Kensington Memorial Park Court Review

Kensington Memorial Park, Ladbroke Grove, W10

DISCLAIMER - KMP, the home of Network Ace Sunday Service. This is not an ad, but certainly a big up to KMP and Rob. Without you, Network Ace would not have had such an amazing start to life, so if you’re reading this, thank you!

💸Price - 6.9/10 - Pretty standard London pricing here at £10.20. Does the job, floodlights for those evening games or winter afternoons. You can get these courts at £6 off-peak, which, at first I would’ve said doesn’t matter for our audience, but a concerning majority of them are pis*ing about in our find an opponent group during the middle of a weekday, so this could actually be useful.

🚗Accessibility 6/10 - We are a little out west, but nothing a short walk can’t fix. Approx. 10 mins away from Ladbroke Grove, KMP fully fulfils the London prophecy of being about 40 mins away from wherever you are.

🌴Surroundings 7/10 - Certainly heavily influenced by our growing knowledge of local restaurants which, as Julia says, were ticking off one-by-one in our monthly edition of ‘Served.’ The Eagle, Sporting Club London, & Fez Mangal have all gone above and beyond.

🎾Surface 4/10 - Second only to the pristine blades of SW19’s centre court in my book, what KMP lacks in smoothness it certainly makes up for in character. I enjoy playing on courts where you can tell whoever laid the tarmac was so pis*ed up from the night before that he used his feet as a spirit level. Shame one of his legs is a foot longer than the other.

🤙🏻Vibes 11/10 - Come rain or shine, it’s always vibes at a Network Ace Sunday service session. Miraculously, only one of these sessions has been postponed since January this year, so watch this jinx it as we go on to experience the rainiest, coldest summer on record.

🍻Post-game pint 11/10 - Always round off your Network Ace sessions with a social at The Garden Bar. Yes, we keep track of all attendees social conversion rate, so be warned. I wanted to track pints consumed too, but Julia told me to go start a Darts club if I wanted to do that. Introducing, NETWORK OCHE.

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