Service Agreement with Hafnarfjörður Tennis Club
The City of Hafnarfjörður and the Hafnarfjörður Tennis Club signed a one-year service agreement in fine weather at the tennis court in Víðistaðatún in May. This autumn, discussions will take place on the renewal of the contract, taking into account the number of club members and the success of the operation during the year.
The City of Hafnarfjörður and the Tennis Club of Hafnarfjörður signed a one-year service agreement in fine weather at the tennis court in Víðistaðatún in May. The agreement covers all the services provided by the Hafnarfjörður Tennis Club to residents of Hafnarfjörður, and how the City of Hafnarfjörður will pay the club for these services. The fixed contribution from the municipality under the agreement is 400,000 kr. Talks on the renewal of the agreement will take place this autumn, taking into account the number of members of the club and the success of its operations during the year.
Mayor Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir and Júlíana Jónsdóttir, chairperson of the Hafnarfjörður Tennis Club, are here in the centre, along with Björn Bögeskov Hilmarsson, director of the Service Centre, Geir Bjarnason, Sports and Leisure Officer, and Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir, Gardener for the City of Hafnarfjörður, at the signing of the contract.
In the interest of diversity and value for educational and preventative work
The Healthy City of Hafnarfjörður celebrates diversity and, in all its work and projects, actively strives to support and promote a diverse and creative sports and leisure activities for children and young people. It is therefore particularly pleasing to sign a service agreement with the newly established Hafnarfjörður Tennis Club. The Hafnarfjörður Tennis Club offers organised sports training for people of all ages. The coaching in Hafnarfjörður extends to the youngest groups, aged 6–9, and training takes place in three sports halls connected to the leisure centre. There is interest in increasing the number of teaching locations for the next school year, in connection with the schools' leisure activities. On good, dry days, it is possible to play light games on the tennis court at Víðistaðatún, but the court is not currently suitable for training. New nets were installed on the court last summer, and the court was also repainted. The dream of having artificial grass on the court will hopefully become a reality before long, which will, among other things, open up the possibility of organised training sessions on the court.
In collaboration with the Kópavogur Tennis Club and the Garðabær Tennis Club, the Hafnarfjörður Tennis Club is offering regular training sessions at the Tennis Hall in Kópavogur. The Tennis Hall is the centre of tennis in Iceland, and clubs from many municipalities train in the hall on five indoor and three outdoor tennis courts. The City of Hafnarfjörður welcomes the new agreement and extends a warm welcome to the Hafnarfjörður Tennis Club to the group of clubs in the city that have a service agreement with their local council. The City of Hafnarfjörður's partnership with the town's sports clubs takes into account the diversity of physical activity and the value of sports participation for educational and preventative work.
Everyone is welcome to tennis!