This annual event was a celebration of the successes of tennis clubs, teams, players, coaches and volunteers across the county over the past twelve months and was a great chance for everybody involved in tennis in Cheshire to meet informally. We are very grateful to Cathie Sabin, LTA President, for attending this celebration and for her inspiring words.
Each year, there are a number of very worthy nominations for the awards and after some lengthy discussions the winners were agreed as:-
Performance Coach James Turner (Winner), Simon Thornewill (Highly Commended)
Young Volunteer Chloe Edwards, Eleanor Houlton, Adam Jones and Jonathan Sweeney (Joint Winners)
Team of the Year 10U Boys Cheshire County Cup Team
Development Coach Toby Yates (Winner), Darren O’Donnell (Highly Commended)
Performance Player Naomi Broady
Club of the Year Hale LTC (Winner), Thorndale LTC and Glan Aber LTC (Finalists)
Fair Play Award Oliver Hague
School/College of the Year University of Chester
County Colours Peter Jackson, Simon Carter, Eden Richardson, Bethan Taylor, Kim Schmider, Richard Simpson, Ruth Barton, Helen Patterson, Pippa Carr, Bart Smethurst
Dick Fontes Trophy Adam Jones
Anne Rex Bursaries Adam Jones, Gabriella Komsiliski, Hannah McColgan, Sam Reeve, Alice Shields
Lifetime Achievement Award Alex Burton
Unsung Heroes Joy Bamford, Sue Leeson, Derek Waterfield and Sue Winters
Our congratulations go to all of the winners whose photographs may be shared here.