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Successful weekend for Swindon Padel teams at the National Ipadel Finals
On Saturday 13th April, two teams from Swindon’s Padel4All attended the national IPadel finals at Rocket Padel in Bristol. The IPadel competition is held twice and year and has two tiers – The Premier Tier for top level teams that can include players up to those competing both nationally and internationally and the Club Tier…
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Two Wiltshire Award winners become regional winners
Our very own Roger Henry has won the regional Lifetime Achievement award and Andrew Payne the Volunteer of the Year. Both will now go onto the National Awards which are being judged next week. Massive congratulations to both of them – richly deserved and Wiltshire should be very proud of them!
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Case Study – Marlborough Tennis New Pavilion
This case study covers the building of a new pavilion at Marlborough Tennis Club.
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LTA Youth Schools – Teachers sign up now!
Designed specially for primary and secondary school teachers to support the curriculum. The FREE LTA teacher training CPD comes with access to a range of resources including PE lesson plans, videos, cross curricular activities, and competition guides. Take part and complete online training to receive a £250 reward voucher for your school and a free…
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9U County Cup Report
Captains – Lewis Fletcher and Neil Watts Girls Team: Gabrielle, Mary, Lowri and Ava Boys Team: Myles, Leo, Euan, Nathaniel, Zach and Guy The Wiltshire 9U Boys and Girls competed in the LTA 9U County Cup held on Sunday 24th March at Aldershot. This event brought together young talents from across the region – Berkshire, Hampshire…
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18U County Cup Reports
GROUP : 4BVENUE: TAUNTONTEAM: Olivia, Rebecca, Georgia, Jessica, Tillie, Sophie, Matilda, EmilyCAPTAIN: BECKY WATTS & LAUREN WALLIS Wiltshire girls worked hard over our u18 weekend. We focused on team building and getting to know each other as the girls come from all over the county. Day 1 we faced Northamptonshire, everyone put up a strong…
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Swindon Pickleball Club
In the heart of Swindon, what started as a casual gathering among friends has blossomed into the thriving community that is now the Swindon Pickleball. From its humble beginnings, the club has emerged as a spirited collective of individuals, all bound by a shared love for a unique and exhilarating sport. Pickleball, a sport with…
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Leo and Isla appear on CBBC!
Leo, one of our fantastic Wiltshire 9U Squad players and his older sister, Isla, recently appeared on CBBC! They were on the series of ‘I Can Do It, You Can Too’ and practice the Tennis Serve. Well done to both of them and take a watch of the episode on the link below: BBC iPlayer…
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2023 Award Winners
Each year, the LTA Tennis Awards highlight the incredible achievements and contributions of people across Britain.Launched in 2015 with the help of former LTA president Cathie Sabin OBE, the awards recognise the many thousands of inspirational individuals involved in tennis, dedicating their precious time and energy; 25,000 volunteers, 4,672 coaches and 975 officials. They also…
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Chippenham Deaf Students get expert Tennis Coaching
This term Sheldon Secondary School deaf and hard of hearing students began taking tennis lessons at Chippenham Tennis Club. They have all enjoyed learning the basics of tennis and developing their skills both on the outside courts and in the dome as well as spending time with each other outside of normal school. This partnership…
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Ramsbury Tennis Club – YPWA Junior Quiz Success
Report by Andrew Luo from Ramsbury Tennis Club: I am thrilled to share an update of the LTA Young Person’s Welfare Ambassadors project at Ramsbury Tennis club in Wiltshire. As a young welfare ambassador for our club, my primary goal is to raise awareness of safeguarding among our young players, and promote a safe and…
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Brilliant weekend for the Padel teams at Championships
Teams representing Wiltshire descended on Rocket Padel in Bristol on the weekend of the 18th/19th November to compete in the first ever UK County Padel Championships. There were teams fielded in Ladies, Men’s and mixed competitions. 44 teams from counties across the UK were represented spanning from East Scotland to the Channel Islands. The Ladies…
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Wiltshire Mini Tennis 8U Festival Report
Bright colours, children laughing, balls flying everywhere and captains cheering on their teams was the atmosphere at the Wiltshire Tennis 8u Festival held at Delta TC in November. It was an opportunity for new players to experience competition in a fun, safe environment with friends and fellow team mates and what an afternoon of tennis…
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2023 Winter County Cup
The County Adult teams played in the LTA Winter County Cup event on 24th – 26th November 2023. The men’s team competed in Aldershot and the ladies in Newport. GROUP 6ATEAM – Alex Heaps, Neil Watts, Francis Smith, Cameron, Michael, Ben Rogers, Rory Smith and Giles HusseyCAPTAIN – Neil Watts Another successful campaign marks the…
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8U County Cup Reports
Group: A Bucks Indoor Tennis Centre Players Girls: Ava, Mia, Kate, Talluah Players Boys: Nathaniel, Felix, George, Scott Captain: Dave Morris Morning Session – The girls started first with us playing Vs Sussex in our first match. It was a challenging start but all the girls battled well and fought for every point despite losing…
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Babolat Cup UK Finals 2023
The winners of our 12U County Championships qualified for Babolat Cup UK Finals 2023. Mia and Adhrit represented Wiltshire and the full results can be found at https://competitions.lta.org.uk/tournament/B9E7CEC4-BAD6-44DE-9AAB-7537DDC11F99 The wrap Up Video by Babolat is now available on Youtube below:
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12U County Cup Reports
The 12U County Cup was held over the weekend of 16th & 17th September 2023. The girls competed at Bradfield College in the Division 1 Play offs and the Boys in Division 2 at Burnham-On-Sea. Reports below: 12U Boys County CupVenue – Burnham-On-SeaDate – 16th & 17th September 2023Captains – Will BaillieTeam – Reuben, Alex,…
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2023 Adult & Senior County Championships Report
We were delighted to be returning to Pewsey Tennis Club for the Wiltshire Adult County Championships which were played over the weekend of the 23rd/24th September. With over 40 players competing in the Mens and Ladies Open, 35+ and 60+ it was great to see the event grow from last year. With a few familiar…
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2023 Junior County Championships Report
Salisbury Tennis Club was the perfect setting for this years Wiltshire Junior County Championships in August. With just over 100 juniors competing across events from 8u to 18u singles and a selection of doubles it was promising to be a great week of tennis. The week kicked off with the 8u and 9u players and…
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Wiltshire Over 35’s Mens and Ladies County Cup Reports
LADIES REPORT The Ladies O35’s County team of Alexandra Melhuish, Helen Benton, Fiona O’Sullivan, Sarah Hosking, June Keen and Karina Weedon had the great honour of representing the county at Devonshire Park, Eastbourne at the beginning of August. The ladies were in Group 5A with Suffolk, North Wales and Dorset. However we received some disappointing…