July 2010


Last year was the first Charnwood Sports Awards and had over 100 nominations for the 13 categories and culminated in a fantastic event at the Town Hall so much so Charnwood Borough Council have decided to do it all again!

Tennis Leicestershire is organising a Coaches Conference and Golf Day that will take place on Wednesday 22nd September at Beadles Lake Golf Club, East Goscote, Leicestershire.

GBSport are running a Governing Body approved CPD BUSINESS ESSENTIALS course for coaches and club administrators in the Midlands at the following venues:

On the 29th, 30th and 31st October 2010 British tennis will be running its 2nd young competition organisers camp at the National Tennis Centre, Roehampton, London.

Kibworth men's team have secured promotion to the Premier Division of the Leicestershire League for the first time.

Leicestershire women were looking for an instant return to the top flight when their County Week challenge got under way on Monday.

Calls have been made for a council to take action after it was announced that a town leisure centre is to close.

June Robertson

Tennis player June Robertson was just a small girl when Fred Perry became the last British man to win at Wimbledon back in 1936

Coaching

A small number of places are still available on the UKCC1 course which starts on 17th July at the Dan Maskell TC in Loughborough.

Badgerbrook Primary School players with the trophy

The last few weeks have been very busy for schools tennis competitions in Leicestershire with a number of tournaments taking place around the county. Find out more about the schools that have won the events here.....

Red Leaderboard Finalists

As part of the competition structure, Tennis Leicestershire and Derbyshire LTA have a leaderboard for the top participating mini tennis players in the two counties.  At the end of the qualifying period, an invitational finals day is staged for each age group.

Powder Byrne Trophy

The deadline for the Powder Byrne Trophy has been extended until 2 p.m. on Thursday 8th July

Research to examine how sport performers’ relationships (with coach and parents) affect their well-being.

Nottingham TC will be running an LTA Play Test on Wednesday 28 May.

inspire2coach is running two courses at the University of Warwick Tennis Centre during the early autumn.

Penny McCrorie

Penny McCrorie has been appointed as the new Tennis Leicestershire Competition Organiser. Find out more about here appointment here...

Tennis Leicestershire Vantage Magazine

The July 2010 Vantage Magazine is now available to download.

 
 

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