WHERE TO PLAY THE GAME

TENNIS can be played at venues across Derbyshire including in parks, health clubs, tennis clubs and schools. Here are some of the places with tennis courts, priced per hour:

Derby Moor Community Sports College £10; Noel-Baker Community School, £4.50-£6.50; Sinfin Community School, rate n/a; Dale Community Primary, £11; Lees Brook Community Sports College, £8; Roe Farm Primary School, £15 - £20; Beaufort Community Primary, mini-tennis, £15 - £20.

Courts on Derby parks: Darley Fields; Normanton Park; Chaddesden Park, Chellaston Park; King George V Playing Fields, Littleover; Markeaton Park and Arboretum Park.

Charges are £1.20 per half hour per person standard rate for grass, synthetic and tarmac courts, and 85p for concessions. For more information access www.derby.gov/ssaf

There are also 32 tennis clubs in Derbyshire, some of which operate pay as you play as well as having membership fees.

These include:

Ashbourne Tennis Club; Bamford Lawn Tennis Club; Baslow Lawn Tennis Club; Belper Meadows; Breadsall Tennis Club; Buxton Cricket, Bowls and Tennis Club; Central United Reformed Church Tennis Club; Chesterfield Lawn Tennis Club Ltd; Church Broughton Tennis Club; Darley Dale Tennis Club; David Lloyd Club, Derby; Derbyshire Tennis Centre; Doveridge Tennis Club; Duffield Lawn Tennis Club; Edale Lawn Tennis Club; Etwall Tennis Club; Lakeside Tennis Club; Little Eaton Tennis Club.

Littleacres Tennis Club; Littleover Tennis Club; Long Eaton Club; Melbourne LTC; Netherseal Lawn Tennis Club; New Watchorn Tennis Centre; Ockbrook & Borrowash LTC; Parwich Tennis Club; Ripley Lawn Tennis Club; Rolls Royce Tennis Club; Rosehill Methodist Sports Club; Stanton Tennis Club; Tideswell Lawn Tennis Club and Woodlands Tennis Club.

Lawn Tennis Association clubs: http://derbyshire.totaltennis.net/home/home.asp