Phillip Layfield has won April's Aegon Coach of the Month award for his work as Head Coach of Shooters Hill Lawn Tennis Club, particularly his work with the junior programme.
Phillip has been instrumental in establishing a thriving junior programme starting with tots into mini red, orange and green along with junior coaching programmes, with his junior coaching programme seeing juniors becoming tennis leaders before moving into the LTA coaching programme. Phillip also runs coaching programmes in six local primary schools.
As a result Shooters Hill LTC participation has increased in adults by 121% and juniors by 690% since Phillip's arrival as Head Coach.
On receiving the award Phillip said: "Winning the Aegon Coach of the Month award for April is a great honour. It was such a nice surprise to be recognised for all the hard work that goes into running the adult and junior coaching programme at our thriving tennis club. I feel very lucky to be part of the team at Shooters Hill LTC where there is a fantastic work environment, committed members and exciting plans for the future."
Congratulations Phil!