A tennis player who recently celebrated his 90th birthday does not plan to hang up his racket any time soon.

Roy Holliday admitts he is not as quick as he used to be but said he can still compete with the younger players at Portcullis Tennis Club in Wallingford.

He still joins in with sessions at the club on Hithercroft Road every Wednesday and Saturday.

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He said: “It’s a very good sport to play because you use all your muscles. I don’t think about finishing any time soon.”

Mr Holliday, who has lived in Dorchester his entire life, first started playing tennis in his teenage years when he bought a racket in Cowley.

He continued to play while doing his national service with the Royal Air Force in the 1950’s and used tennis to “court” his wife Josephine, who he still lives with today, when the couple first met

It was after tennis courts were built in Dorchester in the 1970’s that the couple started playing club tennis for the village.

In 1987, they began playing for the club in Wallingford, where Mr Holliday captained the men’s team for many years.

He celebrated his 90th birthday on February 24 with friends and family, and brought his birthday cake to a club session the next day.