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Dear Friends,
 At the outset let me thank every one of you for giving me a second term to
serve you as the President of this prestigious institution.
Promotion and development of tennis continue to be our most cherished objective
and I remember our Founder President the late Lt. Col. Goda Varma Raja with
profound gratitude and great reverence and pledge our total commitment to
achieve the objectives laid down by him.
We are fortunate to have a highly qualified and reputed tennis coach Mr.
Manojkumar (ITF Level 2) from Coimbatore to be our consultant to oversee and
restore our tennis coaching programme. Mr. Manojkumar will be an excellent
replacement for Mr. Paul Tornquist, the Canadian coach who left us in late 2009.
Mr. Manojkumar will be at TTC for four days every month, and will formulate,
guide and direct our tennis coaching programme and train our coaches in the most
modern methodologies. I am confident that our efforts will produce tangible
results in six months to one year.
As you all are aware the National Games Committee constituted by the Ministry of
Sports & Youth Affairs, Government of Kerala, selected the Trivandrum Tennis
Club as the venue for conducting the game of tennis when the National Games will
be held in Kerala in 2011. In connection with the event infrastructure
development works are being taken up by the National Games Secretariat for
providing roof to coaching courts and building a full-fledged gymnasium, in
addition to upgrading of the clay courts for the conduct of the event. We are
extremely grateful to the Government of Kerala especially to the Hon. Minister
of Sports and his team of officers for the special consideration and support
given to the game of tennis and to TTC as genuine promoters of the game.
The Executive Committee constantly strive to improve the infrastructure and
other facilities of the Club. Paucity of funds and lack of proper sponsorship
are the major set backs for our tennis promotional activities. I request each
one of you to look for potential sponsors for the conduct of tennis events and
request the whole-hearted support and co-operation of all members in all the
activities of the Club.
I wish all the members and their families a Merry Christmas and a Very Happy and
Prosperous New Year 2011.
DR V. J. THOMAS
President, TTC
KOWDIAR,
10.11.2010.
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