   '" 'SR   Swindon Wildcats captain and Link Centre Ice
                                                          Hockey Development officer assess the posi-
       CA"t,',   WiINDOjWS11         t
                                                IS
                                                    Of
                                                          tion the Wildcats find themselves in
     Unit 13, Axis, Westmead Trading Estate, Swindon   .
            Tele • hone: Swindon 643866   to              Its actually right on par to what I  gation zone. Plans for the second
                                                          have expected this season. The  half after the Christmas break is
                                                          only thing different is that we  sweep January with 4 wins and
              OUREITO BOATS FROM THREE                    have lost games I had down that  start February in the same fash-
              CENERATIORROOF EXPERIENCE
                                                          we would win, and we have won  ion.
                                                          games that were down as 40/60   Right now the 'Cats are a team
                                    BOATS                chance.                     that likes to play at home only
                                               -
                                                           I think this season our main  losing one home game, but can-
                                                         goal was to tighten up our de- not string together a win on the
                                                          fense and finish in the middle of  road. Hopefully the plans of
                                   of SWINDON             the league table. So far, our de- January will see the 'Cats win on
                                                          fense has been tightened up but  the road and get back confidence
                              Unrepeatable January prices.   our goal scoring now has disap- lost early in the first half of the
                               Ask us about boat/engine   peared. I think with the combi- season.
                                 package deals NOW.
      Lowe Weight                                         nation of both, the Wildcats will   Support throughout the first
      Lowe Maintenance
      Lowe Fuel Consumption                              be a team not to overlook.   half has been exceptionally su-
                               EVIflRUDEE
         AND LOWE COST!                 OUTBOARDS          We played all the top teams at  perb and the 'Cats would like to
                                                         the start of the season and now  thank all the supporters for their
    43FaringdonRoad  Swindon 0793615636                  with easier games ahead the 'Cats  backing and wish them a Happy
                                                         will look to stay far from the rele-  New Year.
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