*Tennis Australia aims to develop the sport at the grass root level in the country.

The association hosted a three days workshop that ended at the Nadi Sports Club, yesterday.*

Coordinator, Bruce Osbourne says the sport can be used to encourage children to maintain healthy lifestyle.

“We trying to introduce tennis to the kids in Fiji, we think it’s a terrific program to keep the Kids active and we are trying to make sure that the kids are active as possible in the time they have outside.”

Meanwhile, the workshop was attended by twenty eight school teachers from within the western division.

Tennis Australia plans to organize a similar workshop in the country, next month.