The Cardiff Wheelchair Tennis Club nets lottery funding

Descriptor: First we see people playing tennis, both able bodied and in wheelchairs, with various shots of them hitting balls and socialising both on and by the side of the tennis courts.

Narrator: Since its start nine years ago, the Cardiff wheelchair tennis club has gone from strength to strength.

Narrator: With the help of National Lottery funding, just over £3,000, for the sale of our games, what began as an informal meeting of friends to play tennis has become a thriving and successful club.

Descriptor: We now meet Tony Tibbs who is a player at the club, who is in front of a tennis net, describing how the club started. As he speaks, we see a man in a wheelchair, wearing a black t-shirt, wheeling around the court fast, and hitting balls.

Tony Tibbs: People started hearing about tennis down here, and people just turned up, and we thought, well, let's start a club and get things going. There's only one difference really. That is we get two bounces of the ball, whereas in able bodied tennis there's only one bounce, but that's practically the only difference.

Descriptor: Next we see a close up shot of a tennis ball, and in the background we can see the members of the wheelchair tennis club by the side of a court, before shots of the two coaches playing tennis.

Narrator: Based at the national tennis centre in Cardiff, the team meet twice weekly for training sessions, supported by two fully qualified tennis coaches.

Descriptor: We are now introduced to Tony Gould, who is one of the professional coaches at the wheelchair tennis club. He describes how the members enjoy their time playing tennis. As he speaks we see various free flow camera shots of a man playing tennis in his wheelchair, and people sitting at the side of the court chatting.

Tony Gould: Members enjoy coming here because everybody's so friendly, everybody mixes in, and they get so much out of it. You know, rather than sit at home doing nothing, they come here, some of them three times a week, and they really enjoy tennis.

Descriptor: Once again we meet Tony Tibbs.

Tony Tibbs: It's a nice social club, and anybody can come along, whether you're a brilliant player, or whether you think a tennis racquet is a snooker cue, like, you know!

Descriptor: As the narrator speaks, we see a woman in a yellow t-shirt and a man in a dark t-shirt wheeling around on a court playing tennis, before we see a shot of their opponents.

Narrator: Money raised through the sale of National Lottery games has enabled the club to invest in regular coaching sessions to help improve the playing skills of their enthusiastic team, catering for a range of abilities.

Descriptor: Once again we meet Tony Gould. As he speaks, we see him coaching people on a court, before seeing a photo of three men with text underneath which reads, "Martin French and Lyn Thomas 2008 B Division Doubles Winners." We then focus on Sonia, who is wheeling about on a court, followed by a photo of her, the underneath which reads, "Sonia Sanghani, Novice Singles Finalist, 2008 British Championships."

Tony Gould: Each year we have new players and they need coaching, ‘cause obviously they haven't played tennis before, and you have to tell them, you know, how to hold the racquet, how to hit the ball...

Tony Gould: The racquet must go through the ball. Watch.

Tony Gould: And they come on so quickly. In the British Championships we had ten representing this club, and two won trophies. Saw a girl today, Sonia, she's only been playing six months, and she was a novice singles finalist at the British Championships. She's done that all in six months.

Descriptor: We now see various shots of people playing tennis, which focuses on the specialised wheelchairs that the players use.

Narrator: A central part of this tennis club is its equipment, in particular the specialised wheelchairs the players use. Thanks to the funding you helped raise by playing National Lottery games, the club now has a selection of these available to players who don't have their own.

Descriptor: Once again we meet Tony Tibbs, who explains how important the specialised wheelchairs are. As he speaks we see a man in a wheelchair with an able bodied man, before the camera pulls back to show their opponent wheeling around on the court.

Tony Tibbs: Without the specialised wheelchairs, we couldn't play wheelchair tennis, and the success that these chairs bring to a lot of our members is fantastic.

Descriptor: Once again we see Sonia playing wheeling about on a court, playing tennis, before we move to a shot of her opponent, Shaun, who is wearing a dark t-shirt.

Narrator: It's because of the high standard of coaching available to the club, and the equipment they are able to offer to their players, that Cardiff wheelchair tennis club has been so successful over the nine years they've been running.

Narrator: Shaun, who plays regularly with the club, is currently number ten in the world junior rankings, despite only having played wheelchair tennis for two years.

Descriptor: We are now introduced to Shaun Swetman who is a player at the club and the Junior World Number 10. As he talks, we see him wheeling around on the court and playing tennis, together with free flow camera shots of people playing, before we see a photo of Shaun with a trophy in his hands.

Shaun Swetman: I come here on a Tuesday and Thursday. My seeding's ten internationally, and I'm third in Britain. The National Lottery is very important for the club. It helped me to improve to get to tournaments.

Descriptor: For the final time we meet Tony Tibbs, who describes what the National Lottery money has meant for the club. As he speaks, we see various free flow camera shots of him and others playing tennis, together with shots of the equipment that the National Lottery has enabled them to buy.

Tony Tibbs: Without National Lottery money we couldn't have done the training we've done, we couldn't have had the equipment and, you know, thank you very much to the National Lottery and everybody who supports it. There must be loads of people out there in wheelchairs who don't know about sport, and think that they can't do sport. But, you know, if you fancy a game of tennis, come down here, have a go!