TENNIS aces Andy Murray and Gordon Reid captured the nation's imagination during Wimbledon and now West Fife kids with additional support needs can follow in their footsteps.

Disability Sport Fife (DSF) have teamed up with Dunfermline Tennis Club, where newly crowned SW19 men's singles champion Murray's mum Judy previously starred for the women's team, to run an academy tennis programme for secondary school pupils.

After Murray's fellow Scot Reid boosted the profile of disability sport by claiming the inaugural men's wheelchair singles title at the All England Club, the initiative has been served up following the success of an inclusive football programme offered by DSF in partnership with SFA football development officers.

That programme has been running for the last two years and, with support from Tennis Scotland and Scottish Disability Sport (SDS), 61 pupils from Woodmill and Balwearie high schools took part in introductory sessions during the final weeks of the school term.

Led by Dunfermline Tennis Club head coach Alan Russell, the Bothwell Street club are now offering follow up sessions on Sunday afternoons until August 21 that offer coaching, games and cardio tennis for those with a physical, sensory or learning disability.

The programme, which DSF hope to run again next year, is open to all levels of ability and DSF president Richard Brickley said: "DSF is indebted to Dunfermline Tennis Club Head Coach Alan Russell for his enthusiasm and determination to promote disability tennis. The five sessions during July and August, coupled with the six weeks of Academy Tennis, demonstrate clearly that there is commitment in Fife to inclusive tennis from a range of partners."

The first session takes place this Sunday (July 17) and further events will run on July 24, August 7, August 14, and August 21, from 2-2.45pm.

Each session costs £2 and to book a place, email coach@dunfermlinetennis.co.uk.