Sebastian Dobel from Unsernherrn collects 185 kilograms of sports equipment for a charity in Spain

Now he is helping to ensure that children, adolescents and young adults in poorer countries also have the opportunity to play tennis reasonably adequately. Especially in developing countries in Africa, such as Angola and Tanzania, in South America and on the Indian continent, the bare essentials are often lacking , as far as sports equipment is concerned. The children often only play the ball over a makeshift string instead of a net and have to use worn racquets with loose or missing strings. For the few balls available they have to stand in long queues "There is often only one ball for 20 children," reports Dobel. That's why he now used his numerous contacts and spent three months scouring sports clubs and private individuals in Ingolstadt and the surrounding area to find well-preserved, used rackets, balls, clothing, bags and Collecting shoes - things that otherwise gather dust in attics and in cellars, but don't necessarily have to be thrown away for that reason en.Nearly 185 kilograms came together, he says. Underneath there are 95 tennis rackets, 40 pairs of sports shoes, 60 kilograms of textiles and around 1000 meters of tennis strings everything is then neatly packed in boxes.These days the freight is on its way to Barcelona by post.

There is the TennisAid association, which was founded by the Spanish tennis coach Martin Rocca. The association, which Dobel became aware of via social networks, accepts donations in kind for tennis from all over the world and distributes them where they are needed. The Ingolstadt resident, who doesn't really want to be the center of attention as he claims, can already be proud of himself. "The delivery is the largest the organization has received so far," he says. The club informed him that .Dobel, on the other hand, is happy that he can provide "important help", as he puts it. Not only do the children benefit from this, it also makes things easier for the trainees, he knows. TennisAid, in turn, documents exactly where the donors go Donations in kind would be delivered and inform them about it.

Interested parties can find out how happy the people who benefit from the donations are on the association's website at www. tennis aid. org. There the association provides information about its work and shows pictures that were taken by the recipients of the donations. However, the website is only available in Spanish. DK