Murray Looking For Scottish Development Monies

Written by: Bob Larson Tennis on 9th December 2013

Murray Looking For Scottish Development Monies

epa03779760 Andy Murray of Britain finds his mother Judy after defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the men's final for the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, in London, Britain, 07 July 2013. EPA/KERIM OKTEN |

Scotland’s main tennis cheerleader – Judy Murray – has expressed her concern at the lack of development monies to be spent on the sport in the country despite the summer Wimbledon title from son Andy.

The British Fed Cup captain never misses a chance to speak out and did so when she saw the relatively small size of grants to the sport proposed by the Scottish government as the country prepares for a spring referendum on whether to dissolve political union with Britain and go it alone as an independent nation.

In the wake of Murray’s Wimbledon title performance which thrilled those north and south of the Scottish-English divide, Tennis Scotland has budgeted a grant of $9.2 million dollars over four years for development of the sport.

“There’s not been as much momentum as I would have hoped for,” the Murray mum told The Scotsman. “To get new people into the game you really need to have a lot of public facilities. There are still many towns, big and small, across Scotland where there aren’t any courts at all, never mind clubs.

“There’s been some good things done in Glasgow and Edinburgh on the parks side recently, but we need that to filter out into areas out with the major towns. The extra funding announced in the summer for facilities development was great, when you consider that you probably need around £2m ($3.2 million) to build four indoor courts it won’t go as far as people think.

“I’d like to see a real commitment to ensuring that every town has some public tennis courts and a commitment from Tennis Scotland to invest in a bigger and stronger coaching workforce to really capitalize on the demand.” Murray will be watching with interest as her second son makes his intended return to tennis within weeks after undergoing autumn back surgery.

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