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LTA Tennis Ball Recycling Scheme
As a sport, we throw away an estimated fifteen million tennis balls each year in GB. Most balls will only be played with for 4-6 hours on court, but each ball can take up to 300 years to degrade in landfill. We have been looking at solutions to this problem and following a successful pilot…
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Army Sports Awards – Ben Rogers
Ben Rogers is a Battery Commander and previously holding a demanding role at Army HQ he dedicates an extraordinary amount of time to tennis, as the Army and UKAF Men’s Team Captain. He is a serial Army and Inter-Services singles and doubles champion and in 2024, he represented England in the 35+ Four Nations and…
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Holt Sports Court secures Walking Tennis funding!
Holt Sports Courts (HSRC) is delighted to announce they have secured grant funding for 12 months of walking tennis coaching on Holt tennis courts!  The funding is being provided by the Wiltshire Community Foundation (www.wiltshirecf.org.uk) under their Older People’s Programme. Walking tennis was introduced in Holt in May 2024 and to date has involved around a…
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2024 Senior Mens Report
Regular weekly practices have continued to be held throughout the year at Swindon’s Delta Indoor Tennis Centre on Monday lunchtimes 12.00-2.00 and have been well-attended in both summer and winter months. This can give marginal home advantage in matches as our players are accustomed to the lighting and court surface. Four teams were entered in…
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2024 Padel County Championships
It was the inaugural Wiltshire Padel County Championships which was kidly hosted by Padel4All at Bassett Down. Whilst the storm brought heavy rain and strong winds outside, we had the luxury of being indoors under the canopy with competitive matches being played alongside friendly banter and topped off with the music playing in the background…
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Play Your Way To Wimbledon Competition – player reports
Play Your Way to Wimbledon Competition – Adults Competition by Will Knight The Play your Way to Wimbledon event is a great way for club level tennis players to reach where champions are crowned! Tim and I entered the event without thinking of reaching Wimbledon. After winning four competitive matches at TWTC, we reached the…
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12U County Cup Reports
The Wiltshire 12U Teams played in the LTA County Cup over the weekend of 14th and 15th September. The boys played at Taunton and the girls in Ivybridge. Full reports below: BOYSVenue: Taunton Team: Jasper, Hector, Finlay and ReubenCaptains: Lewis Fletcher and Neil Watts Our U12 team faced some challenging competition in the County Cup.…
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2024 Adult County Championships
Following the success of the Wiltshire Junior County Championships we headed to Trowbridge Westbourne Tennis Club in September for the Adult County Championships. With numbers slightly down from last year the sun still shone and players took to the courts for the Men’s singles, 35+ and the doubles events which saw some very competitive matches…
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Wiltshire 35’s Ladies County Report
The Wiltshire Ladies O35’s team of Helen Benton, Sarah Hosking, Alexandra Melhuish, Emma Morrell and Karina Weedon gathered at Devonshire park on Friday evening for welcome drinks before the competition started the following day, the weather forecast was looking good! Day 1 famous last words, we awoke to strong winds and sea mist. Wilts v…
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2024 Junior County Championships
Our 2024 Junior Championships had a bit of a revamp with the introduction of our junior picnic, doubles pizza day and rounding off the week with a family tournament and BBQ. Salisbury Tennis Club were once again fabulous hosts for our junior championships held at the end of August. The weeklong tournament started on the Sunday…
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Wiltshire Men’s County Cup 35s – Report
The Wiltshire Men’s County Cup 35s team delivered a strong performance in this year’s competition, finishing joint top of their division with Staffordshire and Somerset (https://competitions.lta.org.uk/sport/draw.aspx?id=23A0D117-50C9-4518-8F6A-887092813992&draw=10). However, they narrowly missed out on promotion due to head-to-head results, with Somerset edging them out in the final standings. A commendable effort considering key players were missing and…
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Quarry Road Tennis Courts in Swindon are formally reopened
The Quarry Road Tennis Courts next to the Town Gardens in Swindon have been formally reopened following extensive refurbishment. This major project, made possible by a generous £140k investment from the UK Government, the LTA Tennis Foundation’s Park Tennis Project, and the South Swindon Parish Council, has transformed the courts to offer a fantastic tennis…
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Wiltshire Men and Ladies County Cup Reports
The Wiltshire Mens and Ladies teams played the LTA Summer County Cup from 22nd – 26th July 2024. The Men played at West Worthing in Group 5 and the Ladies in Group 6 at Felixstowe. MENS REPORT TEAM: William Burridge, Ben Rogers, Francis Smith, Rory Smith, Alex Heaps, Michael Barry, William Bissett and Cameron Simpson…
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Walking Tennis Programme a success at Holt Sports
Holt Sports Court held a series of six walking tennis sessions, using funding from Wiltshire Tennis, over a period of 6 weeks from 25th May to 3rd July 2024. The course was run by Holt Sports coach, Jamie Butt. A total of 12 players took part, in groups of 3-6 each time. All had played…
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LTA Tennis Foundation Annual Report
The LTA have released the LTA Tennis Foundation’s (LTA TF) Annual Report which showcases the work and impact that the LTA TF had throughout 2023. The LTA TF is the LTA’s official charity with a mission to improve lives through tennis. It is a grant and loan giving charity and focuses its support in three…
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Wiltshire Play Your Way to Wimbledon 14U Finals
It was back to Pewsey Tennis Club this year for the Junior Play Your Way to Wimbledon Wiltshire County Finals and it was great to see so many players with their families court side supporting them and their opponents. With juniors competing who have only just taken up the sport to those who have been…
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Adult Road to Wimbledon Finals 2024
From the 5 teams we had last year to the 16 teams (8 mens and 8 ladies) it was all to play for and the matches didn’t disappoint. Salisbury Tennis Club was the backdrop for the event with Wiltshire Tennis hosting teams from Dorset and Somerset and with clear blue skies and a warm sun…
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10U County Cup Reports
The Wiltshire County 10U teams competed at the LTA County Cup on 18th and 19th May. The Boys played at Royal Wootton Bassett and the Girls at Sherborne. BOYS REPORT Players: Zach, Neil, Harry, Lucas, Josh and ArthurCaptains: Neil Little It was a challenging weekend for the 10U boys team this year coming up against…
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14U County Cup Reports
The Wiltshire County 14U teams competed at the LTA County Cup on 27th and 28th April. The Boys played at Taunton and the girls at Torquay. BOYS REPORT Players: Harry, Andrew, Alexander, Pierre and JasperCaptains: Neil Watts and Dave MorrisFinal Position: 2nd With an inexperienced side at Under 14 County Cup, the boys came together…
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8U County Cup report
Our 8U County teams competed at the LTA 8U County Cup on Sunday 28th April in Southampton. BOYS REPORT The Boys kicked off against Hampshire and they proved to be strong but our players worked hard and played hard and some of them were close matches. Â George had a really close first singles match only…