Elaine Paige OBE has been unanimously re-elected as President of the Dan Maskell Tennis Trust for a 5th 3-year term of office from 2022-2024. Elaine
DMTT has launched a “How to Guide” to encourage shoppers to raise donations at no extra cost to you. Abbie Breakwell, one of the Trust’s
The Dan Maskell Tennis Trust was incredibly saddened to hear of the passing of Val Fisher last week. Val was a passionate wheelchair tennis player who will be remembered by so many as being the person who convinced them to try tennis, who was the person who made them feel comfortable at their first event and above all else, was a person who always cared about others. Val was instrumental in fundraising for the Trust, helping to organise fundraisers at the Shrewsbury Wheelchair Tennis
The first Dan Maskell Tennis Trust Virtual Golf Tournament has raised an incredible £11,520. This Tournament was instigated to help make up for the loss of income due to our regular Golf Celebrity Challenge not running for two consecutive years due to the pandemic.
In support of the Dan Maskell Tennis Trust’s Virtual Golf Tournament, Southerness Golf Club in Dumfries ran their own Golf Day on the 14th September and raised £6,000!
Dan Maskell Tennis Trust has received the fantastic news that the Wimbledon Foundation is making a further donation of £16,000 as part of their continued support for charities such as DMTT.
We are excited to launch our new podcast series, in which we will share with you some intriguing stories behind disability tennis. Our opening episode is hosted by our President Elaine Paige OBE and not only explains a bit more about what the Trust does, but also remembers the great Dan Maskell and his role in developing disability tennis.
Having had to cancel our annual Celebrity Golf Challenge for the second consecutive year, we wanted to keep in touch with our golf supporters so we are offering a virtual Golf Tournament for you to play at a course of your choice during a two-week period in September – the 11th to the 25th.
DMTT has relaunched its Coachathon fundraising initiative – postponed due to the pandemic – for tennis venues and coaches to showcase their venues and coaching teams and to raise funds for themselves and Dan Maskell Tennis Trust.
From Thursday 24th August – Sunday 3rd September, DMTT is running an online auction on eBay to raise funds for our grant funding programme for people with disabilities who play tennis.