Club

The club has just achieved the Tennis Clubmark Accreditation. It is important for us to have Clubmark Accreditation as without it we cannot get funding from the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) for new facilities or activities.

What is Tennis Clubmark?

"Tennis Clubmark is the LTA's club accreditation programme. Achieving Tennis Clubmark means the LTA endorses and supports the tennis programmes your club delivers on court, and the policies and procedures you have in place off court..", introduction to Tennis Clubmark 2008

What does it mean for our Coaching Programmes?

We have been running our existing coaching format for about a year now and we are reviewing it in line with the Clubmark framework.

The framework requires that we have a coaching programme which are year round, for players of all ages and abilities and inclusive for all members of the community. We must also have a process for attracting, identifying and developing talented players within the programme.

We run two types of coaching programmes:

  • Programmes open to all ages/abilities for members and non members. These programmes are totally inclusive and are a way of attracting people to play tennis and developing their skills and fitness they are also a way of identifying talented players.

  • Programmes open to members only and by selection. These programmes are how we will develop talented players in line with the LTA's national strategy and identify those who a good enough to play for the club in our junior teams and to be put forward for further development at county level.

    • Nick Rose our Performance coach will be responsible for selecting juniors for these programmes and for deciding which group is appropriate based firstly on ability and then age. Commitment and attitude is as important as ability in these groups and places will be withdrawn if individuals are not showing enough commitment or the appropriate attitude.