Rach noticed something odd. Everyone she spoke to seemed to have a tennis story: the racket in the loft, the school team they nearly made, the "I'd love to play but I'm not good enough". What almost nobody had was a way back onto court that didn't involve club ladders, league fixtures or feeling judged from the first serve.

So she started a session where none of that mattered. No pressure, no standards committee, no whites. Just Rach, a basket of balls and a group of adults rediscovering how much fun it is to hit a tennis ball. Word spread. One session became a weekly schedule across Monmouth, St Pierre and St Briavels; the schedule grew testimonials, tennis holidays and a community of players who arrived as strangers and now book restaurants together.

What we believe

  • Fun first. If you're not smiling, we're doing it wrong.
  • Everyone's welcome. Beginners, returners, secret county-level ringers: all of you.
  • Community beats competition. Though a bit of friendly Champs rivalry never hurt anyone.

What's next

We think every town deserves a FunTennis. That's why we've built the FunTennis app: a map of more than 25,000 public courts across the UK, with Champs sessions run by Hosts that you can book in seconds. The plan is simple: take what happened in Monmouthshire and help it happen everywhere. 🎾

Want to be part of it as a player, a Host, or a curious lurker? Say hello.