Homeschoolers from across the Lakes Region are learning tennis at Gilford Hills Tennis & Fitness Club in Gilford, as well as Longfellow Tennis & Swim Club in Nashua and Great Bay Athletic Club in Newmarket. Organizers of the pilot program hope to expand to make tennis the sport of the state’s 4,000 homeschoolers and their families. (COURTESY PHOTO)
Homeschoolers from across the Lakes Region are learning tennis at Gilford Hills Tennis & Fitness Club in Gilford, as well as Longfellow Tennis & Swim Club in Nashua and Great Bay Athletic Club in Newmarket. Organizers of the pilot program hope to expand to make tennis the sport of the state’s 4,000 homeschoolers and their families. (COURTESY PHOTO)
GILFORD — Homeschooled children in the Lakes Region, Nashua and Seacoast are learning tennis thanks to a new program launched by a Gilford couple with funding from USTA New England and USTA New Hampshire and support from Advantage Kids.
Jolie Hassler and her husband Rick launched the program at Gilford Hills Tennis & Fitness Club on March 9, the first of six weekly lessons for more than 100 homeschoolers in the state at the Gilford club and also at Longfellow Tennis & Swim Club in Nashua and Great Bay Athletic Club in Newmarket.
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