{"id":14365,"date":"2020-07-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/tennisithrottin-faer-byr-undir-vaengi\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:03:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:03:12","slug":"the-sport-of-tennis-is-gaining-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/tennisithrottin-faer-byr-undir-vaengi\/","title":{"rendered":"The sport of tennis gets a boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new tennis club, TFH, has been established in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, whereas previously the town's tennis activities were run by the tennis section of BH. The club has 140 registered members, of whom 114<br \/>\nadults and 26 children.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There has been little to no provision for tennis players.<br \/>\nin Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur in recent years, and have therefore members sought out K\u00f3pavogur or<br \/>\nReykjav\u00edk to play tennis. However, school tennis has been offered for<br \/>\n6-9 year olds with a good response, but this is about tennis training at the same time as<br \/>\nThe children are in after-school care. Last school year, however, that activity only took place in<br \/>\nHraunvallaschool, but it is planned to offer tennis training in more schools.<br \/>\nNext school year.<\/p>\n<h3>Renovations to the tennis court at V\u00ed\u00f0ista\u00f0at\u00fan&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p>TFH does not aim<br \/>\nis solely focused on increasing the number of winter training sessions in school tennis next autumn, however<br \/>\nalso to get the outdoor pitches at V\u00ed\u00f0ista\u00f0at\u00fan into good condition so that it will be possible<br \/>\nto offer Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur children summer tennis school again within its municipality and<br \/>\nto offer all interested people the chance to play tennis on proper tennis courts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The club is pleased that the tennis net has been replaced and new lines painted on the courts.<br \/>\nthis summer, but the biggest project for next year is to repair the surface of the tennis courts.,<br \/>\nas well as repair the fencing around it and erect a locked shed so there is some sort of facility.<br \/>\nfor storing tennis equipment. <\/p>\n<h3>New Tennis Club in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur \u2013 TFH<\/h3>\n<p>This winter, it was decided to go all out to<br \/>\nto establish a new tennis club in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, TFH, and at the same time the tennis section within BH left the club after a long and successful partnership. Thus, the activities<br \/>\nThe tennis in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur has become an independent tennis club, as in other places.<br \/>\nmunicipalities in the capital region.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The founding meeting of the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Tennis Club was held on the 28th of May, but nearly 30<br \/>\nPeople turned up and showed an interest in the association. J\u00fal\u00edana J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir was elected as<br \/>\nchairman and Andri J\u00f3nsson as vice-chairman. Hj\u00f6rtur \u00de\u00f3r Grjetarsson, Hanna J\u00f3na<br \/>\nSk\u00falad\u00f3ttir and Hafsteinn Dan Kristj\u00e1nsson were elected to the association's board.<br \/>\nalong with two deputy councillors, Steinunn Gar\u00f0arsd\u00f3ttir and Hei\u00f0a Bj\u00f6rg<br \/>\nGustafsdottir's.&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>N\u00fdtt tennisf\u00e9lag hefur veri\u00f0 stofna\u00f0 \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i, TFH, en \u00e1\u00f0ur var starfsemi tennisins \u00ed b\u00e6num innan tennisdeildar BH. \u00cd f\u00e9laginu eru skr\u00e1\u00f0ir 140 i\u00f0kendur, \u00fear af 114 fullor\u00f0nir og 26 b\u00f6rn.&nbsp; L\u00edtil sem engin a\u00f0sta\u00f0a hefur veri\u00f0 fyrir tennisi\u00f0kendur \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i s\u00ed\u00f0astli\u00f0in \u00e1r og hafa \u00fev\u00ed i\u00f0kendur leita\u00f0 inn \u00ed K\u00f3pavog e\u00f0a Reykjav\u00edk til a\u00f0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14365\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14365"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}