SALTS Tennis Club in Saltaire has been awarded £5,000 of National Lottery funding from Sport England’s Flood Relief Fund to repair fencing around the courts which was wrecked by the floods.

Salts will use the cash to repair fences and damaged playing surfaces.

Jim Dyer, chairman of Salts Tennis Club said: "We are delighted that Sport England has awarded this funding to us which will allow us to repair fencing to our tennis courts and re-open our tennis club so that the community can once more benefit from these fantastic facilities.

"Without Sport England's quick response we would have been a long time before we could be ready to open the tennis courts for play."

Jennie Price, chief executive of Sport England, said: "We appreciate that sport isn’t a major priority when people’s lives, homes and businesses are at risk. But once communities are starting to get their lives back to normal, being able to use their local pitch or sports club as usual can make a real difference.

"By launching this fund quickly to help with clean up and repair costs, I hope we can give people affected by the floods one less thing to worry about.

"We are delighted to be able to get this emergency funding to Salts Tennis Club to help it get back up and running as soon as possible."