La Manga Club helped play a part in Great Britain's memorable Davis Cup victory against America last month, and the country's leading wheelchair tennis players are hoping the top Spanish resort will inspire them to similar success - ultimately at the 2016 Paralympics.

The elite squad of players and coaches will head to the prestigious sports and leisure resort at the start of April for a five-day warm weather training camp as part of their preparations for the BNP Paribas World Team Cup - the wheelchair tennis equivalent of the Davis Cup - in the Netherlands at the end of May and Rio in two years' time.

Taking place from April 5-9, the Tennis Foundation Wheelchair Performance Camp will not only work on players' techniques at La Manga Club's 28-court tennis academy but also focus on individual coaching and developing a team dynamic and inter-disciplinary culture.

Cain Berry, technical performance projects manager for the Tennis Foundation, said: "We're looking forward to visiting La Manga Club. We've received some very good feedback from previous Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) camps that have been held there and the resort has some quality facilities.

"As well as being a training block for players, the trip will be a good chance to enhance player programmes by working on individual and team coaching and collaboration to maximise the support to individual coaching team as we build for Rio.

"This is the first time we've held something like this abroad and we're interested to see how things work out. We'll carry out a full review of the benefits after our visit but, potentially, we could look to repeat these warm weather camps in the future in preparation for future events."

La Manga Club is the official overseas training base of the LTA, who used the award-winning venue before Christmas to help Great Britain's elite men's players prepare for their World Group last-16 Davis Cup tie against USA in San Diego - the first time they've beaten America since 1935.

In addition to hosting the game's elite players, the resort also runs a wide range of tuition courses and breaks throughout the year offering players of all ages the chance to perfect their techniques at its academy.

Widely regarded as Spain's flagship resort, La Manga Club is at the forefront of sports and leisure destinations across Europe and some of world's top sporting names have been among the visitors over the last 12 months.

From the world of football, the likes of Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund, Shakhtar Donetsk and Europe's top international ladies teams have all used the resort as a training base, with La Manga Club boasting first-class facilities including eight full-size football pitches.

With three 18-hole championship golf courses, La Manga Club has also established itself as a Mecca for golfers since opening in 1972 - it has been voted the best golf resort in Spain by readers of Today's Golfer magazine for the last three years - and will open a new Leadbetter Academy this spring, the only such facility in mainland Spain.

Set in an area three times the size of Monaco, the resort boasts unrivalled facilities as a sport and leisure venue with its extensive sports facilities complemented by outstanding leisure amenities including a 2,000sqm spa and fitness centre. It also offers the choice of a five-star hotel, four-star serviced apartments and townhouses, and more than 20 bars and restaurants.

For more information about La Manga Club and to book a break, call 00 34 968 17 5577, email reservas@lamangaclub.com or visit www.lamangaclub.com.

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La Manga Club - www.lamangaclub.com - is an unrivalled sports and leisure paradise which sits between the low hills that separate the Mediterranean from the Mar Menor Sea, just 20 minutes from Murcia airport and an hour from Alicante.  
Set out over an area of some 560 hectares (approx. 1,400 acres), it enjoys a mild year-round Mediterranean climate and offers visitors a prestigious five-star hotel, luxury vacation apartments and extensive sports facilities, including three championship golf courses, a 28-court tennis centre and eight grass sports pitches. The resort is also home to innumerable leisure facilities, such as the 2,000m2 Spa La Manga Club with its 13 luxurious treatment rooms, comprehensive fitness centre and 25m indoor swimming pool; meeting, banqueting and incentive facilities, and more than 20 restaurants and bars. 
As well as hosting both Davis and Fed Cup tennis matches, La Manga Club has signed a long-term deal to be the overseas training resort of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) until 2016. It has also staged the Spanish Open golf championship and regularly attracts professional and international football teams to the first-class year-round training facilities which are also used by rugby and cricket sides.
As a result of more than 40 years of continued investment, innovation and commitment to excellence, La Manga Club is widely recognised as Spain's flagship resort and as one of the finest sports and lifestyle destinations in the world. Evidence of this is provided by its numerous awards and accolades.
La Manga Club was the proud recipient of a 2013 Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel website, for the facilities and service on offer at its five-star Hotel Principe Felipe. The resort has long been a staunch supporter of women's golf, being the official overseas resort partner of the English Women's Golf Association for three years as well as hosting the Ladies European Tour (LET) Qualifying School from 2009-12. La Manga Club is also the venue for the Ladies Murcia Open, an LET Access Series event, and regularly hosts top women's amateur events and teams.