Thursday, November 27, 2003

BOOK NOW for the Juniors in clubs roadshow

Following the successful roadshows in 2003 ’Focus on Minis’. the LTA are bringing to Gloucestershire another tennis roadshow. This will be ’Juniors in Clubs - Focus on 10-13s’ starring, LTPD Essentials (am), New ideas for Junior tennis (pm) with a workshop for club officials and coaches in the evening. There will be three hours of on court action for physical, technical, tactical and mental aspects of coaching players aged 10-13 years. There will be ideas for school club links, competitions, awards and leadership along with ways in which club officials, coaches and volunteers can work together to create a successful club environment for juniors as well as adults.
This is FREE OF CHARGE so please book early as numbers are limited.
Our day for Gloucestershire is January 7th 2004, licenced coaches during the day from 9 am with club officials from 6.30 pm (only two per club).
Full details from our County Development Officer: Mrs Christine Rivers on 01452 396642.

Posted at 3:53 PM [link]

McEnroe seeks British passion

John McEnroe vowed to reignite British tennis after presiding over his first coaching session for the Lawn Tennis Association on Monday. The three-times Wimbledon champion was at Queen's Club in London to cast his eye over the country's junior squad. McEnroe has an open-ended coaching pact with the LTA which allows him to work with performance director David Felgate when his timetable permits. "I want to put fire into those players' bellies," the 44-year-old said. The LTA is keen to use McEnroe as much as possible to inspire the next generation of promising British tennis players. Read more, BBC Sports - Tennis - McEnroe.

Posted at 3:18 PM [link]

Thursday, November 20, 2003

Mini Tennis Fun day at Kingshill School, Cirencester

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Mini Tennis Fun day at Kingshill School, Cirencester. Kindly hosted by Kingshill School which now holds Sports College Status. Children came from primary schools in the Cirencester area and neighbouring clubs and coaches supported the day and invited the youngsters to join Mini Tennis programmes at local venues. The day was a great success with 65 children attending and expressing an interest in further tennis lessons.

Posted at 9:44 AM [link]

League Results

We have some League results for you, from the Wilson Gloucestershire Tennis League and The National Junior Clubs League. These are provided as a pdf files that you can download and view. Just as a reminder - if you need to - you can get the free Adobe Acrobat reader, which is required to read these documents.
OK, here are the results...

Wilson Gloucestershire Tennis League Results (32kb)
National Junior Clubs League Results (36kb)

Posted at 9:22 AM [link]

Latest news from the LTA - 20.11.2003

BARRY COWAN CALLED UP TO ROYAL ALBERT HALL: Organisers of The Honda Challenge may not have secured Pete Sampras yet for this year's all-star line up. But they have signed Barry Cowan, the plucky British wild card who famously stretched the seven times Wimbledon Champion to five straight sets at The All England Club two summers ago.

FEDERER MASTER IN HOUSTON: Tennis Masters Cup, Houston - Roger Federer added the prestigious Tennis Masters Cup title to the Wimbledon crown he won in July with a display of precise attacking tennis that left many who view him as the greatest talent to emerge for years, purring for more.

MARSH GB WOMEN SEMI-FINALISTS: European Women's Team Championships - Marsh GB Women got off to a good start beating Yugoslavia 3-0, but fell short against the Czech Republic in the semis-finals losing 3-0. The Czechs went on to be crowned the new European Women's Team Champion. The British Team captained by Nick Brown consisted of Anne Keothavong, Jane O'Donoghue and Amanda Janes.

MURRAY FALLS SHORT IN SEMI-FINAL: Mobilux Junior Open, Luxembourg - Andrew Murray reached the semi-final of the Mobilux Junior Open in Luxembourg before being defeated 7-5, 6-7, 7-5 by world number 1 junior Marcos Bhagdatis.

Posted at 8:55 AM [link]

Thursday, November 13, 2003

Latest news from the LTA - 13.11.2003

HENMAN OPENS LTA TENNIS ACADEMY: British number one, Tim Henman, was hitting with some of the country's top juniors at the opening of the LTA's Tennis Academy at the University of Bath on Monday 10th November 2003. LTA Head of Facilities, Justin Smith said: "Bath Academy continues the LTA's drive to get people of all standards playing tennis across the country. The 700,000 increase in participation since 2002 suggests that our continued investment in indoor facilities is having a real impact."

LATEST FROM THE HONDA CHALLENGE: John McEnroe, Petr Korda and Guy Forget have all confirmed they will compete in the grand finale of the 2003 Delta Tour of Champions, which pits eight of the biggest names ever to set foot on a tennis court against each other at the Royal Albert Hall from 3-7 December. The Box Office is now open (tickets are available directly from the Royal Albert Hall - the box office telephone number is 020 7589 8212)

WHO WILL END THE YEAR AS WORLD NUMBER ONE: American Andy Roddick leads the three-way battle for the coveted year-end No. 1 ranking, which will be decided at the Tennis Masters Cup in Houston. Juan Carlos Ferrero and Roger Federer both also have a chance of ending No. 1.

BRITONS REACH NOTTINGHAM INDOOR FINALS: NEC Wheelchair Tennis, Nottingham - Britain's Kay Forshaw, Jayant Mistry and Mark Eccleston each reached their respective Men's, Women and Quad Main Draw Singles finals at last week's Nottingham Indoor Wheelchair Tennis Tournament, a part of the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour and the third and final British-based world ranking tournament of 2003.

Posted at 10:06 PM [link]