The LTA are bringing a new CPD to John Charles Centre Leeds: Supporting player retention through Recreational Competition Enhance your programmes with fun competition to retain players: LTA CPD points: 2 Workshop Overview: This workshop is for coaches & organisers and will exclusively cover the various recreational competition opportunities available to you and how to...Read More
Yorkshire U10 Team v Durham & Cleveland Lloyd M Josh R Dan G Tom N Grace F Scarlett A Holly H Charley D A big thank you to Dave Kitchen and Matt Jackman for organising a great day all round on the 27th January for the Under 10s friendly between Yorkshire and Durham and Cleveland....Read More
Interested in a coaching role in Yorkshire – look no further https://www.lta.org.uk/workforce-venues/coach-teach/tennis-coaching-jobs/assistant-coach—bubwith-tennis-club/ Read More
Well done to the Yorkshire players who feature on the “Winners” page from the GB Seniors Indoor Championships. Mike Harpin won MD55; Andy Hutchinson was runner up in both MS55 and MD55; Roger Taylor was semi-finalist in MS75; Andrew Gillett was semi-finalist in MS40; Wilf Jessop was semi-finalist in MS70. Harpin (left) and Hutchinson (2nd...Read More
Road to Wimbledon is the biggest junior tournament in British tennis and gives all 14U players the opportunity to progress through to compete on the world famous grass courts at Wimbledon. Local clubs, parks and schools are encouraged to enter and stage a tournament for their members/pupils rated between 10.2 and 7.1. For stronger rated...Read More
Craven Lawn Tennis Club, Gargrave – 140th Anniversary. Craven Lawn Tennis Club based in Gargrave, just outside Skipton, is celebrating its 140th Anniversary in 2019. Here is the background to “Craven’s very own Mini Wimbledon”. 140 years ago in 1879 the distinguished and influential ladies and gentlemen of the Gargrave area decided to set up...Read More
Hey Coaches, In response to your feedback from the coaches survey, the below course has been booked focusing on how to improve your coaching business. There is one at Chapel Allerton (Leeds) on Wednesday 23rd January from 10.30am-2.30pm. Here’s the link to book. Info about the course: Many tennis coaches could be more successful if they...Read More
A celebration evening of Yorkshire’s finest tennis players and volunteers was held on Monday 10th December at Holiday Inn, Garforth. Yorkshire Tennis was very fortunate to have the LTA’s Deputy President, David Rawlinson, in attendance who presented the awards with Chris Day, YT’s President. This special evening takes many months of hard work to organise...Read More
32 Players from across Yorkshire and Durham and Cleveland came together at Nuffield Tennis Centre in Hull to play in to play a friendly county match. The match was focused around gaining experience competing in a county situation as well as learning how to score in a normal tennis format in singles and doubles. Matches...Read More
Peter Wilkes, from Wakefield, was awarded a British Empire Medal in the 2019 New Year’s Honours for his Services to Tennis. He was nominated for the award by the Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Association (YLTA) in recognition of 46 years of dedicated service. He also received the Meritorious Service Award by the LTA , and the...Read More
