A talented Braintree schoolboy met the Prime Minister after winning a tennis competition in the grounds of the Houses of Parliament.
Tom Bickers, a student at Notley High School, won 17 out of 18 mini games of tennis last week as part of a Premier League 4 Sport programme with the Chelsea Youth Academy, which helps youngsters get involved in sport in the community.
The 15-year-old, who competes with Braintree Tennis Club, was selected to take part by PE teacher Antony Cunningham due to his love of tennis and his experience.
Tom, of Comma Close, Braintree, didn’t realise the winning prize until he noticed David Cameron turn up.
He said: “I shook his hand and said hello and he asked me how long I had been playing tennis and if I had been playing for a club.
“I said I had been playing for nine years and I asked him if he would come to Braintree. He only said “maybe”.
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