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The <strong>Tennis</strong> <strong>Book</strong><br />
TENNIS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION <strong>UK</strong><br />
<strong>2010</strong><br />
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The <strong>TIA</strong> <strong>UK</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> <strong>Book</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
How to use this book<br />
The <strong>Tennis</strong> <strong>Book</strong> <strong>2010</strong> provides a quick reference guide to the diverse range of products<br />
and services available from the member companies of the <strong>Tennis</strong> Industry Association <strong>UK</strong>.<br />
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• BLUE pages give general information about the sport of tennis in the <strong>UK</strong><br />
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So whatever your start point, you can quickly find the information you need<br />
Editor: Henry Wancke<br />
Assistant Editor: Gilly English<br />
Photography: David Musgrove (cover)<br />
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Contributors: Gilly English, Barbara Wancke,<br />
Henry Wancke<br />
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<strong>Tennis</strong> Industry Association <strong>UK</strong><br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Industry Association <strong>UK</strong><br />
Officers & Board<br />
President: Ian Peacock OBE<br />
Honarary Vice Presidents: Peter Occleshaw<br />
Henry Wancke<br />
Executive Vice President: Barbara Wancke<br />
Chairman: Stephen Matthews<br />
Vice Chairman: Mike Ballardie<br />
Treasurer: Peter Risdon<br />
Marketing & Events Director: Richard Jones<br />
Executive Administrator: Gilly English<br />
Board Members<br />
Jan Booth<br />
Robert Fuller<br />
Maurice Hickman<br />
Sally Lockyer<br />
Jeremy Holt<br />
Dave Shaw<br />
Henry Wancke<br />
Past Presidents<br />
The position was first established in 2002.<br />
David Lloyd (2002-2007)<br />
Past Chairmen<br />
Peter Occleshaw (1998)<br />
Robert Porter-Smith (1999-2001)<br />
Henry Wancke (2002-2009)<br />
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Foreword<br />
Following the successful launch of the <strong>Tennis</strong> Industry<br />
Association’s <strong>Tennis</strong> <strong>Book</strong> last June, I hope you will agree<br />
that this second edition has maintained the levels of useful<br />
and interesting information established last year.<br />
The <strong>Tennis</strong> <strong>Book</strong> is published by the <strong>Tennis</strong> Industry<br />
Association <strong>UK</strong> as a service to British tennis, especially its<br />
members. The <strong>TIA</strong> itself has expanded significantly in the last<br />
12 months with over 65 member companies now<br />
representing virtually all the major sectors within the<br />
industry.<br />
Our aim is to provide all our member companies with a range of commercial benefits to justify<br />
their subscriptions. In addition to the <strong>Tennis</strong> <strong>Book</strong>, the <strong>TIA</strong> has also launched <strong>Tennis</strong> Outlook in<br />
newspaper format to provide a vehicle for news and features relating to the tennis industry, as<br />
well as <strong>TIA</strong> <strong>UK</strong> Insurance and <strong>Tennis</strong>Wire PR services.<br />
The growth of tennis in Britain remains a vital objective for all involved in the game and to that<br />
end the <strong>TIA</strong> is committed to working closely with the governing body. It was therefore with great<br />
pleasure that, together with the LTA, we were able to announce late last year, a partnership with<br />
the Golf Show Group to establish a three-day London <strong>Tennis</strong> Show.<br />
The <strong>Tennis</strong> Show runs alongside their successful London Golf Show at ExCel at the end of Aprilearly<br />
May and will prove an excellent way for both the industry and fans to launch the season. It<br />
is our hope that this will become a permanent fixture in everyone’s annual calendar.<br />
The <strong>Tennis</strong> Show is a consumer event with a strong trade element that will help to raise the<br />
profile of the sport and generate interest in the game where it matters most, from the grass roots,<br />
recreational level upwards, which is one of the many common goals shared by the LTA and the<br />
<strong>TIA</strong>.<br />
As mentioned, this is the second edition of the <strong>Tennis</strong> <strong>Book</strong>, which we aim to update on an<br />
annual basis, and if you have any ideas that you feel can improve the product, please let the<br />
Editor know so these may be considered before the next publication in 2011.<br />
I trust you have a successful season, whether as a ‘trader’, ‘player’, official or just a ‘fan’.<br />
Ian Peacock OBE<br />
President<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Industry Association <strong>UK</strong><br />
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Message from the LTA<br />
Growing the sport and winning is our priority<br />
for <strong>2010</strong><br />
More people playing tennis, more children involved, and<br />
making the sport more accessible – these are all<br />
fundamental to the long term prosperity of our sport.<br />
More than half a million adults play tennis at least once a<br />
week. The number is rising year on year. More children are<br />
competing, and more money is being invested in the grass<br />
roots of the sport.<br />
As a governing body we are investing more in places to<br />
play tennis – nearly £10 million a year, thanks in part to the<br />
support of Sport England. As well as improving the quality<br />
of facilities, we are supporting places to play to develop<br />
their programmes through Clubmark. More than 640 clubs<br />
have now earned Clubmark status, which means the club is providing a high quality service and great<br />
on court programme. A further 550 are working towards the standard with the support of our field team<br />
of <strong>Tennis</strong> Development Managers.<br />
The AEGON Schools programme has also made a real impact. Through it, the <strong>Tennis</strong> Foundation has<br />
introduced the sport to nearly 4,000 primary schools and given out more than 120,000 free tennis<br />
rackets in just over a year.<br />
We are also starting to see real signs of progress, in the women’s game in particular. When Anne<br />
Keothavong broke into the top 100 in 2008, she became the first British woman in nine years to do so.<br />
Since then, three other British women have broken through that barrier. That is testament to the new<br />
approach we have taken and all the people involved.<br />
The juniors also look promising, but we have to accept that a long term strategy is just that. A long<br />
term plan to deliver long term success for the sport.<br />
We are proud of the efforts of tens of thousands of coaches, parents, and volunteers, who are<br />
transforming the sport. With their help we are getting more people playing tennis, and enjoying the<br />
sport. I hope you find this directory of products and services helpful and wish you every success<br />
whatever your role is in tennis this coming season.<br />
Roger Draper<br />
Chief Executive<br />
The Lawn <strong>Tennis</strong> Association<br />
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The Sport of <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
The biggest goal of all<br />
Securing a Grand Slam is the pinnacle of a player’s<br />
achievement and one which to date, as Henry Wancke records,<br />
even the great record-breaking Roger Federer has yet to realise!<br />
And what is the Grand Slam? It is simply winning the traditional<br />
four major championships in one calendar year. While a<br />
number of players have won all four over many years and even<br />
consecutively but if not in a calendar year, it is not The Grand<br />
Slam, it is a Career Grand Slam.<br />
It may sound easy but it isn’t for only five players have achieved<br />
that distinction in the 12 months of a year, namely Don Budge<br />
and Rod Laver for the men, and Maureen Connolly, Margaret<br />
Court and Steffi Graf for the women.<br />
To date they are the only players to have won the Australian<br />
Open, French Open, The Championships, Wimbledon and the<br />
US Open consecutively in a season, a feat which is considered<br />
one of the most difficult in the modern game, especially now<br />
that the four majors are played on different surfaces.<br />
The term was first used in tennis by John Kieran, a<br />
correspondent for the New York Times, who coined it in 1933<br />
when speculating on the chances of Australian Jack Crawford,<br />
that year’s winner of the Australian, French and Wimbledon<br />
titles going on to add the US Championships as it was known<br />
then. That achievement, he wrote, ‘would be something like<br />
scoring a grand slam on the courts’, a term he borrowed from<br />
the card game of bridge. Unfortunately Fred Perry got the better<br />
of him in the heat of that final day.<br />
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The massive Arthur Ashe Stadium which dominates the US<br />
Open at Flushing Meadows. Picture Fotosports International<br />
It was left to Don Budge to become the first to score a ‘Grand<br />
Slam on the courts’ and he did that in 1938. He was<br />
subsequently followed by fellow American Maureen Connolly<br />
who joined him by becoming the first woman to record a<br />
calendar Slam in 1953.<br />
A decade later Aussie Rod Laver scored the first of his Grand<br />
Slams as an amateur in 1962, a feat he was to repeat in 1968<br />
when the sport went Open by accepting professional players.<br />
With Australian tennis still very much to the fore, Margaret<br />
Court brought her nation a second Grand Slam within a couple<br />
of years by dominating the sport in 1970 and it wasn’t until<br />
1988 that Steffi Graf went one better than all of them with what<br />
is now described as a Golden Grand Slam by collecting the<br />
tennis Gold medal at the Seoul Olympics in the same year as<br />
her four majors!<br />
So, what makes these majors so important? They are the<br />
mainstay of the circuit despite all the efforts of the respective<br />
ATP and WTA Tours to establish events that could match them.<br />
While they also provide the biggest pay-cheque, it’s not all<br />
about money. The players know that their personal status is<br />
enhanced if they can include one of those major titles on the<br />
lists which mark their careers.<br />
All four of the championships are steeped in history with<br />
Wimbledon retaining more traditions than the other three who,
over the last half century, have embraced more overt<br />
commercialism. That doesn’t mean that Wimbledon hasn’t, they<br />
have just managed to retain more of the atmosphere of years<br />
gone by!<br />
Looking back at the four championships, Wimbledon was the<br />
first to establish itself in 1877, the US followed in 1881, the<br />
French a decade later in 1891 and the Australian at the turn of<br />
the century in 1905. However as far as the calendar is<br />
concerned, the order is very different with Australia played in<br />
mid-January, followed by France late May-early June and then<br />
Wimbledon late June-early July with the US bringing up the<br />
rear in late August-early September.<br />
Initially all four were very much national events and it wasn’t<br />
really until the twenties that the sport could be said to have<br />
become more international and start establishing themselves as<br />
the ones to win.<br />
Briefly, this is how they came to be and develop into the major<br />
championships they are now, namely the backbone of tennis.<br />
The oldest main show court of the four Grand Slams, the<br />
Centre Court at Wimbledon with its own sliding ‘umbrella’<br />
style roof unfurled in 2009. Picture Fotosports International.<br />
The Championships, Wimbledon<br />
Wimbledon is the only one of the four to have retained its roots<br />
in the suburb where it was ‘conceived’ though it did have to<br />
move in 1922 from Worple Road to a new site virtually over the<br />
hill in Church Road. There it has retained the grass surface<br />
which the game was originally played on, and is now the only<br />
grand slam to have retained its surface throughout its history<br />
while developing a modern venue which is held in high esteem<br />
by players, officials and spectators. Initially The Championships<br />
was only open to men with the women being incorporated in<br />
1844 as the game grew in popularity. The only event held in<br />
1877 was the Gentlemen’s Singles, which was won by Spencer<br />
Gore, an old Harrovian rackets player, from a field of 22. About<br />
200 spectators paid one shilling each to watch that final.<br />
Interestingly the Centre Court label derives from those early<br />
days as the main court was located in the middle of all the<br />
other courts. The label for the main show court was retained<br />
when the club moved even though in Church Road, it no longer<br />
was at the centre of the activities. This was eventually corrected<br />
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in 1980 when four new courts were introduced on the north<br />
side and further emphasised when the new No1 Court was<br />
commissioned into use in 1997.<br />
In 1913 the tournament was designated ‘The World<br />
Championships on Grass Courts’, a term which was dropped in<br />
1922.<br />
Of the four majors, Wimbledon is the only one run by a private<br />
members’ club though the actual organisation of The<br />
Championships, is shared between the All England Lawn<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> & Croquet Club and The Lawn <strong>Tennis</strong> Association who<br />
benefit from a 1934 financial arrangement whereby they receive<br />
any financial ‘surplus’ from Championships. This agreement<br />
was extended in 1993 with a new ‘Heads of terms’ to come into<br />
operation in 2013.<br />
The US Open<br />
The US Open, which we associate with Flushing Meadows,<br />
New York, was first held at The Casino in Newport in August<br />
1881 and was staged there every year until 1915 when it moved<br />
to the West Side <strong>Tennis</strong> Club in Forest Hills, New York, for a<br />
three year stint. The event, then known as the US<br />
Championships, was restricted to members of clubs affiliated to<br />
the United States National Lawn <strong>Tennis</strong> Association and this<br />
rule applied until 1970 when it became the US Open.<br />
In 1921 it moved yet again for another three year period, to the<br />
Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia in a short lived<br />
attempt to rotate the event around the country. At that time<br />
Philadelphia was the home of the women’s championships<br />
which had been inaugurated in 1887. This was then switched to<br />
Forest Hills to fill the void left by the men! On completion of a<br />
new 14,000 seater stadium at Forest Hills, the men moved back<br />
and the two events were amalgamated in 1923.<br />
Like Wimbledon, the event was played on grass until 1974<br />
when the governing body decided to experiment with ‘Har-Tru’,<br />
a green clay surface. That experiment lasted just a few years<br />
and in 1978 was moved to the converted Louis Armstrong<br />
Stadium at the 1964 World Fair site at Flushing Meadows in<br />
the Queen’s district of New York where it has now firmly<br />
established itself with Decoturf hard courts replacing clay.<br />
Interestingly Jimmy Connors set a record by becoming the only<br />
player to win the US title on three different surfaces and Chris<br />
Evert is the only player to have won the US title on clay! The<br />
complex, which was named The Billie Jean King National<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Center at Corona Park - Flushing Meadows is a public<br />
facility when not hosting the US Open. It is also the USTA’s<br />
Eastern region training centre and can boast the largest tennis<br />
show court in the world seating 23,000, which has been named<br />
after Arthur Ashe.<br />
The French Open<br />
Like its American counterpart, the French when first played in<br />
1891 was restricted to their national players only opening its<br />
doors to foreign players in 1925, no doubt as a result of the
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The art deco Court Philippe Chatrier at Roland Garros, the<br />
centre piece of the French Open. Picture Fotosports<br />
International.<br />
interest generated by the Olympics played in Paris the<br />
previous year. Then it was renamed ‘Championnats<br />
Internationaux de France’ and three years later, having<br />
alternated between the Racing Club de France and the Stade<br />
Francaise, the event was established in the Roland Garros<br />
stadium.<br />
French tennis was at its height in the twenties with the likes of<br />
Suzanne Lenglen and the Four Musketeers, Rene Lacoste,<br />
Jean Borotra, Henri Cochet and Jacques Brugnon, winners of<br />
the Davis Cup in 1927.<br />
In recognition of that success, the site at Porte d’Auteuil was<br />
donated by the Stade Francaise for a suitable stadium to be<br />
erected for the defense of the Cup in 1928 on condition it was<br />
named after a well known French aviator, a member of the<br />
club, who was killed during the Great War.<br />
Over time this has become the name of the complex with the<br />
main stadium being renamed Court Philippe Chatrier in 1988<br />
in recognition of the work he had done in building up the<br />
credibility of the French Open as well as his work in French<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> and on the international front as President of the<br />
International <strong>Tennis</strong> Federation.<br />
With its slow clay court heritage it is now viewed as one of<br />
the most physically demanding tennis events in the world.<br />
The French is also the only Grand Slam to play over 15 days<br />
with the Australia and the US competing over 14 and<br />
Wimbldon over 13. It was also the first Grand Slam to include<br />
an ‘open’ field in 1968 by welcoming both amateurs and<br />
professionals into their draws and, interestingly, between<br />
1945 and 1947, was held after Wimbledon!<br />
Originally organised by officials from both Australia and New<br />
Zealand, the event was first staged at the Warehouseman’s<br />
Cricket Ground in St Kilda Road, Melbourne, now known as<br />
the Albert Reserve <strong>Tennis</strong> Centre. It then travelled round<br />
Australia and New Zealand as follows: Sydney (17 times),<br />
Adelaide (14 times), Brisbane (7 times), Perth (3 times),<br />
Christchurch (in 1906), and Hastings (in 1912). Melbourne<br />
hosted it 16 times before it became the events permanent<br />
home in 1972 at the Kooyong Lawn <strong>Tennis</strong> Club.<br />
In 1922 New Zealand parted company with its Australian<br />
counterparts. It was also the year that the event first opened<br />
its doors to women.<br />
In those early days players were reluctant to travel down<br />
under, bearing in mind that, in the twenties, it took 42 days to<br />
reach Australia by ship. It wasn’t until air travel became more<br />
of the norm, a firm January date was established and prize<br />
money levels were improved that their fields started to attract<br />
a more truly international field.<br />
The Kooyong venue also played a big part in raising the<br />
profile of the Australian leg of the Grand Slam but by 1988 it<br />
was found to be too small and the Open was moved to a<br />
custom made complex on Flinders Park with a very innovative<br />
sliding roof over the main show court.<br />
The move also saw the end of grass as far as Australia was<br />
concerned, and the introduction of Rebound Ace, a cushioned<br />
hard court, thereby establishing a different surface from the<br />
other three. The surface was eventually changed twenty years<br />
later to Plexicushion Prestige to help offset heat retention and<br />
make it more akin to the US Open’s conditions.<br />
As a consequence of all the improvements and faster methods<br />
of travel, the Australian Open, which was always perceived to<br />
be the weaker of the four Grand Slams, is no longer the junior<br />
partner though there are many who would prefer it not to<br />
staged so early in the year.<br />
The Australian Open<br />
The youngest of the big four, the Australian was held for the<br />
first time in 1905 as the Australasian Championships until<br />
1927 when it was rebranded the Australian Championships. It<br />
wasn’t until 1969, the year after the sport went ‘Open’, that it<br />
became the Australian Open.<br />
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The Australian Open named their innovative main show court<br />
with the first sliding roof, the Rod Laver Arena, in recognition<br />
to the Aussie’s achievements, including winning two Grand<br />
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What They Do<br />
The International <strong>Tennis</strong> Federation (ITF)<br />
Established in 1913 with agreement from 12 national<br />
associations, the activities of the International Lawn <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
Federation were disrupted by the advent of the Great War and<br />
it wasn’t until 1923 that they took over the rules of the game.<br />
Currently 205 national associations are affiliated to the ITF<br />
(they dropped ‘Lawn’ from their title in 1977) and remain<br />
responsible for administering and regulating the game<br />
internationally including technical specifications for the<br />
court, rackets and balls as well as certification of tennis<br />
officials and enforcing the anti-doping programme with the<br />
ATP and WTA.<br />
In addition they administer international<br />
competitions like the Davis Cup, the Fed Cup,<br />
tennis at the Olympics and the equivalent<br />
events in wheelchair tennis, plus events for both seniors and<br />
juniors.<br />
The Lawn <strong>Tennis</strong> Association (LTA)<br />
To bring some clarity to the then new sport of Lawn <strong>Tennis</strong>,<br />
60 clubs agreed to establish a governing body for the sport<br />
in 1888. The group included the All England Club and<br />
William Renshaw, already six times Wimbledon champion,<br />
was elected as the first President.<br />
The continuous growth of the game both in Great Britain and<br />
around the world necessitated, in 1913, the foundation of the<br />
International Lawn <strong>Tennis</strong> Federation whose responsibility<br />
was to oversee the international aspect of the game and to<br />
take over the rule-making from the LTA.<br />
Since then the LTA has been in the business of promoting the<br />
sport in and around Britain. One of its first priorities (in<br />
1920) was to help the All England Club construct its present<br />
headquarters at Church Road, Wimbledon.<br />
Besides Wimbledon, the LTA currently supports top level<br />
international events at Birmingham, Queen’s,<br />
Eastbourne, and the O2 Arena as well as<br />
events at a lower level, the Pro-Series and<br />
the British Tour plus junior events.<br />
The ATP World Tour (formerly the Association of<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Professionals - ATP)<br />
In 1972, the leading male professionals joined forces to<br />
create the Association of <strong>Tennis</strong> Professional with the goal of<br />
changing the game for the better.<br />
One of the first initiatives was to establish a computer<br />
ranking system to analyse player performances as a means to<br />
determine entries to tournaments.<br />
This was launched in 1973.<br />
At the time the men’s professional game was administered by<br />
the Men’s <strong>Tennis</strong> Council made up of representatives from<br />
the ILTF, the ATP and tournament directors from around the<br />
world.<br />
This was disbanded in 1989 when the ATP decided the<br />
players needed to control their sport and announced their<br />
intentions at a press conference at the 1988 US Open in the<br />
car park of Flushing Meadows revealing the problems which<br />
existed in the professional game. One of their answers was to<br />
establish their own professional tour, the ATP Tour which in<br />
<strong>2010</strong>, is celebrating its 21 st anniversary.<br />
In 1997 they established the ATP Senior Tour of Champions.<br />
They have also been instrumental in introducing rule<br />
changes to enhance the fans experience like eliminating five<br />
set finals and replacing the third set in doubles with<br />
Champions Tiebreaks, as well as replacing the ad rule with a<br />
sudden death point on deuce.<br />
This year they have implemented<br />
tournament tiers to make it easier for the<br />
public to understand what points the players<br />
are competing for, namely ATP World Tour at<br />
Masters level 1000, Tour level 500 and 250.<br />
For the record, Grand Slam events are 2000.<br />
The WTA Tour (formerly the Women’s <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
Association - WTA)<br />
In 1970, led by Billie Jean King, the women rebelled against<br />
officialdom and their reduced prize money levels in<br />
comparison to the men, by setting up the Virginia Slims Tour<br />
but it wasn’t until 1973 that the actual Women’s <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
Association Players’ Association was established to unite all<br />
the women’s professional tournaments under one banner.<br />
This decision was reached at the Gloucester Hotel in London<br />
a week before Wimbledon.<br />
One of the association’s main objectives<br />
was to obtain equality in prize money<br />
levels with their male counterparts at the Grand Slams which<br />
the US Open agreed to immediately.<br />
In 1995 the WTA merged with the Women’s <strong>Tennis</strong> Council to<br />
form the WTA Tour and in 2001 the Australian Open agreed<br />
to equal prize money which was then matched by Roand<br />
Garros and Wimbledon in 2007, the year that the association<br />
also started experimenting with on-court coaching while<br />
announcing a shorter season, a more fan friendly approach<br />
and introducing heavier penalties for player withdrawals from<br />
events.<br />
The <strong>Tennis</strong> Industry Association <strong>UK</strong> (<strong>TIA</strong>)<br />
The <strong>TIA</strong> <strong>UK</strong> was founded in 1998 and its mission is to<br />
promote, foster and protect industry growth and vitality in the<br />
<strong>UK</strong>, as well as to provide commercial benefits to tennis<br />
businesses while supporting the LTA’s efforts to promote the<br />
sport at all levels.<br />
Members range from multi-million pound corporations to<br />
individual entrepreneurs, all of whom care and depend on the<br />
future of the game, and currently number over<br />
65 tennis businesses and over 135 individual<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Racquet Specialists.<br />
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people are looking to spend. With a mix of interactive features and all the latest products from<br />
across the tennis spectrum the London <strong>Tennis</strong> Show is set to go from strength to strength<br />
with the full backing of the Lawn <strong>Tennis</strong> Association, <strong>Tennis</strong> Industry Association and <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
Foundation.<br />
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www.ersa.stringers.com, workshops and certifi cation,<br />
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<strong>Tennis</strong> Industry Business Groups<br />
Brands & Equipment Suppliers<br />
Representing the major brands in the world of tennis, this<br />
group of companies includes distributors and<br />
manufacturers of tennis rackets, balls, related accessories<br />
such as strings and grips, clothing and shoes.<br />
If you need a stringer, please go to the Directory of<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Racquet Specialists on page 38.<br />
Amer Sports <strong>UK</strong> Ltd - Wilson<br />
Apollo Leisure<br />
Babolat <strong>UK</strong><br />
Dunlop<br />
Head <strong>UK</strong> Ltd<br />
Hi-Tec<br />
J Price (Bath) Ltd<br />
K S <strong>UK</strong> Limited - K-Swiss<br />
Milliken Woollen Speciality<br />
Products<br />
Prince Sports Europe Ltd<br />
Slazenger<br />
Independent Traders<br />
The <strong>UK</strong> has a long-established tradition of specialist<br />
tennis traders who bring colour and variety to<br />
tournaments and provide a year-round service to tennis<br />
enthusiasts.<br />
These traders have a wealth of knowledge and experience<br />
and offer a wide range of tennis-related products<br />
including art, bespoke tenniswear, books, calendars,<br />
collectables, diaries, DVDs, glassware, greeting cards,<br />
jewellery, photographs, postcards, posters, souvenirs,<br />
tournament prizes and trophies.<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> products are hard to find in the high street, but the<br />
independent tennis industry offers choice, quality, value<br />
and good old-fashioned customer service.<br />
Daniell Smith Ltd<br />
The Smash - James Harbridge<br />
Event Merchandising Ltd Teddy <strong>Tennis</strong> Ltd<br />
Pure Alpine Holidays The <strong>Tennis</strong> <strong>Book</strong>shop<br />
Scorpion Sports Gifts The <strong>Tennis</strong> Gallery Wimbledon<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Emporium Ltd The Silver <strong>Tennis</strong> Collection Ltd<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Sports Shops<br />
Traditionally the sports shop in the High Street has been<br />
the first port of call for most tennis enthusiasts seeking<br />
their tennis kit.<br />
The advent of big retail sports chains has offered<br />
competitive prices for tennis equipment and in recent<br />
years online shopping has become the market place of<br />
growth.<br />
The <strong>TIA</strong> <strong>UK</strong>’s <strong>Tennis</strong> Racquet Specialist Scheme is a kite<br />
mark earned through participation by sports retailers in<br />
an education and certification programme that offers<br />
expert advice and services to the public.<br />
A directory of individual qualified stringers appears on<br />
page 36 while this group of companies includes retail<br />
outlets for the buying public.<br />
Court Equipment & Services<br />
This group encompasses designers, manufacturers and<br />
supplier contractors of tennis courts, facilities, fencing,<br />
canvas and signage and so on.<br />
Many of the companies are also members of the Sports<br />
and Play Construction Association (SAPCA) and comply<br />
to their strict codes of practice (see page 30).<br />
THE WORLD OF TENNIS, UNDE<br />
• Art<br />
• Collectables<br />
• <strong>Book</strong>s<br />
• Calendars<br />
• Cards<br />
• DVDs<br />
• Gifts<br />
• Magazines<br />
Our shop is located at 112 Arthur Road, SW19. We are right next to Wimbledon Park sta<br />
is available. We are open 10am to 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday, all year round, with extend<br />
The <strong>Tennis</strong> Gallery 112 Arthur Road Wimbledon Park<br />
Tel 020 8715 8866 Fax 020 8715 8877 Email info@th<br />
www.thetennisgallery.co.uk<br />
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AMB Sports Ltd<br />
CopriSystems Ltd<br />
Edwards Sports Products Ltd<br />
Harrod <strong>UK</strong> Ltd<br />
J B Corrie & Co Ltd<br />
Junior <strong>Tennis</strong> Centres Ltd<br />
M3 Surveying &<br />
Construction Ltd<br />
Midland CSB Ltd<br />
Sportsequip.co.uk<br />
Summit Structures Ltd<br />
Sunbaba<br />
Corporate Organisations<br />
These are professional organisations that provide<br />
specialist services to the game.<br />
European Racquets Stringers Association<br />
Sport and Play Construction Association<br />
tenniscoach<strong>UK</strong> (British <strong>Tennis</strong> Coaches Association)<br />
The Lawn <strong>Tennis</strong> Association<br />
The <strong>Tennis</strong> Industry Association <strong>UK</strong><br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> & Fitness Clubs<br />
The advent of the commercial tennis club is a direct<br />
result of former <strong>TIA</strong> <strong>UK</strong> President, David Lloyd's vision<br />
over twenty years ago to create a better environment for<br />
players in this country. He broke the mould and laid the<br />
foundation for what has become a multi-billion pound<br />
leisure industry throughout the land. Now around a<br />
million people and some 20,000 workers are active in<br />
this area, including more than 750 tennis professionals.<br />
Making up this group are clubs and commercial centre<br />
operators, including:<br />
David Lloyd Leisure Ltd Sutton <strong>Tennis</strong> Academy<br />
Next Generation Club, Swindon The Harbour Club<br />
Northwood Riverside Health The Queen’s Club<br />
& Racquets Club (Esporta)<br />
ONE ROOF<br />
• Posters<br />
• Prizes<br />
• Programmes<br />
• & more …<br />
tion (District Line) and on-street parking<br />
ed hours during Wimbledon fortnight.<br />
ondon SW19 8AA<br />
tennisgallery.co.uk<br />
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Service Providers and Media<br />
There are many companies involved in providing a<br />
wide range of services to tennis including specialist<br />
consultancy advice, coaching services, design, event<br />
and player management, online website services as<br />
well as marketing and public relations services to<br />
name but a few.<br />
Publicity, news and media providers include tennis<br />
magazines, e-zines and websites.<br />
Specialist service providers include:<br />
Abbott Media Services<br />
TAB Services<br />
Beddington Sports Management <strong>Tennis</strong> Interlink Ltd<br />
Celebrity <strong>Tennis</strong> Ltd<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Today Ltd<br />
Fotosports International <strong>Tennis</strong>head.net<br />
London <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>Life <strong>UK</strong> Ltd<br />
Prestige Promotions<br />
The Golf Show Group<br />
Professional Sport <strong>UK</strong> Ltd <strong>TIA</strong> <strong>UK</strong> Insurance<br />
SLSP<br />
Trioplus Ltd<br />
IFMSports Marketing Surveys Ltd Will To Win Ltd<br />
TRS Stringers<br />
The <strong>TIA</strong> <strong>UK</strong>’s <strong>Tennis</strong> Racquet Specialist Scheme is a<br />
kite mark earned through participation by sports<br />
retailers in an education and certification programme<br />
that offers expert advice and services to the public.<br />
The programme is run for the <strong>TIA</strong> <strong>UK</strong> by the European<br />
Racquet Stringers Association and provides a<br />
certification system that is the universally accepted<br />
standard around the world.<br />
A directory of individual qualified stringers appears on<br />
page 38
User Listings<br />
For Players<br />
Looking for new rackets, balls, clothing or tennis wear?<br />
Want to accessorise yourself, your partner or your club?<br />
Fancy some coaching in the <strong>UK</strong> or abroad, or even enrolling in a new club?<br />
Want to get involved in some competitive events?<br />
The companies and services listed below are available to meet your demands.<br />
Accessories<br />
Amer Sports <strong>UK</strong> Ltd – Wilson<br />
Apollo Leisure<br />
Babolat <strong>UK</strong><br />
Daniell Smith Ltd<br />
Scorpion Sports Gifts<br />
Balls<br />
Amer Sports <strong>UK</strong> Ltd – Wilson<br />
Babolat <strong>UK</strong><br />
Dunlop<br />
Head <strong>UK</strong> Ltd<br />
J Price (Bath) Ltd<br />
Prince Sports Europe Ltd<br />
Slazenger<br />
Clothing<br />
Amer Sports <strong>UK</strong> Ltd – Wilson<br />
Babolat <strong>UK</strong> by Dinamica<br />
Daniell Smith Ltd<br />
Dunlop<br />
Prince Sports Europe Ltd<br />
Clubs<br />
David Lloyd Leisure Ltd<br />
Next Generation Club, Swindon<br />
Riverside Health & Racquets Club Northwood (Esporta)<br />
Sutton <strong>Tennis</strong> Academy<br />
The Harbour Club<br />
The Queen’s Club<br />
Coaching <strong>Book</strong>s and DVDs<br />
Teddy <strong>Tennis</strong> Ltd<br />
The <strong>Tennis</strong> Gallery Wimbledon<br />
Coaching Services<br />
David Lloyd Leisure<br />
The Harbour Club<br />
Next Generation Club Swindon<br />
Riverside Health & Racquet Club Northwood (Esporta)<br />
The Queen’s Club<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>coachuk (BTCA)<br />
Pure Alpine Holidays<br />
Scorpion Sports Gifts<br />
Sutton <strong>Tennis</strong> Academy<br />
Teddy <strong>Tennis</strong> Ltd<br />
Will To Win<br />
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Competitions / Tournaments<br />
Abbott Media Services<br />
London <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
Equipment Websites<br />
Sportsequip.co.uk<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>head.net<br />
Exhibitions<br />
The Golf Show Group – The London <strong>Tennis</strong> Show<br />
Holidays<br />
Pure Alpine Holidays<br />
Will To Win<br />
Mini <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
David Lloyd Leisure Ltd<br />
Harrod <strong>UK</strong> Ltd<br />
J Price (Bath) Ltd<br />
The Harbour Club<br />
Next Generation Club Swindon<br />
Riverside Health & Racquets Club Northwood (Esporta)<br />
Sutton <strong>Tennis</strong> Academy<br />
The Queen’s Club<br />
Teddy <strong>Tennis</strong> Ltd<br />
Rackets<br />
Amer Sports <strong>UK</strong> Ltd – Wilson<br />
Babolat <strong>UK</strong> by Dinamica<br />
Dunlop<br />
Head <strong>UK</strong> Ltd<br />
Prince Sports Europe Ltd<br />
Slazenger<br />
Research & Participation analysis, player profiles<br />
and lifestyles<br />
IFM Sports Marketing Surveys<br />
Shoes<br />
Amer Sports <strong>UK</strong> Ltd – Wilson<br />
Babolat <strong>UK</strong> by Dinamica<br />
K S <strong>UK</strong> Ltd – K-Swiss<br />
Hi-Tec<br />
Prince Sports Europe Ltd<br />
Specialist Retailers<br />
Daniell Smith Ltd<br />
Scorpion Sports Gifts<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Emporium
The Silver <strong>Tennis</strong> Collection Ltd<br />
The <strong>Tennis</strong> Gallery Wimbledon<br />
Will To Win<br />
Stringing, Machines and Accessories<br />
Amer Sports <strong>UK</strong> Ltd – Wilson<br />
Apollo Leisure<br />
Babolat <strong>UK</strong> by Dinamica<br />
For Fans<br />
Where do you indulge your passion for Rafa, or your love of fine tennis jewellery?<br />
Where do you buy tennis posters for your children, or bespoke tennis clothing?<br />
Where do you get Wimbledon films, and Mini <strong>Tennis</strong> books?<br />
How do you find the best tennis magazines, and the most up-to-date tennis websites?<br />
Where do you buy a thoughtful and original gift for the avid tennis enthusiast?<br />
There is a surprising amount of choice available to the tennis consumer, and this easy to use<br />
section tells you which companies can meet your particular needs.<br />
Art<br />
Fotosports International<br />
Professional Sport<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>life <strong>UK</strong><br />
The Silver <strong>Tennis</strong> Collection Ltd<br />
The <strong>Tennis</strong> Gallery Wimbledon<br />
<strong>Book</strong>s<br />
Scorpion Sports Gifts<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>life <strong>UK</strong><br />
The Smash!<br />
The <strong>Tennis</strong> <strong>Book</strong>shop<br />
The <strong>Tennis</strong> Gallery Wimbledon<br />
Collectables<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>life <strong>UK</strong><br />
The <strong>Tennis</strong> <strong>Book</strong>shop<br />
The Silver <strong>Tennis</strong> Collection Ltd<br />
The <strong>Tennis</strong> Gallery Wimbledon<br />
DVDs<br />
Teddy <strong>Tennis</strong> Ltd<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>life <strong>UK</strong><br />
The <strong>Tennis</strong> Gallery Wimbledon<br />
Will To Win<br />
Digital Magazines<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>head.net<br />
Entertainment<br />
Celebrity <strong>Tennis</strong> Ltd<br />
Prestige Promotions<br />
Exhibitions<br />
The Golf Show Group – The London <strong>Tennis</strong> Show<br />
Gifts<br />
Daniell Smith Ltd<br />
Scorpion Sports Gifts<br />
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Prince Sports Europe Ltd<br />
Training Providers<br />
Pure Alpine Holidays<br />
Websites / Networking<br />
London <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
TAB Services<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>life <strong>UK</strong><br />
The Silver <strong>Tennis</strong> Collection Ltd<br />
The <strong>Tennis</strong> Gallery Wimbledon<br />
Greeting Cards<br />
Daniell Smith Ltd<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>life <strong>UK</strong><br />
The <strong>Tennis</strong> Gallery Wimbledon<br />
Holidays<br />
Pure Alpine Holidays<br />
Jewellery<br />
Scorpion Sports Gifts<br />
The Silver <strong>Tennis</strong> Collection Ltd<br />
The <strong>Tennis</strong> Gallery Wimbledon<br />
Magazines & E-Zines<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>head.net<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>life <strong>UK</strong><br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Outlook<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Today<br />
Photographs<br />
Fotosports International<br />
Professional Sport <strong>UK</strong> Ltd<br />
Posters<br />
Fotosports International<br />
Professional Sport <strong>UK</strong> Ltd<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>life <strong>UK</strong><br />
The Silver <strong>Tennis</strong> Collection Ltd<br />
The <strong>Tennis</strong> Gallery Wimbledon<br />
Research & <strong>Tennis</strong> Statistics<br />
IFM Sports Marketing Surveys<br />
Calendars/Diaries<br />
The <strong>Tennis</strong> Gallery Wimbledon
User Listings<br />
Special Events<br />
Celebrity <strong>Tennis</strong> Ltd<br />
Prestige Promotions<br />
Teddy <strong>Tennis</strong> Ltd<br />
The Golf Show Group – The London <strong>Tennis</strong> Show<br />
Websites<br />
Pure Alpine Holidays<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Today<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>head.net<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>life <strong>UK</strong><br />
For Clubs<br />
Are you upgrading your club facilities?<br />
Do you need to improve your club’s image?<br />
Are you considering new tennis courts?<br />
Do you need help in preparing a budget / business plan for a loan or grant?<br />
Help is at hand from any of the companies listed below.<br />
Ball Machines<br />
Amer Sports <strong>UK</strong> Ltd – Wilson<br />
Apollo Leisure<br />
Sportsequip.co.uk<br />
Banners<br />
Sunbaba<br />
Bespoke Clothing<br />
Daniell Smith Ltd<br />
Bubbles and Structures<br />
CopriSystems Ltd<br />
M3 Surveying & Construction Ltd<br />
Midland CSB Ltd<br />
Summit Structures Ltd<br />
Coaching Equipment<br />
Edwards Sports Products Ltd<br />
Consultants<br />
Celebrity <strong>Tennis</strong> Ltd<br />
Beddington Sports Management Ltd<br />
Junior <strong>Tennis</strong> Centres Ltd<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Interlink Ltd<br />
TrioPlus Ltd<br />
Teddy <strong>Tennis</strong> Ltd<br />
Will To Win<br />
Court Accessories<br />
Edwards Sports Products Ltd<br />
Harrod <strong>UK</strong> Ltd<br />
Midland CSB Ltd<br />
Sportsequip.co.uk<br />
Court Canvass / Windbreaks<br />
Edwards Sports Products Ltd<br />
Sportsequip,co.uk<br />
Sunbaba<br />
Court Manufacturers<br />
AMB Sports Ltd<br />
M3 Surveying & Construction Ltd<br />
Midland CSB Ltd<br />
Equipment Websites<br />
Sportsequip.co.uk<br />
Exhibitions<br />
The Golf Show Group – The London <strong>Tennis</strong> Show<br />
Fencing<br />
AMB Sports Ltd<br />
Harrod <strong>UK</strong> Ltd<br />
J B Corrie & Co Ltd<br />
Midland CSB Ltd<br />
Floodlights<br />
AMB Sports Ltd<br />
Midland CSB Ltd<br />
Indoor Courts<br />
AMB Sports Ltd<br />
CopriSystems Ltd<br />
Junior <strong>Tennis</strong> Centres Ltd<br />
M3 Surveying & Construction Ltd<br />
Summit Structures Ltd<br />
Mini <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
See <strong>Tennis</strong> Equipment<br />
Nets & Posts<br />
AMB Sports Ltd<br />
Edwards Sports Products Ltd<br />
Harrod <strong>UK</strong> Ltd<br />
Midland CSB Ltd<br />
Sportsequip.co.uk<br />
Practice Fence / Walls<br />
J B Corrie & Co Ltd<br />
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Prizes<br />
Scorpion Sports Gifts<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>life <strong>UK</strong><br />
The <strong>Tennis</strong> Gallery Wimbledon<br />
The Silver <strong>Tennis</strong> Collection Ltd<br />
Research<br />
IFM Sports Marketing Surveys<br />
Scoreboards<br />
Apollo Leisure<br />
Edwards Sports Products Ltd<br />
Midland CSB Ltd<br />
Sportsequip.co.uk<br />
Special Events<br />
Celebrity <strong>Tennis</strong> Ltd<br />
Prestige Promotions<br />
SLSP<br />
The Golf Show Group – The London <strong>Tennis</strong> Show<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Equipment<br />
AMB Sports Ltd<br />
Amer Sports <strong>UK</strong> Ltd – Wilson<br />
Apollo Leisure<br />
Dunlop<br />
Harrod <strong>UK</strong> Ltd<br />
Head <strong>UK</strong> Ltd<br />
J Price (Bath) Ltd<br />
Midland CSB Ltd<br />
Prince Sports Europe Ltd<br />
Slazenger<br />
Teddy <strong>Tennis</strong> Ltd<br />
Trophies<br />
The Silver <strong>Tennis</strong> Collection Ltd<br />
Wall Decoration<br />
Fotosports International<br />
Professional Sport <strong>UK</strong> Ltd<br />
The <strong>Tennis</strong> Gallery Wimbledon<br />
Website Services<br />
TAB Services<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Interlink Ltd<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Today Ltd<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>head.net<br />
For Corporate Clients<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> is an ideal sport for companies or organisations to employ in the promotion of their own<br />
specific business. With its worldwide appeal, and its longevity with regards to play, the sport,<br />
and its players both past and present, provide an attractive background for hospitality events and<br />
meetings.<br />
Banners / Screens<br />
Sunbaba<br />
Conference Facilities<br />
David Lloyd Leisure Ltd<br />
Next Generation Club, Swindon<br />
Northwood Riverside Health & Racquets Club (Esporta)<br />
Sutton <strong>Tennis</strong> Academy<br />
The Harbour Club<br />
The Queen’s Club<br />
Consultancy Services<br />
Abbott Media Services<br />
Celebrity <strong>Tennis</strong> Ltd<br />
Beddington Sports Management Ltd<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Interlink Ltd<br />
SportSense Ltd<br />
Sport Wins<br />
Entertainment<br />
Celebrity <strong>Tennis</strong> Ltd<br />
Prestige Promotions<br />
Pure Alpine Holidays<br />
SLSP<br />
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<strong>Tennis</strong>life <strong>UK</strong><br />
The Golf Show Group – The London <strong>Tennis</strong> Show<br />
Will To Win<br />
Event Management<br />
Abbott Media Services<br />
Celebrity <strong>Tennis</strong> Ltd<br />
Beddington Sports Management Ltd<br />
Pure Alpine Holidays<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>life <strong>UK</strong><br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Interlink Ltd<br />
SLSP<br />
Sport Wins<br />
Exhibitions<br />
Celebrity <strong>Tennis</strong> Ltd<br />
Pure Alpine Holidays<br />
SLSP<br />
Sunbaba<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Emporium Ltd<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Life <strong>UK</strong><br />
The Golf Show Group – The London <strong>Tennis</strong> Show<br />
The Silver <strong>Tennis</strong> Collection Ltd<br />
The <strong>Tennis</strong> Gallery Wimbledon
User Listings<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Charities<br />
Historical <strong>Tennis</strong> Exhibitions<br />
The Silver <strong>Tennis</strong> Collection Ltd<br />
Media Services<br />
Abbott Media Services<br />
Advantage Media Network<br />
Celebrity <strong>Tennis</strong> Ltd<br />
SLSP<br />
TAB Services<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Interlink Ltd<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Today<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>head.net<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>life <strong>UK</strong><br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>Wire Network<br />
The <strong>Tennis</strong> Gallery Wimbledon<br />
Photography<br />
Fotosports International<br />
Professional Sport <strong>UK</strong> Ltd<br />
Other Specialities<br />
Scorpion Sports Gifts<br />
SportSense Ltd<br />
Sunbaba<br />
TAB Services<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Emporium Ltd<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Interlink Ltd<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>Wire Network<br />
The Silver <strong>Tennis</strong> Collection Ltd<br />
<strong>TIA</strong> <strong>UK</strong> Insurance<br />
TrioPlus Ltd<br />
Research<br />
IFM Sports Marketing Surveys<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> life <strong>UK</strong><br />
The <strong>Tennis</strong> Gallery Wimbledon<br />
TrioPlus<br />
Speakers & Q&As<br />
Celebrity <strong>Tennis</strong> Ltd<br />
Sponsorship Evaluation<br />
IFM Sports Marketing Surveys<br />
The <strong>Tennis</strong> Foundation is the largest tennis charity in the<br />
<strong>UK</strong>. Its “One Game All” philosophy is to encourage more people<br />
of all ages and abilities to play and enjoy tennis.<br />
In particular the Foundation wants to improve tennis delivery in<br />
all Local Authority facilities; that includes Parks, Schools and<br />
municipal facilities. The Foundation’s long term strategy will<br />
introduce millions of new players to the game, and allow them<br />
to play and enjoy tennis on a regular basis.<br />
The Foundation works alongside the Lawn <strong>Tennis</strong> Association<br />
and is based at the National <strong>Tennis</strong> Centre.<br />
Contact details: The <strong>Tennis</strong> Foundation, The National <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
Centre, 100 Priory Lane, Roehampton, London SW15 5JQ<br />
Charity No. 298175<br />
Email info@tennisfoundation.org.uk<br />
www.tennisfoundation.org.uk<br />
The Dan Maskell <strong>Tennis</strong> Trust was set up over 10 years<br />
ago to raise funds for people with disabilities and in early <strong>2010</strong><br />
attained its own charitable status. The Trust raises funds to help<br />
people with disabilities to play tennis primarily, but not<br />
exclusively, in the following areas – wheelchair, deaf, learning<br />
disabilities and visually impaired.<br />
The Trust provides grants to assist with the purchase of<br />
specialist tennis wheelchairs; the provision of equipment/<br />
coaching bags and assistance to groups, associations, club<br />
programmes and individuals for any disability. The annual target<br />
for fundraising is £50K to spend on grant aid.<br />
The Trust continues to work closely with The <strong>Tennis</strong> Foundation<br />
to support its disability programme.<br />
Contact details: The Dan Maskell <strong>Tennis</strong> Trust, c/o Sport<br />
Wins, PO Box 238, Tadworth KT20 5WT<br />
Charity No. 1133589<br />
Email danmaskell@sportwins.co.uk<br />
www.danmaskelltennistrust.org.uk<br />
Also working with the <strong>Tennis</strong> Foundation is the “Give it Your<br />
Max” <strong>Tennis</strong> Initiative (GIYM) formed after the death of<br />
young tennis player Max Stotesbury. GIYM supports the<br />
Wimbledon Junior <strong>Tennis</strong> Initiative, the <strong>Tennis</strong> Foundation and<br />
The Dan Maskell <strong>Tennis</strong> Trust.<br />
Contact details: Michael or Tara Stotesbury<br />
5 Lancaster Gardens, Wimbledon SW19 5DG<br />
Tel: 020 8946 4459 Fax: 020 8947 7512<br />
www.giveityourmax.org<br />
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Other organizations include:<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> for Free whose mission statement is to increase<br />
participation in tennis nationwide for all ages regardless of<br />
ability, background, race and financial circumstance. The<br />
organization aims to make more use of public courts.<br />
Contact details: <strong>Tennis</strong> for Free, 55 Thornhill Square,<br />
London N1 1BE<br />
Tel: 0870 011 3733<br />
www.tennisforfree.com
CopriSystems covering<br />
systems are available in<br />
spans ranging from 12m to<br />
36m with unlimited length<br />
in either fixed or telescopic<br />
versions.<br />
These tough, durable<br />
structures are ideally suitable<br />
for tennis courts, swimming<br />
pools, five a side football,<br />
horse riding and many<br />
other uses.<br />
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Offers excellent value for money<br />
whilst providing complete<br />
environmental protection.<br />
Full length sliding side curtains<br />
provide maximum ventilation.<br />
End curtains also available.<br />
Multiple courts can be housed in<br />
either a single 36m span or in<br />
individual domes with full length<br />
interconnection.<br />
Custom manufactured and<br />
engineered for strength and<br />
durability in high-tensile steel.<br />
Translucent properties of roof<br />
material allows natural light to<br />
permeate through, thus reducing<br />
electricity costs.<br />
Culfordʼs new Indoor <strong>Tennis</strong> Centre, built by<br />
Copri Systems and officially opened on<br />
5 May 2009 by Greg Rusedski.<br />
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The A-Z of the tennis industry in the <strong>UK</strong><br />
For details on joining the <strong>TIA</strong> <strong>UK</strong>, the only trade association<br />
soley for tennis businesses, please see page 46.<br />
Abbott Media Services<br />
Cedar Lodge, Howe Road, Watlington,<br />
OX49 5ER<br />
Tel 01491 612042<br />
Contact Henry Wancke<br />
AMS has provided a specialist editorial service which has<br />
included over the last 41 years, the editorship of <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
World, Serve & Volley and <strong>Tennis</strong> Today magazines in<br />
addition to coverage of events for the Press Association, the<br />
Daily Telegraph, British <strong>Tennis</strong> magazine and the Wimbledon<br />
Website.<br />
Currently editing the FortyFiver on behalf of the 45 Club and<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Outlook for the <strong>Tennis</strong> Industry Association <strong>UK</strong> as well<br />
as producing the Members’ Handbook for the Lawn <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
Writers’ Association.<br />
AMS has also been involved in establishing tennis events, the<br />
most successful being the Family Championships in<br />
association with Remington (1984-1992) and the Champion<br />
of Champions event for clubs with C&A. The former event<br />
was revived in 2007.<br />
Advantage Media Network<br />
Barry House, 20-22 Worple Road,<br />
London SW19 4DH<br />
Phone 020 8947 0100<br />
Email bmarrison@advantagemedianet.com<br />
Web; advantagemedianet.com<br />
Contact: Bridget Marrison<br />
AMN is the <strong>UK</strong>’s leading tennis content agency. In addition to<br />
producing multimedia brand, tennishead, AMN provides a<br />
range of media services for third parties<br />
Services Provided: AMN provides publishing services to a<br />
range of sporting businesses. Services include the production<br />
of creative content for all media platforms: Bespoke<br />
photography and video services: Design and production of<br />
promotional material: Website design, build and management;<br />
Digital Magazine and brochure production.<br />
including the All England Lawn <strong>Tennis</strong> and Croquet Club,<br />
Crystal Palace Athletics Stadium, Loughborough University,<br />
Harrow School and the Wentworth Golf Course Estate.<br />
Product Range: Design and construction of sports facilities<br />
including athletic tracks and support facilities, synthetic<br />
pitches, tennis courts, MUGA, cricket facilities and bowling<br />
greens.<br />
Services Provided: Design, construction, maintenance and<br />
renovation of sports facilities.<br />
Amer Sports <strong>UK</strong> Ltd – Wilson<br />
Theta Building, Lyon Way, Frimley,<br />
Surrey GU16 7ER<br />
Phone 01276 404 800<br />
Fax 01276 40 4801<br />
Email stuart.preece@amersports.com<br />
Website www.wilson.com<br />
Contact Stuart Preece<br />
At the heart of sports history for almost a century, no other<br />
company has been as influential and intimately involved in<br />
shaping the games of tennis, golf, baseball and American<br />
football as Wilson.<br />
As the originator of breakthrough technologies, Wilson has<br />
produced legendary classics and earned world-wide<br />
legitimacy in each sport it participates in, particularly tennis.<br />
Backed by generations of athletes, Wilson is now owned by<br />
Amer Sports, the world’s leading sports equipment company.<br />
Listed on the OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki since 1977,<br />
Amer Sports Corporation had a turnover of 1.7 billion Euros<br />
and a market capitalization of 1.3 billion Euros in 2007 and, at<br />
the end of the year, the company employed 6,465 people<br />
worldwide.<br />
The business is based on strong global brands, trusted by<br />
consumers world-wide, including:<br />
Salomon - the mountain sports company<br />
Wilson - the authentic ball sports brand<br />
Precor - the global fitness equipment leader<br />
Atomic - the leading manufacturer of alpine skis<br />
Suunto - the leading manufacturer of sports instruments<br />
Mavic - the leading cycling systems brand<br />
Arc’teryx - the most progressive outdoor gear<br />
AMB Sports Ltd<br />
Unit 40, Blue Chalet Industrial Estate,<br />
London Road, West Kingsdown,<br />
Kent TN15 6BQ<br />
Phone: 0844 448 4370<br />
Fax: 0844 448 4371<br />
Email: info@ambsports.com<br />
Web: www.ambsports.com<br />
Contact: Bruce Hannan<br />
AMB Sports is an established company employing highly<br />
motivated and skilled staff with over 50 years combined<br />
experiences in the design and construction of sports facilities.<br />
Its client portfolio contains many prestigious facilities<br />
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Apollo Leisure<br />
Unit 1 Forest Close,<br />
Ebblake Industrial Estate, Verwood, Dorset BH31 6DE<br />
Phone 01202 812 000<br />
Fax 01202 827 040<br />
Email jeremyholt@apolloleisure.co.uk<br />
Website www.apolloleisure.co.uk<br />
Contact Jeremy Holt<br />
Apollo Leisure has been the <strong>UK</strong>’s leading supplier of racket<br />
sports accessories and equipment for over 25 years selling to<br />
retailers, club shops and professional coaches.<br />
It distributes a wide range racket strings, grips, accessories<br />
and other racket sport related products.
The company is proud to be associated with many of the<br />
leading brand names in racket sports and is the exclusive<br />
distributor for Prince, Head and Gamma racket<br />
accessories in the <strong>UK</strong>.<br />
Babolat <strong>UK</strong><br />
<strong>UK</strong> by Dinamica Marketforce Ltd,<br />
Unit 2a, The quadrant courtyard,<br />
Quadrantway,<br />
Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 8DT<br />
Phone 01932 844344<br />
Email fdebeauvais@babolat.com<br />
Web www.babolat.com<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Equipment Supplier.<br />
Product Range: <strong>Tennis</strong> and Badminton rackets, strings/grips<br />
and accessories, tennis balls, footwear, apparel, stringing<br />
machines.<br />
Beddington Sports Management<br />
Old School House, Hook End,<br />
Checkendon, Oxon RG8 0UL<br />
Phone: 07770 860033<br />
Email: jrbeddington@btinternet.com<br />
Contact: John Beddington, Chairman<br />
John Beddington’s credentials in professional tennis are<br />
extensive and include management of the Grand Prix circuit in<br />
Europe and the end of year Grand Prix Masters<br />
Championships; directorship of <strong>Tennis</strong> Canada’s operations<br />
for 17 years, a period in which he elevated both the men’s and<br />
women’s Canadian Opens in Toronto<br />
and Montreal to The Super 9 [Masters/1000 Series] and Tier I<br />
status respectively.<br />
He co-founded and promoted what is now the AEGON<br />
Masters <strong>Tennis</strong> event at the Royal Albert Hall for ten years. He<br />
now acts primarily as a consultant for corporations wishing to<br />
maximise their involvement in tennis or tennis properties<br />
needing commercial or managerial support.<br />
Services Provided: Sports Management – consultant,<br />
promoter, manager<br />
Celebrity <strong>Tennis</strong> Limited<br />
48 Braeside, Beckenham, Kent BR3 1SU<br />
Phone: 020 8672 8131 (Direct) /<br />
020 8249 3366 (Office)<br />
Fax 020 8249 5669<br />
Mobile: 07967 499 587<br />
Email prisdon@btinternet.com and<br />
celebten@celebritytennis.co.uk<br />
Web www.celebritytennis.co.uk<br />
Contact: Peter Risdon, Chairman<br />
Celebrity <strong>Tennis</strong> is a group of world famous tennis players<br />
who bring a fresh approach to corporate entertainment and<br />
club events by making these activities a little different, more<br />
exciting and, in fact... unique!<br />
The player partners include Jeremy Bates, Pat Cash, Andrew<br />
Castle, Annabel Croft, Jo Durie, Peter Fleming, John Lloyd,<br />
Peter McNamara and Virginia Wade, but the company also<br />
works with many other legendary senior personalities from<br />
around the world.<br />
Celebrity <strong>Tennis</strong> can arrange for tennis fantasies to come true<br />
by finding the right location, helping to set an appropriate<br />
budget and even managing the event if required.<br />
It offers a cost-effective and tailor-made way to arrange<br />
personal appearance by the legends of the game and enhance<br />
most marketing efforts.<br />
CopriSystems Ltd<br />
Broughton Down, Nether Wallop,<br />
Stockbridge, Hampshire SO20 8DS<br />
Phone: 01794 301 000<br />
Fax: 01794 301 342<br />
Email: info@coprisystems.com<br />
Website: www.coprisystems.com<br />
Contact: Vanessa Holmes, Office Manager<br />
<strong>UK</strong> specialists in covering technology for warehousing,<br />
logistics, sports and leisure applications and many other<br />
applications, CopriSystems supplies and erects a wide range<br />
of static, folding and telescopic canopies, domes and tunnel<br />
systems for use by many leading <strong>UK</strong> companies in a wide<br />
variety of industrial, commercial, sports and leisure activities.<br />
CopriSystems covering systems are ideal for tennis courts,<br />
swimming pools, five-a-side football, horse riding and many<br />
other uses.<br />
CopriSystems’ technical expertise, design flexibility,<br />
manufacturing excellence and responsive service have made it<br />
a leader in its field, with few other companies in Europe<br />
offering such a wide range of services.<br />
The company’s extensive knowledge and experience of<br />
lightweight industrial buildings - loading bay canopies,<br />
warehousing, dockshelters and sports and leisure halls -<br />
underpins an unrivalled capability to provide an individual<br />
solution to every project - and ensure that its design and<br />
installation meets the exacting specification required by each<br />
client.<br />
For tennis courts, fixed or telescopic covers are available in<br />
spans ranging from 12m to 40m with unlimited length; each<br />
system custom manufactured and engineered for strength and<br />
durability in high-tensile steel, hot dip galvanised for<br />
corrosion protection.<br />
The cover is manufactured from abrasion resistant, self<br />
extinguishing PVC-coated polyester fabric of 900g/m 2 tested<br />
to BS 5438. Engineered in one piece, the cover is maintained<br />
in tension, giving a combination of strength, durability and<br />
good looks. The cover’s translucent properties allow natural<br />
light to permeate through.<br />
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Daniell Smith Ltd<br />
Email daniellsmithltd@aol.com<br />
Phone 01689 854259<br />
Mobile 07941 236712<br />
Email DaniellSmithLtd@aol.com<br />
Contact Frank Daniell<br />
Daniell Smith specialise in the design of bright<br />
new eye-catching tennis logos and tennis apparel.<br />
Whether one is a recreational participant, or with aspirations<br />
of greater achievements, we have tennis tops for everyone.<br />
These are innovative, exclusive logos available on babies’<br />
bibs and T-shirts, through to teenagers and more mature<br />
adults offering a wide choice of polos and warm-up tops – the<br />
choice is yours!<br />
All merchandise is manufactured on the very best fabrics to<br />
give the wearer ‘the feel good factor’. Take a look at the<br />
selection of accessories – sweat bands, socks, multi-coloured<br />
laces, tennis ball key-rings, jumbo novelty inflatable tennis<br />
balls (which are great for the avid autograph hunter) and even<br />
greetings cards.<br />
Don’t follow the crowd – be a leader – wear your garments<br />
with pride – buy from Daniell Smith.<br />
Product Range: Innovative tennis logos and tennis wear,<br />
produced on high quality fabrics and a wide range of<br />
accessories<br />
David Lloyd Leisure Ltd<br />
Mosquito Way, Hatfield Business Park,<br />
Hatfield, Herts AL10 9AX<br />
Phone 01707 283 500<br />
Web www.davidlloyd.co.uk<br />
Contact Steven Matthews, Sales & Operations Director<br />
The David Lloyd Leisure Group operates 78 clubs in the <strong>UK</strong><br />
and a further 10 sites across Europe. The Group, which is<br />
now Europe’s largest rackets, health and fitness operator, was<br />
formed on the 1st January 2008 following the acquisition of<br />
David Lloyd Leisure Ltd by London & Regional Properties,<br />
owners of Next Generation Clubs.<br />
The group now incorporates 75 David Lloyd Leisure Clubs, 1<br />
Next Generation Club and 2 Harbour Clubs in the <strong>UK</strong>.<br />
There are also 10 sites in Europe including clubs in<br />
Amsterdam, Brussels, Barcelona and Dublin.<br />
The combination of these leading brands in rackets, health<br />
and fitness, has created an extensive portfolio of family<br />
orientated clubs with unrivalled facilities and service levels for<br />
our members.<br />
David Lloyd Leisure has over 450,000 members and employs<br />
some 6000 people; including an expert health & fitness team<br />
of over 750 and more than 350 tennis professionals.<br />
Across all clubs, David Lloyd Leisure has 12,500 exercise<br />
machines, over 150 swimming pools (of which half are<br />
indoor) and offers over 10,000 exercise classes per week.<br />
Our rackets facilities are unparalleled with 700 tennis courts<br />
(over half of which are indoor), as well as 180 badminton<br />
courts and 140 squash courts. Additional facilities include<br />
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health & beauty spas, club lounges with free internet access,<br />
crèches, nurseries and specialist sports shops to name a few.<br />
Dunlop Slazenger International Ltd<br />
Meadow Lane, Shirebrook, Mansfield,<br />
Nottinghamshire, NG20 8RY<br />
Phone: 0870 838 7310<br />
Web www.dunlopsport.com and www.slazenger.com<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> equipment and sports goods manufacturer<br />
Edwards Sport Products Ltd<br />
Unit 8-9 Hounsell Building, North Mills,<br />
Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3BE<br />
Phone: 01308 424 111<br />
Email sales@edsports.co.uk<br />
Web www.edsports.co.uk<br />
Contact Archie Barclay<br />
Founded in 1884 Edwards is the longest established<br />
manufacturer of sports equipment in the U.K. Over the course<br />
of its 126 year history Edwards has developed a pre-eminent<br />
position as the leading supplier of tennis court equipment.<br />
Edwards manufactures and supplies a comprehensive range<br />
of tennis nets, posts, umpires chairs, court surround screens<br />
and accessories to the tennis industry worldwide.<br />
Each year television images of Edwards’s quality equipment<br />
are beamed worldwide during the annual Wimbledon<br />
Championships. Edwards is contracted each year to supply<br />
Slazenger with equipment for the Championships. Recently<br />
Edwards added Beijing 2008 Olympic Games to an evergrowing<br />
roster of prestigious venues where the company’s<br />
equipment has been used and the <strong>2010</strong> Commonwealth<br />
Games in New Delhi will also feature the British<br />
manufacturer’s nets and posts.<br />
Edwards is also the preferred supplier to all of the major<br />
indoor court providers in the U.K.<br />
In addition to tennis equipment Edwards also manufacture a<br />
comprehensive range of football, rugby, hockey and cricket<br />
products. Edwards’s football equipment is in use at the<br />
majority of the Premiership training grounds. Edwards is also<br />
a member of SAPCA and also manufactures a full range of<br />
equipment for use on synthetic pitches.<br />
Product Range: <strong>Tennis</strong> nets, posts, single-sticks,<br />
scoreboards, umpires chairs, measuring sticks, windbreaks,<br />
teaching carts, winders, surround nets, divider nets and<br />
screens. A range of flame retardant nets and screens is also<br />
offered for indoor venues.<br />
Services Provided: Installation service for indoor courts;<br />
backdrop screens, cross-court divisional nets, viewing gallery<br />
protection netting and column protection padding. An<br />
installation service for outdoor windbreaks and cross-court<br />
divisional nets. A printing service for customizing windbreaks<br />
is also available.
European Racquet Stringers Association (ERSA)<br />
Lenaustr.38, 40470 Dusseldorf,<br />
Germany<br />
Phone: 0049 211 87511548<br />
Email: mmaslo3330@aol.com<br />
Web www.ersa-stringers.com<br />
The ERSA offers membership to racket sports manufacturers,<br />
shops, stringers and coaches. Information is supplied through<br />
RacquetTech magazine, The Stringers Digest, ersastringers.com<br />
and ERSA e-newsletters. Workshops are offered<br />
along with internationally accredited certification.<br />
Fotosports International<br />
The Barn, Swanbourne, Bucks<br />
<strong>UK</strong> MK17 0SL<br />
Phone 01296 720773<br />
Email info@fotosports.com<br />
Web www.fotosports.com<br />
Contact Roger Parker<br />
Fotosports International was founded in 1968 - making it one<br />
of the oldest sports picture agencies - and has been covering<br />
top class international and domestic sport ever since.<br />
We continue to supply “live” and archive images to national<br />
and international newspapers, magazines and television and<br />
our Worldwide partners via subscription downloads from our<br />
website and “live” e-mail or ftp push during play.<br />
We have covered every World Cup soccer finals since 1970<br />
and European Soccer Championships since 1984.<br />
Use our online image bank search facility now to browse<br />
350,000 of our current and “archive” soccer, tennis and<br />
Formula One images from a total archive of over 500,000<br />
pictures featuring Soccer - <strong>Tennis</strong> - Golf - NFL - American<br />
Football - Athletics - Motor Sport - Rugby - Cricket etc.<br />
Harrod <strong>UK</strong> Ltd<br />
Pinbush Road, Lowestoft,<br />
Suffolk NR33 7NL<br />
Phone 01502 583 515<br />
Fax 01502 582 456<br />
Email les@harrod.uk.com<br />
Web www.harrod.uk.com<br />
Contact Leslie Saunders, Sales & Marketing Director<br />
Harrod <strong>UK</strong> is the <strong>UK</strong>’s leading sports ground equipment and<br />
netting manufacturer. Based in Suffolk. it produces nets and<br />
posts for tennis as well as equipment for other sports and was<br />
the Official Supplier of Sports Equipment to the Manchester<br />
2002 Commonwealth Games.<br />
The company has supplied equipment to such venues as the<br />
Millennium Stadium, Wembley Stadium, The National Hockey<br />
Stadium, the National Badminton Centre and a host of<br />
Premier League Clubs.<br />
HEAD <strong>UK</strong> Ltd<br />
2 Beezon Road, Kendal,<br />
Cumbria LA9 6BW<br />
Phone 01539 724740<br />
Email info@uk.head.com<br />
Website www.head.com<br />
Contact Dave Shaw<br />
The company’s brand portfolio includes HEAD winter (ski and<br />
boots, snowboard equipment), Tyrolia (ski bindings) HEAD<br />
Racketsports (tennis, squash and badminton equipment),<br />
HEAD/Penn (tennis balls and racquetball balls) and Mares<br />
(diving equipment).<br />
Over the last 50 years, HEAD has earned a reputation as a<br />
leader in developing innovative, high quality and<br />
technologically advanced sporting equipment, which it<br />
typically sells to middle and high price points in the market.<br />
Its products are sold throughout 30,000 accounts in over 80<br />
countries, targeting sports enthusiasts of varying levels of<br />
ability and interest ranging from the novice to the professional<br />
athlete. Most of its sales are in Europe, United States and<br />
Japan, with Europe being HEAD’s largest market.<br />
Hi-Tec Sports <strong>UK</strong> Ltd<br />
Aviation Way, Southend-on-Sea,<br />
Essex SS2 6GH<br />
Phone: 01702 541 741<br />
Fax: 01702 547 947<br />
Email: post@hi-tecsports.com<br />
Website: http://www.hi-tec.com/<br />
Contact: Joe Holland, <strong>UK</strong> Court Manager<br />
HI-TEC builds instantly comfortable lightweight footwear for<br />
the outdoors, golf, and court sport activities.<br />
Why? Because leisure time is too precious to walk around<br />
feeling uncomfortable in your shoes.<br />
Founded in 1974 in the appropriately named village of<br />
Shoeburyness, in Essex, England, HI-TEC’s squash shoe<br />
established the benchmark in athletic footwear and the model<br />
remains Britain’s all time best selling sports shoe model to<br />
this day.<br />
The HI-TEC brand was globally launched in 1982 and became<br />
a casebook study at the Harvard Business School.<br />
Today there are over 500 HI-TEC styles commercialised<br />
throughout 80 countries world-wide, under the Hi-Tec<br />
Outdoor, Hi-Tec Court, Hi-Tec Golf, Hi-Tec Sport, Urban<br />
collections and Magnum brands for sports and footwear<br />
enthusiasts.<br />
Hi-Tec has a rich heritage in tennis with many top players<br />
having worn the brand including Henri Leconte and Annabel<br />
Croft. Hi-Tec was also the Official Shoe of The<br />
Championships, Wimbledon for 8 years.<br />
The company currently employs approximately 500<br />
employees and generates global sales of more than US $250<br />
million.<br />
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IFM Sports Marketing Surveys<br />
The Courtyard, Wisley, Surrey, GU23 6QL<br />
Phone 01932 350 600<br />
Email tonys@sportsmarketingsurveys.com<br />
Web www.sportsmarketingsurveys.com<br />
Contact Tony Scott<br />
IFM Sports Marketing Surveys is the world’s No1 and largest<br />
sports and sponsorship research agency with over 25 years<br />
experience in the sports industry and offices in 20 markets<br />
represented on every Continent.<br />
Working in tennis for this period undertaking spectator<br />
research, sponsorship evaluation, tennis participation studies,<br />
market size and shipment reports, equipment usage census,<br />
retailer attitudes and performance analysis, IFM Sports<br />
Marketing Surveys understands how tennis and sport impacts<br />
on all aspects of a person’s life.<br />
Working with tennis clients ranging from the ITF, ATP and<br />
WTA Tours, to events such as The Championships at<br />
Wimbledon, national and local sponsors, equipment<br />
manufacturers from Babolat to Yonex, and working closely<br />
with the US<strong>TIA</strong>, the <strong>TIA</strong>(<strong>UK</strong>), <strong>Tennis</strong> Europe and National<br />
Federations. We understand tennis and deliver objective and<br />
independent research in all areas to help our clients make<br />
better business decisions and improve their profits.<br />
Contact us to find out how we can help you achieve your<br />
tennis targets, including:<br />
- European <strong>Tennis</strong> participation & lifestyle reports<br />
- European Speciality <strong>Tennis</strong> Retail analysis<br />
- European Market Shipment reports<br />
- Sponsorship Evaluation studies<br />
- <strong>Tennis</strong> Consumer studies<br />
- <strong>Tennis</strong> brand image consultancy<br />
Services Provided: Full market research and sponsorship<br />
research services including:<br />
- Syndicated research<br />
- Bespoke studies & tailor-made research<br />
- <strong>Tennis</strong> & sponsorship publications<br />
- Sport & Sponsorship consultancy<br />
1st Service <strong>Tennis</strong> Limited<br />
18 Derwent Avenue Kingston Vale<br />
London SW15 2RD<br />
Phone 020 2548 8006<br />
Email Paul@1stservicetennis.com<br />
1st Service <strong>Tennis</strong> Limited is a company that provides<br />
coaching services and managing facilities<br />
J B Corrie & Co Ltd<br />
Frenchmans Road, Petersfield,<br />
Hants GU32 3AP<br />
Phone 01730 237 129<br />
Fax 01730 264 915<br />
Email mhickman@jbcorrie.co.uk<br />
Website www.jbcorrie.co.uk<br />
Contact Maurice Hickman, Sales & Marketing Director<br />
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J.B.Corrie is one of the leading manufacturers of <strong>Tennis</strong> Court<br />
and Sports Fencing in the U.K.<br />
Corrie manufacture Tubular <strong>Tennis</strong> Court surrounds as well as<br />
traditional Angle Iron surrounds for supply to most of the<br />
major <strong>Tennis</strong> Court Contractors in the U.K.<br />
The Company moved to its current site in 1946, where it now<br />
employs over 100 staff engaged in the manufacture and<br />
installation of all different kinds of perimeter fencing and<br />
gates.<br />
Corrie also manufacture and install the ServeAce <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
Practice Fence.<br />
J Price (Bath) Ltd<br />
Quarry Hill Works, Box,<br />
Wiltshire SN13 8LH<br />
Phone 01225 742 141<br />
Fax 01225 743 237<br />
Email: tennisquash@pricebathltd.freeserve.co.uk<br />
Web www.jpricebath.co.uk<br />
Contact Derek Price, Managing Director<br />
For over 60 years, Price of Bath have been manufacturing<br />
tennis and squash balls and supplying most, if not all,<br />
international racket companies at some time.<br />
In fact, the company is the only independent developer and<br />
manufacturer of tennis balls in Britain today and the only <strong>UK</strong><br />
ball maker producing mini tennis balls developed for the<br />
Lawn <strong>Tennis</strong> Association. Also make tennis ball key rings<br />
Junior <strong>Tennis</strong> Centres Ltd<br />
PO Box 188, Knaphill, Woking,<br />
Surrey GU21 2HQ<br />
Phone 01482 797 030<br />
Fax 01483 487 040<br />
Email keith.sohl@btinternet.com<br />
Contact Keith Sohl, Managing Director<br />
Junior <strong>Tennis</strong> Centres Ltd is the developer of the Sutton<br />
Junior <strong>Tennis</strong> Centre, the country’s first and only indoor junior<br />
tennis centre, which opened in 1991.<br />
A joint venture between London Borough of Sutton and Junior<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Centres Limited, Sutton Junior <strong>Tennis</strong> Centre has<br />
become the <strong>UK</strong>’s leading tennis centre for the development of<br />
junior performance players and grass-roots tennis.<br />
The company also provides a consultancy service to IBM and<br />
the All England Lawn <strong>Tennis</strong> Club.<br />
K S <strong>UK</strong> Ltd (K-Swiss)<br />
Tannery House, 4 Middle Leigh,<br />
Street, Somerset BA16 0LA<br />
Phone 01458 449 301<br />
Fax 01458 446 536<br />
Email srobins@k-swiss.co.uk<br />
Web http://www.k-swiss.co.uk<br />
Contact Sarah Robins<br />
K-Swiss designs, develops and markets high performance
and recreational footwear and apparel, which is distributed in<br />
the <strong>UK</strong> by K S <strong>UK</strong> limited.<br />
Founded by two Swiss brothers in 1966 in California, K-Swiss<br />
is now sold in Europe, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore,<br />
Australia, New Zealand as well as Central and South America.<br />
London <strong>Tennis</strong> Ltd<br />
13 King Charles Walk,<br />
London SW19 6JA<br />
Phone 020 8789 0482<br />
Email paul@londontennis.co.uk<br />
Web www.londontennis.co.uk<br />
Contact Paul Barton<br />
London <strong>Tennis</strong> is a web based network of London tennis players<br />
and provider of leagues and competitions for adult players.<br />
The company stages competitions such as leagues and an<br />
annual Knock-out tournament.<br />
London <strong>Tennis</strong> is for tennis players of all standards who just<br />
want to get out and play. Use the site for free to find partners,<br />
find courts, and record scores to receive a site ranking which<br />
assists in finding players of a similar standard.<br />
Whether playing ‘friendlies’ or taking part in box leagues and<br />
knockout tournaments, this unique website is a popular<br />
networking hub for London’s tennis players.<br />
There are four league seasons per year, each lasting<br />
approximately twelve weeks and costing £15 each to enter.<br />
Results of all league matches between LTA members are sent<br />
to the LTA and contribute to their national LTA ranking as well<br />
as their London <strong>Tennis</strong> ranking.<br />
4,129 matches have been recorded between London <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
members at 206 different venues across London.<br />
M3 Surveying & Construction Ltd<br />
59 Ash Tree Road, Southampton,<br />
Hampshire SO18 1LY<br />
Phone 07977 567 305<br />
Fax 023 8058 1888<br />
Email marklilley@m3construction.co.uk<br />
Contact Mark Lilley, Director<br />
M3 Construction specialises in the design, construction and<br />
refurbishment of tennis courts and other sports facilities. We<br />
are able to advise on all aspects of the construction of tennis<br />
courts such as surface, floodlighting and fencing.<br />
The company is run by Mark Lilley (BEng), a Civil Engineer,<br />
who is also a keen tennis player when time allows.<br />
Product Range: tennis courts; synthetic and natural turf<br />
pitches; athletics tracks; multi-use games areas; cricket<br />
facilities; bowling greens; and petanque rinks.<br />
Services Provided: design, construction, refurbishment<br />
and maintenance of outdoor sports facilities<br />
Midland CSB Ltd<br />
8a Holly Court, Holly Farm Business Park,<br />
Honiley, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV3 1NP<br />
Phone 01926 484 530<br />
Email kallan@midlandcsb.co.uk<br />
Web www.midlandcsb.co.uk<br />
Contact Ken Allan<br />
MCSB is a growing Warwickshire based company working<br />
throughout the <strong>UK</strong>. Primarily involved with the construction,<br />
refurbishment and maintenance of multi-use sports areas and<br />
civil engineering works. Principal contractor member of<br />
SAPCA.<br />
Product Range: Synthetic sports surfaces to include<br />
tarmacadam, for use with tennis, football, hockey, netball and<br />
rugby.<br />
Services Provided: Construction of multi-use games areas<br />
and to include additional sporting facilities and general civil<br />
engineering works.<br />
Milliken Woollen Speciality Products<br />
Lodgemore Mills, Stroud,<br />
Gloucestershire GL5 3EJ<br />
Phone 01453 764 456<br />
Fax 01453 752 919<br />
Email Duncan.Kettell@milliken.com<br />
Web www.milliken-wsp.com<br />
Contact Duncan Kettell, Marketing Director<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> ball cloth or melton has been manufactured at our factory<br />
in the West of England since the early 20th century, originally<br />
under the Playne’s name that’s still recognised today.<br />
Nearly 100 years of tradition and highly sophisticated<br />
manufacturing techniques have been combined to produce a<br />
superior performing product, which is now the choice of all the<br />
leading manufacturers and brands in the tennis industry.<br />
Our resume includes Dunlop Fort, Slazenger Wimbledon, Head<br />
ATP, Tretorn, Tecnifibre, Wilson Tour and the Wilson US Open<br />
tennis ball brands.<br />
Playne’s tennis cloth by Milliken is selected for three grand slam<br />
tournaments; Wimbledon, the French Open and the Australian<br />
Open, and many other major tournaments around the world.<br />
Next Generation Club Swindon<br />
Kembrey Park, Kembrey Street,<br />
Swindon SN2 8LY<br />
Phone 020 7751 9443<br />
Web www.redefineyourself.co.uk<br />
With some of the best sports, fitness and leisure facilities in<br />
Europe, you’ll find the Next Generation feels like your family’s<br />
home from home. Come and take a dip in our fabulous indoor<br />
or outdoor pool, play on our superb tennis courts and work<br />
out in our state-of-the-art gym. Then spoil yourself in our<br />
luxurious Spa. Or, just sit back and enjoy a drink and meal in<br />
our restaurant and bar and then unwind on our terrace<br />
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Prestige Promotions<br />
Churchill House, 107 High Street,<br />
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, HP4 2DG<br />
Phone: 01442 879000<br />
Fax: 01442 870999<br />
Email: sales@prestigepromotions.co.uk<br />
Website : http://www.prestige-promotions.co.uk/<br />
Contact: Clive B Thomas, Chairman<br />
Clive B Thomas founded Prestige Promotions in 1976 to cater<br />
for creative hospitality concepts and they have been turning<br />
events into occasions ever since.<br />
A former tennis writer and player, Clive loves the game and<br />
relishes every opportunity to focus his company’s talents<br />
around the sport whenever possible.<br />
With the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals arriving in at<br />
London’s O2 Arena, Prestige Promotions now has a flagship<br />
venue for its corporate hospitality outlet.<br />
Prestige Promotions offers to turn corporate and personal<br />
events into that special occasion and can do so in a myriad of<br />
different ways, including hosting at the traditional English<br />
Season, in sport or at the theatre, concerts and gigs.<br />
The company also has a unique Royal connection and can<br />
arrange private occasions at Buckingham Palace, Royal Yacht<br />
Britannia, Windsor Castle, The Queen’s Gallery at Buckingham<br />
Palace and Clarence House.<br />
For tailor-made parties, incentives, and weekends away,<br />
contact Prestige Promotions now or visit their website.<br />
Prince Sports Europe Ltd<br />
Thames House, 116 High Street,<br />
Hampton Hill, Middlesex TW12 1NT<br />
Phone 020 8973 0310<br />
Email jonballardie@princesports.co.uk<br />
Web www.princetennis.com<br />
Contact Jon Ballardie<br />
At Prince, tennis is really all we think about – because it is all<br />
we do. Therefore we are always putting the tennis player first.<br />
Since its inception, this privately held company has grown to<br />
represent the highest quality, most visionary products and<br />
programs in the sport, along the way becoming one of the<br />
most respected, far reaching and successful brands. The<br />
Prince name is synonymous with tennis excellence with a<br />
trademark that is one of the most prestigious and well-known<br />
in the sporting goods industry.<br />
Product Range includes tennis rackets (performance, club,<br />
junior, play & stay); tennis balls; tennis footwear; tennis<br />
apparel and accessories; tennis strings, grips & racket<br />
accessories; racket sport bags; stringing machines; dynamic<br />
racket testing machines; play & stay mini-tennis; on court<br />
equipment & accessories.<br />
Professional Sport <strong>UK</strong> Ltd<br />
18/19 Shaftesbury Quay, Hertford, Herts. SG14 1SF<br />
Phone: 01992 505000<br />
Fax: 01992 505020<br />
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Email: pictures@prosport.co.uk<br />
Website: www.prosport.co.uk<br />
Contact: Marina Palmer<br />
Professional Sport is a specialist sports library. We can<br />
provide award-winning photographs, covering a range of over<br />
one hundred sports, from major international to local amateur<br />
events. Our photographers supply the library with highly<br />
creative images and also undertake commissions. We offer an<br />
efficient and fast service for your specific requirements.<br />
Images are available as transparencies or by digital<br />
transmission.<br />
Client List: Advertising, design and PR agencies, Sports<br />
Associations and sports sponsors. <strong>Book</strong> and magazine<br />
publishers. On-line services, press and TV worldwide.<br />
Specialities: <strong>Tennis</strong>, football and rugby. Size of library: Over a<br />
million images.<br />
Pure Alpine Holidays<br />
PO Box 40, Hove, East Sussex<br />
BN3 5WL<br />
Phone: 01273 778006<br />
Email kasia@purealpineholidays.co,uk<br />
Web www.purealpineholidays.co.uk<br />
Contact Kaisa Chmielewska<br />
Pure Alpine Holidays specialises in tailor-made tennis, ski<br />
and activity holidays to Austria, France, Italy and Switzerland.<br />
The hand-picked resorts – Brand and Mittleberg in Austria,<br />
Serre Chevalier in France, Madesimo in Italy and Savognin in<br />
Switzerland – offer beautiful settings, excellent facilities,<br />
comfortable accommodation, great skiing and high-quality<br />
tennis tuition.<br />
We offer the unique concept of a ‘tennis and ski holiday’ in all<br />
our resorts. In the winter you can ski and play tennis on<br />
excellent indoor courts on the same holiday. In the summer,<br />
you can play tennis in stunning settings with great weather<br />
whilst enjoying all the benefits of a summer mountain holiday.<br />
Two dedicated weeks in the summer are hosted by former top<br />
<strong>UK</strong> and world ranked players, Julie Pullin, Lorna Woodroffe<br />
and Karen Cross.<br />
Product Range: Winter –<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> & Ski Holidays – all resorts<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Holidays – all resorts<br />
Tailor-made ski weeks for beginners, nervous skiers, mature<br />
skiers, families – all resorts<br />
Ski & Cook holiday in Madesimo, Italy<br />
Summer –<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Holidays - 3 & 5 day courses - all resorts<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Camps - Austria, France & Switzerland<br />
Weekend Breaks - Austria, France & Switzerland<br />
Doubles Match Tactics Weekends - Austria & France<br />
Pro hosted tennis weeks<br />
Junior <strong>Tennis</strong> Exchange programme<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Holidays in Brighton
Sports and Play Construction Association (SAPCA)<br />
Federation House, Stoneleigh Park,<br />
Warwickshire CV8 2RF<br />
Phone 024 7641 6316<br />
Fax 024 7641 4773<br />
Email info@sapca.org.uk<br />
Web www.sapca.org.uk<br />
Contact Chris Trickey, Chief Executive<br />
SAPCA is the recognised trade organisation in the <strong>UK</strong> for the<br />
tennis court construction industry, and represents specialist<br />
builders of tennis courts, manufacturers and suppliers of<br />
tennis surfaces and related equipment, as well as independent<br />
tennis facility consultants.<br />
The Association plays an important role in the promotion of<br />
high standards for tennis and other sports facilities.<br />
Membership signifies professional competence and<br />
performance through compliance with SAPCA’s Codes of<br />
Practice.<br />
Scorpion Sports Gifts<br />
12 Burnmoor View, Ingleton, Carnforth,<br />
Lancs LA6 3BL<br />
Tel 01524 242262<br />
Email: jane@scorpionsportsgifts.com<br />
Web: www.scorpionsportsgifts.com<br />
Scorpion Sports Gifts is an online retailer of a wide variety of<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Gifts including tennis themed stationery items,<br />
notebooks, jewellery, key rings, net-checks, novelty grips and<br />
dampeners. We also make up party bags for retail customers<br />
and clubs/centres.<br />
We are a Trade supplier to coaches and clubs, offering<br />
coaches the chance to take advantage of Trade Prices on<br />
products to use as prizes in their coaching programmes.<br />
Many of our products are ideal for Mini <strong>Tennis</strong> and Club<br />
Tournament prizes.<br />
Our customer base stretches the length and breadth of the<br />
country and we keep our customers up to date with the<br />
addition of new products to our range with a regular (but not<br />
too regular!) newsletter.<br />
Product Range: <strong>Tennis</strong> themed gifts: stationery items,<br />
notebooks, jewellery, key rings, net-checks, novelty grips,<br />
dampeners, Party Bags.<br />
Services provided: Supply our products at trade prices to<br />
coaches and clubs for use as prizes in tennis coaching<br />
programmes, mini tennis and club tournaments.<br />
SLSP<br />
44 Hill Street, Richmond,Surrey<br />
TW9 1TW<br />
Phone 07702 124393<br />
Email sallylockyer@aol.com<br />
Website: www.SALLYLOCKYER.com<br />
Contact Sally Lockyer<br />
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commercial services to the sports, music and media sectors<br />
in the <strong>UK</strong> and Australia. With extensive experience of major<br />
events (Olympics, Commonwealth Games, World<br />
Championships); sports brands (Nike Europe, Reebok, Kappa,<br />
Lotto); sponsorship (Microsoft, Virgin, Coca-Cola,<br />
Prudential); leisure operators (David Lloyd Leisure) and in the<br />
music business providing technology to some of the world’s<br />
largest tours (Live 8, Madonna, Il Divo, Spice Girls and<br />
Robbie Williams). The company is headed by Sally Lockyer, a<br />
Board Member of the <strong>TIA</strong>.<br />
Slazenger<br />
See Dunlop Slazenger International<br />
www.slazenger.com<br />
Sport Wins<br />
PO Box 238, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 5WT<br />
Phone: 01737 831707<br />
Mobile: 07904 526779<br />
Email: gilly@sportwins.co.uk<br />
Website: www.sportwins.co.uk<br />
Contact details Gilly English<br />
Sport Wins was set up specifically to organise sporting events<br />
and initiatives on behalf of the governing bodies and<br />
sponsors of sport.<br />
Specialising in the grass roots of sport, and offering services<br />
of administration and organisation for all aspects of events or<br />
programmes, Sport Wins has extensive experience of<br />
organising national and international schools events and<br />
development programmes on behalf of the national governing<br />
bodies.<br />
We also assist with applications for funding from government<br />
and other agencies and help in the organisation of fundraising<br />
and promotional activities.<br />
Sport Wins is currently contracted to raise funds and<br />
administer The Dan Maskell <strong>Tennis</strong> Trust, a charity which<br />
helps disabled people to play tennis.<br />
Our other major contract is providing administrative services<br />
to the <strong>Tennis</strong> Industry Association <strong>UK</strong> Ltd, the only official<br />
trade association solely for tennis businesses.<br />
Sportsequip.co.uk<br />
Boyd Sport & Play Limited trading as<br />
sportsequip.co.uk<br />
The Manor, Tur Langton,<br />
Leicestershire LE8 0PJ<br />
Phone 01858 545 789<br />
Fax 01858 545 890<br />
Email sales@sportsequip.co.uk<br />
Web www.sportsequip.co.uk<br />
Contact Robert Boyd, Managing Director<br />
sportsequip.co.uk is Britain’s leading online supplier of tennis<br />
products offering a wide choice of tennis nets and posts,<br />
winders & handles, net straps & adjusters, ball machines, ball<br />
baskets, tennis court accessories and court maintenance
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equipment for porous macadam, acrylic, grass, artificial<br />
grass, clay and shale courts.<br />
The company also supplies new court starter packs, moss<br />
killers and court maintenance products.<br />
Product Range: <strong>Tennis</strong> Posts, <strong>Tennis</strong> Nets, Winders &<br />
Handles, Net Straps & Adjusters, Ball Machines, Ball Baskets,<br />
New Court Starter Packs, Moss Killers, Court Maintenance<br />
Summit Structures Ltd.<br />
1-8 Enterprise Glade, Bath Yard,<br />
Moira, Swadlincote,<br />
Derbyshire DE12 6BA<br />
Phone: +44 (0) 1283 554120<br />
Email: info@summitstructures.com<br />
Web: www.summitstructures.com<br />
Contact: Keith Dexter<br />
Summit Structures is the foremost steel-framed, engineered<br />
fabric building supplier which offers design, construction, and<br />
project management services to clients worldwide. Summit<br />
Structures® buildings are manufactured by Cover-All<br />
Building Systems, Inc. at an ISO 9001:2000 certified<br />
manufacturing facility. Our state-of-the-art 170,000 square<br />
foot manufacturing facility is a true benchmark within the<br />
industry, using the most innovative systems and machinery.<br />
We are so confident in our products that we have established<br />
our manufacturing plants inside TITAN® buildings - one of<br />
the products for which Summit Structures is renowned.<br />
Summit Structures believes in excellence in every aspect of<br />
business and promotes an entrepreneurial spirit making<br />
excellence achievable.<br />
Product Range: Summit Structures is a provider of steelframed,<br />
engineered fabric buildings. Our buildings can be<br />
custom designed to meet your application, 5.5 m wide to 90m<br />
wide and to any length required.<br />
Services Provided: Summit Structures offers design,<br />
construction, and project management services to clients<br />
worldwide.<br />
Sunbaba Systems Ltd<br />
(Head Office)<br />
Sunbaba House, Dullingham,<br />
Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 9XA<br />
Phone 01638 507684<br />
London Office:<br />
Suite 222, Legacy Business Centre, 2a Ruckholt Rd., Leyton,<br />
London E10 5NP<br />
Phone 020 8988 9100<br />
Email info@sunbaba.co.uk<br />
Web www.sunbaba.co.uk<br />
Contact Jan Booth, Managing Director<br />
Sunbaba is one of the <strong>UK</strong>’s leading suppliers of Austronet<br />
plain and over printed tennis windbreaks and Event Branding<br />
solutions. Our years of experience and a wide range of plain<br />
and printable materials including soft fabrics and rigid<br />
materials, enable us to deliver outstanding results.<br />
We don’t just sell branding, we offer a service with advice and<br />
support, right from the start of a project through to<br />
completion.<br />
Sunbaba are committed to sustainability in line with the<br />
principles of BS 8910 and ISO 14001 and we work closely<br />
with our suppliers and clients to minimise the environmental,<br />
social and economic impact of our products and, in turn, of<br />
the events where they are used.<br />
Product Range: Plain and Over printed <strong>Tennis</strong> Windbreaks,<br />
14 different Austronet fabric colours, 2 weights/air<br />
permeability.<br />
Banners and branding for <strong>Tennis</strong> Events and Tournaments.<br />
Sutton <strong>Tennis</strong> Academy<br />
Rosehill Park, Sutton, Surrey<br />
SM1 3HH<br />
Phone: 0208 641 6611<br />
Fax: 0208 641 9676<br />
Email: info@suttontennisacademy.com<br />
Web www.suttontennisacademy.com<br />
Contact Helen George, Facility Manager<br />
Sutton <strong>Tennis</strong> Academy was the country’s first indoor junior<br />
tennis centre. It opened in 1991 as a joint venture between<br />
London borough of Sutton and Junior <strong>Tennis</strong> Centres. 19<br />
years on, the centre has now become the <strong>UK</strong>’s leading tennis<br />
centre for the development of junior performance players.<br />
Whilst it is London’s premier facility the academy offers a<br />
flexible approach to meet the training and practice<br />
requirements of all ages and levels of player, including<br />
professional, full –time, and junior performance players as<br />
well as beginners. We also have adult coaching programmes<br />
and operate a number of evening squads for beginner,<br />
intermediate and advanced players.<br />
The Centre offers excellent facilities including 11 indoor<br />
acrylic, 8 clay and 5 outdoor acrylic courts, a luxury health<br />
and fitness suit, sports injury clinic, a relaxing sports lounge,<br />
indoor and outdoor viewing areas, a junior gm and<br />
function/conference facilities.<br />
TAB Services<br />
45 Signal Road, Grantham, NG31 9BL<br />
Telephone: 08456 434822<br />
E-mail: info@tabservices.co.uk<br />
Web: www.tabservices.co.uk<br />
Contact: Ian Beswick<br />
TAB Services – offering sales and marketing consultancy<br />
Teddy <strong>Tennis</strong> Ltd<br />
Elmdene, Milton Road, Shipton-Under-Wychwood,<br />
Chipping Norton, West Oxfordshire OX7 6BD<br />
Phone 0845 643 1173<br />
Email stephen@teddytennis.com<br />
Website www.teddytennis.com<br />
Contact Stephen Bean<br />
Teddy <strong>Tennis</strong> is a new coaching method that inspires children<br />
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aged 3½ to 7½ to play tennis and get active.<br />
Teddy <strong>Tennis</strong> creatively connects to children through music,<br />
pictures, stories and teddy bear characters making learning<br />
the elementary skills of tennis exciting & fun. The lessons<br />
match a child’s development level with activities that cover a<br />
combination of movement, racket and ball skills. The<br />
programme works brilliantly as children just love playing<br />
Teddy <strong>Tennis</strong>.<br />
Teddy <strong>Tennis</strong> is a ‘must have’ programme for any sports or<br />
leisure centre because it will bring in new business<br />
opportunities in ‘off-peak’ times as Teddy <strong>Tennis</strong> busy periods<br />
are weekday mornings and afternoons, as well as at<br />
weekends. Once established, Teddy <strong>Tennis</strong> will generate<br />
between £40,000 - £120,000 incremental revenue per year<br />
using existing in-house resources.<br />
Benefits offered: Enhances the family membership offering<br />
of the centre.<br />
Provides new income source – fees from lessons (and<br />
membership)<br />
Provides new secondary income source (i.e. parents spend<br />
whilst waiting for classes to finish)<br />
Provides tertiary income source – resale of teddy <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
equipment and merchandise<br />
Enhances perceived value of centre to families<br />
Optimises use of centre in off peak periods<br />
Sets up a feeder stream for other activities in the centre<br />
Can be delivered in a variety of locations inside and outside<br />
the centre<br />
Provides coaching staff with work in off peak periods<br />
Teddy <strong>Tennis</strong> is a structured system with detailed lesson plans<br />
making the task of preparation and teaching straight forward<br />
Does not need a tennis court, just some space, indoors or<br />
outdoors.<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Emporium Ltd<br />
5701 Fox Gate Lane, Midlothian,<br />
Virginia 23112, USA<br />
Phone: +1 804 484 0276<br />
Email: zanevans@compuserve.com<br />
Contact: Richard Evans, Managing Director<br />
The Grand Slam of shopping, <strong>Tennis</strong> Emporium brings<br />
together the merchandise of the ‘Big 7’ under one roof for the<br />
first time ever at the London <strong>Tennis</strong> Show <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
Branded goods from Wimbledon, Roland Garros, Australia<br />
and the US Open are available to purchase alongside those of<br />
the ATP World Tour and the International <strong>Tennis</strong> Federation.<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Interlink Ltd<br />
48 Braeside, Beckenham, Kent BR3 1SU<br />
Phone: 020 8249 3366<br />
Fax 020 8249 5669<br />
Email tenlink@ntlworld.com<br />
Contact: Barbara Wancke, Managing Director<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Interlink is a tennis consultancy business dealing in<br />
most aspects of the game but particularly specialising in<br />
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Sport England Lottery funding and event management.<br />
The company is run by Barbara Wancke who has been a<br />
sports administrator for over 35 years with a well-proven track<br />
record and a wealth of experience. She was Director of<br />
Women’s <strong>Tennis</strong> at the ITF for 10 years, before which she held<br />
posts at IMG and Dunlop Sports Co Ltd.<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Interlink has already helped clubs and other<br />
organisations to secure over £1 million in funding for our<br />
sport and offers a free consultation on any project before<br />
quoting for its services.<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Today Ltd<br />
Cedar Lodge, Howe Road,<br />
Watlington,<br />
Oxfordshire, OX49 5ER<br />
Phone 01491 612042<br />
e-mail: info@tennis-today.net<br />
web: www.tennis-today.net<br />
Publishers of tennis literature and tennis related websites,<br />
www.tennis-today.net www.tennisclubnews.co.uk and<br />
www.juniortennisgb.co.uk<br />
Additional services include setting up of websites, public<br />
relations and promotions.<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>head<br />
Barry House, 20-22 Worple Road,<br />
London SW19 4DH<br />
Phone 020 8947 0100<br />
Email bmarrison@tennishead.net<br />
Web; tennishead.net<br />
Contact: Bridget Marrison<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>head is the leading British tennis magazine, published<br />
six times a year; a website and a revolutionary digital<br />
magazine (www.tennisheadezine.net).<br />
Product Range: tennishead is busting with original features,<br />
player interviews, expert coaching and fitness advice, the<br />
most comprehensive gear and travel reviews, unique photos<br />
and videos. All content is produced in the <strong>UK</strong> by a dynamic<br />
young team of content producers.<br />
Services Provided: tennishead runs the official websites for<br />
British players Anne Keothavong<br />
(www.annekeothavong.co.uk) and Ross Hutchins<br />
(www.rosshutchins.net)<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>life <strong>UK</strong><br />
Ground Floor, Breakspear Park,<br />
Breakspear Way, Hemel Hempstead,<br />
Herts, HP2 4TZ<br />
Phone: 01442 345 001<br />
Email: diana@tennislife.com<br />
Web: www.tennislife.co.uk<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>life <strong>UK</strong> Magazine is part of the world’s largest<br />
independent tennis publishing house which includes <strong>Tennis</strong>life<br />
US, <strong>Tennis</strong>life en espanol, <strong>Tennis</strong>life KZ (Kzakstan) and
Directory of <strong>TIA</strong> <strong>UK</strong> Members<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>life Ireland. Now the only tennis magazine published 9<br />
times a year, <strong>Tennis</strong>life offers its readers both print and digital<br />
subscriptions together with a website constantly updated<br />
throughout the Grand Slams and Masters Series.<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>life distributes 25,000 copies per issue. <strong>Tennis</strong>life is<br />
available in WH Smith, independent newsagents and sports<br />
shops. It is distributed to every tennis club in the <strong>UK</strong> and<br />
10,000 copies are produced for, and distributed throughout,<br />
David Lloyd Leisure Clubs nationwide. <strong>Tennis</strong>life is the<br />
official magazine for the David Lloyd Leisure All Stars<br />
Programme.<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>life offers an independent and unbiased view with<br />
editorial including international tour, <strong>UK</strong> Pro watch,<br />
instruction, health & fitness, travel, product review and more.<br />
Some of the world’s leading international tennis experts write<br />
for <strong>Tennis</strong>life including Nick Bollettieri, Joe Dinoffer, Paul<br />
Fein, Vince Spadea and Leif Shiras.<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>coach<strong>UK</strong> (The British Coaches’ Association)<br />
Neville Lodge, Newbridge Crescent,<br />
Wolverhampton WV6 0LH<br />
Phone 01902 0758 500<br />
Fax 01902 744 435<br />
Email mailto: enquiries@tenniscoachuk.co.uk<br />
Web www.tenniscoachuk.com<br />
Contact Sharon Cooper<br />
The British <strong>Tennis</strong> Coaches’ Association (BTCA) trading as<br />
tenniscoach<strong>UK</strong> is a professional body for tennis coaches and<br />
assistants in Britain.<br />
It is the only independent trade association for coaches in<br />
Britain, i.e. we do not provide coach certification services and<br />
so provide impartial advice to coaches and assistants<br />
irrespective of their qualification or who they are working for.<br />
tenniscoach<strong>UK</strong> has almost 3,000 members, including many of<br />
the leading coaches in Britain and represents coaches with a<br />
wide variety of qualifications and nationalities.<br />
tenniscoach<strong>UK</strong> is run by an National Board and a team of staff<br />
based at the head office in Wolverhampton.<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>Wire Network<br />
330 Third Avenue, 14th Floor,<br />
New York, NY 10010 USA<br />
Phone: +1-212-682-6829<br />
Fax: +1-212-684-6829<br />
Mobile: +1-212-844-9274<br />
Email: lhoran@tenniswire.org<br />
Web: www.<strong>Tennis</strong>Wire.org,<br />
www.WorkIn<strong>Tennis</strong>.com,<br />
www.<strong>Tennis</strong>Puzzles.com,<br />
and www.Hello<strong>Tennis</strong>.com<br />
Contact: Liza Horan, Editor and Publisher<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>Wire Network consists of four websites, an email<br />
database and social media efforts to inform international<br />
industry stakeholders, media and enthusiasts about tennis<br />
products, services and developments in the sport. Brands like<br />
Wilson, HEAD/Penn, Prince, USPTA and USTA Eastern use<br />
the super-targeted online platform to gain visibility in the<br />
marketplace by distributing press releases and more. Through<br />
a special partnership, <strong>TIA</strong> <strong>UK</strong> members qualify for special<br />
rates for <strong>Tennis</strong>Wire “Newsmaker” plans (details on<br />
www.tiauk.org).<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>Wire.org provides “industry news from the sources”<br />
through a searchable database of press releases and company<br />
profiles, plus exclusive Q&A columns with tennis sponsors,<br />
leaders and personalities.<br />
WorkIn<strong>Tennis</strong>.com is a career center with employer profiles,<br />
candidate resumes, job listings, the “I Love My Job!” column,<br />
and a column (blog.WorkIn<strong>Tennis</strong>.com) written by the next<br />
generation of tennis industry insiders.<br />
Hello<strong>Tennis</strong>.com is an editorial column featuring news, trends,<br />
happenings and insight on what’s happening in the industry.<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>Puzzles.com offers free tennis-themed games for online<br />
and offline play. <strong>Tennis</strong> fans can test their knowledge with our<br />
Grand Slam editions of crossword, wordoku and wordsearch.<br />
Sponsorship is available and included custom-tailored<br />
themes to promote your tennis business.<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>Wire Bulletin is a monthly email newsletter providing<br />
news, features, research and opportunities for those who work<br />
in the sport or are consumed by it as a fan or player. The<br />
focus is tennis’ growth through business and recreational<br />
participation.<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>Wire Media Alert is a weekly email newsletter to verified<br />
journalists and editors who cover tennis and sports. Each<br />
Monday it carries top headlines from <strong>Tennis</strong>Wire<br />
“Newsmakers,” media event details, story ideas and more.<br />
Twitter.com/<strong>Tennis</strong>Wire is a stream of postings on news and<br />
items of interest for those covering, watching or working in<br />
the game.<br />
Facebook page and “<strong>Tennis</strong>Wire Friends” group: Staying<br />
connected to you and your audience of industry insiders,<br />
media and tennis enthusiasts.<br />
The Dan Maskell <strong>Tennis</strong> Trust<br />
c/o Sport Wins, PO Box 238, Tadworth, KT20 5WT<br />
Tel 01737 831707<br />
Email: danmaskell@sportwins.co.uk<br />
Website: www.danmaskelltennistrust.org.uk<br />
Contact: Gilly English, Fundraiser/Administrator<br />
The Dan Maskell <strong>Tennis</strong> Trust was set up as part of the <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
Foundation’s commitment to make tennis accessible to<br />
everyone. The Trust has recently acquired its own charitable<br />
status and is now an independent charity.<br />
Its aims are to raise money to help disabled people to play<br />
tennis in three main areas:- wheelchair tennis, deaf tennis and<br />
tennis for people with learning disabilities.<br />
The Trust is named after the late Dan Maskell, the BBC TV<br />
commentator known affectionately as ‘the voice of<br />
Wimbledon’.<br />
Dan had a special empathy with disabled players and was<br />
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awarded an OBE in 1945 for his work as the RAF’s first<br />
rehabilitation Officer.<br />
The Trust’s role is to be a charitable provider of tennis<br />
wheelchairs and associated equipment/coaching bags as well<br />
as being the grant-aiding body for disability groups,<br />
associations, club programmes and individuals for any<br />
disability<br />
The Golf Show Group Ltd<br />
Forge Fields, Underriver, Sevenoaks,<br />
Kent TN15 0SB<br />
Tel: 01732 836100<br />
Fax: 01732 838034<br />
Email: colin@golfshowco.com<br />
Web: www.londontennisshow.com<br />
Contact: Colin Brunton, Managing Director<br />
The Golf Show Group has successfully organized Golf Shows<br />
over the past five years at both the ExCel Exhibition Centre in<br />
London and the NEC in Birmingham. Following their success,<br />
the company, in conjunction with the <strong>TIA</strong> <strong>UK</strong>, is adding the<br />
London <strong>Tennis</strong> Show to the ExCel edition of the London Golf<br />
Show to highlight tennis products and services to both<br />
general consumers and the trade.<br />
The Harbour Club<br />
Watermeadow Lane, London SW6 2RR<br />
Phone 020 7751 9443<br />
Web www.harbourclub.co.uk<br />
Generally acknowledged as the finest Club in London, ranking<br />
amongst the best in the world, the Harbour Club offers<br />
members an unrivalled selection of facilities and services.<br />
The beauty of the Harbour Club, and what makes it so special<br />
compared to any other club in town, is that it complements<br />
every individual and family lifestyle, offering space, an<br />
unrivalled selection of facilities and services and style.<br />
Whatever you want from a club; somewhere to exercise or<br />
swim, play competitive or social tennis, or a place to spend<br />
time with your family, the Harbour Club fits the bill perfectly.<br />
And by having everything in one place, it’s so much easier to<br />
juggle hectic personal and professional lives, which is why<br />
members spend so much time here!<br />
The Queen’s Club<br />
Palliser Road, West Kensington, London W14 9EQ<br />
Phone 020 7386 3400<br />
Fax 020 7386 8295<br />
Web www.queensclub.co.uk<br />
Home of the AEGON Championships, The Queen’s Club<br />
boasts 28 outdoor Lawn <strong>Tennis</strong> courts, of which 12 are<br />
arguably the finest grass courts in the world, 8 indoor Lawn<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> courts, 2 Real <strong>Tennis</strong> courts, 2 Rackets courts, 3<br />
Squash courts and the latest addition - a new gymnasium.<br />
The Club also offers excellent hospitality facilities, including<br />
an elegant Restaurant, Cafe, Real <strong>Tennis</strong> Museum, and<br />
President’s Room - all located within the Members’<br />
Clubhouse.<br />
The Riverside Health & Racquets Club<br />
Ducks Hill Road, Northwood, Middlesex HA6 2DR<br />
Phone 01923 848 000<br />
Fax 01923 840 166<br />
Web www.esporta.com<br />
The Riverside Club is the Northwood home of Esporta.<br />
The Silver <strong>Tennis</strong> Collection Ltd<br />
PO Box 25746, Wimbledon,<br />
London SW20 0WG<br />
Phone: 0753 857 6470<br />
Email silvertennis@btinternet.com<br />
Web www.silvertenniscollection.com<br />
Contact: Robert Fuller<br />
Specialist dealer in tennis jewellery, gifts and antiquities.<br />
Supplier of tennis trophies and awards plus trophy restoration<br />
and engraving service. Can provide Exhibitions on the History<br />
of <strong>Tennis</strong>.<br />
Product Range: <strong>Tennis</strong> Jewellery, gifts, trophies, corporate<br />
gifts, exhibitions of tennis history with rare original<br />
memorabilia 1850-1970<br />
Services Provided: Trophy restoration and engraving<br />
The Smash!<br />
2 Nursery Cottages, Off Watford Road,<br />
St Albans,<br />
Herts AL1 2AQ<br />
Phone 00968 2468 2924<br />
Fax 00968 2469 7609<br />
Email jaymzlincoln@yahoo.co<br />
The Smash!” is a fictional novel by James Harbridge, a<br />
litigation lawyer who is a partner in an international law firm<br />
in Muscat, Oman as well as an accomplished author.<br />
The book takes off at the Wimbledon tennis championships<br />
which are in turmoil with the murder of the men’s number 1<br />
player. The many suspects include a bad boy Bollywood film<br />
star, a maverick sports agent, a corrupt umpire, but perhaps<br />
most importantly, some top stars of women’s tennis as well.<br />
Tabloid journalist Terry Proudley, a nondescript dreamer, joins<br />
forces with glamorous policewoman Verita Sassi to track<br />
down the culprit, never guessing that the quest for justice will<br />
take them to the south of France, then India...and beyond.<br />
So who is the murderer? And who will win the coveted<br />
women’s Wimbledon title? Find out in “The Smash”!<br />
Published by Pen Press Publishers Ltd (July 1, 2008 / ISBN-<br />
10: 1906206775 / ISBN-13: 978-1906206772), “The Smash!”<br />
is available from amazon.co.uk and most quality bookstores.<br />
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The <strong>Tennis</strong> <strong>Book</strong>shop<br />
Oaklands Farm Cottage,<br />
West Lavington,<br />
Midhurst, West Sussex GU29 0EJ<br />
Phone: 01730 816 116<br />
Email: alan@tennisbookshop.com<br />
Web: www.tennisbookshop.com<br />
Contact: Alan Chalmers<br />
Trading quality literature related to racket sports. The <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
<strong>Book</strong>shop was established in September 1988 by Alan<br />
Chalmers as a specialist catalogue dealer in printed matter<br />
related to Lawn <strong>Tennis</strong>, Real/Court <strong>Tennis</strong>, Rackets/Racquets,<br />
and Squash Rackets, there being at the time no other<br />
specialist dealers in these fields, though most other sports<br />
were well covered.<br />
Since then, several others have set up similar businesses, but<br />
the <strong>Tennis</strong> <strong>Book</strong>shop makes a strong claim to be the world’s<br />
leading dealer.<br />
Alan Chalmers played squash rackets and lawn tennis for 30<br />
years, and real tennis for the last 20 years. He has also<br />
organised many tennis and squash tournaments from club up<br />
to international level, and written the internet ball-by-ball<br />
reports on several of the recent world real tennis<br />
championship eliminator matches.<br />
Over the past three decades he has also worked on the Centre<br />
Court at Wimbledon overseeing the arrangements for the<br />
writing journalists and the competitors, and in that time<br />
amassed hundreds of journalists as friends and<br />
acquaintances.<br />
The <strong>Tennis</strong> <strong>Book</strong>shop philosophy is that only very good<br />
condition books are acceptable to customers, and even now,<br />
stocks no titles published after 1935 that are not in their<br />
original dust-wrappers.<br />
Business is promoted by the issue of over 65 quarterly<br />
Newsletters, each of six pages which are mailed to customers<br />
in around sixty countries as well as via use of the internet and<br />
e-mails that now constitute about 75% of orders.<br />
Product Range: A very wide range of literature on real/court<br />
tennis, lawn tennis, rackets/racquets, and squash rackets.<br />
Titles traded range in date from 1500 to 2009.<br />
Services Provided: Valuations, collections purchased,<br />
exhibitions staged at major <strong>UK</strong> tennis events.<br />
The <strong>Tennis</strong> Gallery Wimbledon<br />
112 Arthur Road, Wimbledon Park,<br />
London SW19 8AA<br />
Phone: 020 8715 8866<br />
Fax 020 8715 8877<br />
Email tennis@thetennisgallery.co.uk<br />
Web www.thetennisgallery.co.uk<br />
Contact: Richard Jones<br />
The <strong>Tennis</strong> Gallery Wimbledon is the number one destination<br />
for tennis lovers. Located in Wimbledon Park, SW19, the<br />
gallery is within walking distance of the All England Lawn<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Club and the world famous Centre Court. Here you can<br />
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browse all the latest tennis books, DVDs and magazines from<br />
around the world along with our stunning collection of tennis<br />
art, photographs and posters. We also have a range of <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
Gallery Wimbledon local souvenirs including T-shirts, caps,<br />
mugs, keyrings, calendars and the famous Green Bag from<br />
the Home of <strong>Tennis</strong>. Our mailing list of over 8000 tennis fans<br />
is an influential consumer group, and our regular<br />
communications include the twice-yearly magazine What’s<br />
New In <strong>Tennis</strong> and the monthly Letter From SW19.<br />
Our unique tennis archive contains thousands of tennis<br />
books, films, programmes and magazines which form the<br />
basis of the services we provide to the media. We also design<br />
and build tennis exhibitions for corporate clients worldwide.<br />
We are situated right next to Wimbledon Park station (District<br />
Line), and we are open from 10am to 5pm, Tuesday to<br />
Saturday, all year round, with extended hours during<br />
Wimbledon fortnight.<br />
Product Range: <strong>Tennis</strong> books, DVDs, art, photographs,<br />
player and tournament posters, calendars, diaries, greeting<br />
cards, Christmas cards, notecards, postcards, jewellery and<br />
gifts.<br />
Services Provided: We organise tennis exhibitions for<br />
corporate clients, and provide wall decoration for tennis<br />
clubs. We also provide media research services, and props<br />
for films and TV.<br />
<strong>TIA</strong> <strong>UK</strong> Insurance<br />
Managed for the <strong>TIA</strong> <strong>UK</strong> by Trident Insurance<br />
Advanced House, 374-376 High Road, Ilford,<br />
Essex 1G1 1QP<br />
Phone: 0800 012 1899<br />
Fax: 020 8911 1444<br />
Email: enquiries@tiauk-insurance.co.uk<br />
<strong>TIA</strong> <strong>UK</strong> Insurance was set up to offer members, together with<br />
their family and friends, insurance cover for their businesses<br />
as well as for their domestic needs.<br />
A valuable and practical benefit to members when reviewing<br />
all their insurance needs, the <strong>TIA</strong> <strong>UK</strong> Insurance facility is also<br />
extended to readers of The <strong>Tennis</strong> <strong>Book</strong>.<br />
Advanced Insurance Centres Limited (trading as Trident) and<br />
Tasker & Partners Limited are two independent Brokers who<br />
have access to a panel of Insurers and Underwriting<br />
Syndicates, which comparison sites cannot possibly compete<br />
with. Why? Because they know their clients value<br />
independence as it gives unrivalled access to competitive<br />
rates both ‘on screen’ and, more importantly, off screen<br />
quotations.<br />
Neither firm has any obligation to any Insurer unless that<br />
Insurer offers the most competitive rates and cover.<br />
Both brokers are Authorised and Regulated by the Financial<br />
Services Authority; they are members of the Financial<br />
Services Compensation Scheme, and are under the<br />
jurisdiction of the Financial Ombudsman Service.<br />
There are no offshore call centres and the staff are thoroughly<br />
and regularly assessed to ensure the best levels of service
delivery and a user-friendly and understandable consultation<br />
to meet all your Insurance needs.<br />
Call Freephone 0800 012 1899 and quote “The <strong>Tennis</strong> <strong>Book</strong><br />
<strong>2010</strong>” for your free insurance consultation.<br />
TRIOplus <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
Suite 107, Capital Business Centre,<br />
22 Carlton Road, South Croydon,<br />
CR2 0BS<br />
Tel: 020 8398 3232<br />
Email: psandilands@trioplusonline.co.uk<br />
Web: www.trioplusonline.co.uk<br />
Contact: Phillip Sandilands<br />
TrioPlus <strong>Tennis</strong> is the <strong>UK</strong>’s market leader for tennis consultancy<br />
services, with over 25 years of tennis experience in the<br />
business planning, design and procurement of clubs and tennis<br />
venues. Services include club audits and operations; facility<br />
design and procurement; club start-ups, mergers and relocations;<br />
feasibility studies; funding applications; strategic<br />
planning; benchmarking and research; development and<br />
training and tennis road shows. We are uniquely qualified and<br />
positioned in the industry, bringing objective expertise and<br />
solutions that add value to the client, drawing on the extensive<br />
experience of Phillip Sandilands (former LTA Director of<br />
National Facilities), his co-Directors and Associates.<br />
Will To Win Ltd<br />
Head Office: Regents Park <strong>Tennis</strong> Centre,<br />
York Bridge, Inner Circle, London, NW1 4NU<br />
Phone 020 7224 1625<br />
Email: info@willtowin.co.uk<br />
Web: www.willtowin.co.uk<br />
Contact: Steve Riley<br />
Construction of Public <strong>Tennis</strong> Centres & Public Facility<br />
Management<br />
Development of Programmes and Community Club Links.<br />
Pro Shop in all Sites<br />
Over 30 Coaches and 50 tennis courts – <strong>UK</strong> leader in Private<br />
Product Range: Coaching, Courts, Rackets, Footwear,<br />
Holidays<br />
Services Provided: Facility Development and Management<br />
See late entries on page 46<br />
TENNIS BOOK 2011<br />
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appear in the next edition of<br />
this Directory?<br />
Contact the <strong>TIA</strong> <strong>UK</strong> now on<br />
01737 831707<br />
to avoid<br />
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APOLLO LEISURE<br />
THE RACQUET SERVICE SPECIALISTS<br />
Apollo Leisure… the <strong>UK</strong>’s<br />
leading string, grip and<br />
accessory supplier.<br />
Distributors of Prince,<br />
Head, Gamma and other<br />
leading brands.<br />
Appointed to run the<br />
Stringing Service for the<br />
Championships,Wimbledon<br />
in 2009 and <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
Visit our website for all the<br />
latest product information.<br />
T: +44 (0)1202 812000 F: +44 (0)1202 827040<br />
www.apolloleisure.co.uk<br />
sales@apolloleisure.co.uk<br />
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Directory of TRS Stringers<br />
The <strong>Tennis</strong> Racquet Specialist Scheme is<br />
an education and certification programme<br />
for retailers and associated teaching pros<br />
benefitting the buying public.<br />
TRS Certified Stringers are the recognised experts in this field<br />
and a real asset to British tennis.<br />
Consumers are able to seek out TRS Certified Stringers from<br />
the directory below as well as on the <strong>TIA</strong> <strong>UK</strong> website at<br />
www.tiauk.org in the certain knowledge that they will receive the<br />
best available advice and service on their tennis racquet<br />
equipment.<br />
Workshops conducted by the European Racquet Stringers<br />
Association teach the best methods of modern racquet stringing<br />
and servicing and participants are subsequently tested by<br />
Master Racquet Technicians using the ERSA certification<br />
system that is the universally accepted standard around the<br />
world.<br />
This results in better advice and service for the consumer and<br />
ensures greater knowledge in tennis equipment and on-going<br />
maintenance costs is available through fully accredited<br />
specialist sports retailers and stringers.<br />
In all, a better deal for the British tennis enthusiast and the<br />
sports retailer, whether located in a shop or a club.<br />
Details on up-and-coming Workshops are available on<br />
www.tiauk.org and www.ersa-stringers.com .<br />
The directory lists qualified stringers according to the<br />
following criteria:<br />
TRS Master – Master Racquet Technician, the highest<br />
qualification in the field that enables holders of this certificate<br />
to string player racquets on the ATP and WTA Tours, to teach<br />
and to test apprentice stringers.<br />
TRS Certified Stringer – Expert stringers with up-to-date<br />
knowledge on modern methods and technologies<br />
ERSA Stringer – Standard stringers working towards TRS<br />
certification<br />
Apprentice – Learners of the trade working towards basic<br />
ERSA certification<br />
Jonathan Aran<br />
Prorestrings<br />
4 Cotton Meadow, Northampton NN5 5PP<br />
Phone 07752 755 804<br />
Email jonathan@prorestrings.co.uk<br />
Website www.prorestrings.co.uk<br />
Ronnie Bell<br />
Carlisle Squash Shop<br />
14 Simmerson Drive Carlisle CA1 3HZ<br />
Mauguin Benoit<br />
Court No 1<br />
20 rue Saint-Denis, 95160 MONTMORENCY, France<br />
Phone 00-33 1 39 89 43 38<br />
Mobile 00-33 6 10 49 42 42<br />
Email benoitmauguin@wanadoo.fr<br />
Ian Bicknell<br />
PWP Sportbase - Letchworth <strong>Tennis</strong> Centre<br />
Muddy Lane, Letchworth, Herts SG6 3TB<br />
Email ianbicknell@aol.com<br />
Peter Blance<br />
13 Trenchknowe, Edinburgh, Scotland EH10 7HL<br />
Email peter.blance@blueyonder.co.uk<br />
Stephen Bone<br />
Batchwood <strong>Tennis</strong> Centre<br />
Batchwood Drive, St Albans, Hertfordshire AL3 5AX<br />
Len Borrett<br />
9 Moorlands Close, Brockenhurst, Hampshire SO4 27QS<br />
Pippa Britton<br />
Stonehill Road, Ottershew, Surrey KT6 0EL<br />
Pete Butcher (TRS Certified Stringer)<br />
15 The Fairway, Northwood, Middlesex HA6 3DZ<br />
Phone 01923 828 102 / 07860 270 527<br />
Email petebutcher4@googlemail.com<br />
Duncan Callan<br />
137 Osbourne Road North, Portgswood, Southampton,<br />
Hampshire SO17 2FH<br />
Email duncan@callansports.co.uk<br />
Sam Chan (TRS Master)<br />
10 Hartshill Close, Hillingdon, Middlesex UB10 9LH<br />
Email samchan@protourstringer.co.uk<br />
Denzil Chapman<br />
9 Woodlands Close, Holmer Green, High Wycombe,<br />
Buckinghamshire HP15 8GQ<br />
Email denzilchapman@yahoo.com<br />
Peter Cloud<br />
T/A Stamepede Stringing<br />
5 Falkenham Road, Kirton, Suffolk IP10 0NP<br />
Phone 01394 448 348<br />
Email peter@pcemail.co.uk<br />
Len Cooper<br />
Cresent LTC<br />
100 Church Way, Pagham, West Sussex PO21 4QX<br />
Adam Cornick<br />
69 Houghton Road, Dunstable, Bedfordshire LU5 5AB<br />
Email adamgoes@hotmail.com<br />
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Richard Cox<br />
54 The Chestnuts, Crosshouses, Shrewsbury<br />
Shropshire SY5 6JM<br />
Phone 01743 762216 Mobile 07518 261794<br />
Email rcox28@tiscali.co.uk<br />
Roger Dalton (TRS Master)<br />
Benfleet Cottage, Oakshade Road, Oxshott, Surrey KT22 0LF<br />
Phone: 01372 842 285 Mobile: 07775 995 396<br />
Email: rdalton@cwcom.net<br />
Nigel Deane<br />
Deane Sports Bath Street, Cheddar, Somerset BS27 3AA<br />
Email nigel@deanesports.co.uk<br />
Robert Douglas<br />
77 Camanacho Crescent, An-Aird, Fort William PH33 6XL<br />
Keith England (ERSA Stringer)<br />
47 Morley Avenue, Wood Green, London N22 6LY<br />
Phone 020 8881 2362<br />
Email keitheng.nakmen3@talktalk.net<br />
Ben Fawcett (ERSA Stringer)<br />
Sutton, Surrey<br />
Phone 020 8642 1600<br />
Mobile 07769 423679<br />
Email df003v3926@blueyonder.co.uk<br />
Adam Field<br />
33 Willingdon Drive, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN22 0BT<br />
Email adamstennis@tiscali.co.uk<br />
Michael Fillingham (TRS Certified Stringer)<br />
11A Cockshutt Avenue, Beauchief, Sheffield,<br />
South Yorkshire S8 7DU<br />
Phone: 0114 2748 439 / 07985 374 148<br />
Email: mkf@talktalk.net<br />
Thomas Freeman<br />
22 Beauchamp Road, East Moseley, Surrey KT8 0PA<br />
Email toftheboff@hotmail.com<br />
Tim Freer<br />
38 The Paddock, Dawlish, Devon EX7 0ET<br />
Email tim.freer@btinternet.com<br />
Arzu Gabb<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Together Ashmanor School<br />
Manor Road, Tongham, North Guildford GU12 6QH<br />
Email arzugabb@yahoo.com<br />
Viv Ganz<br />
45 Summerland Avenue, Newton, Swansea SA3 4RX<br />
Dave Gartside<br />
North Wales Restrings<br />
34 Compton Way, Abergele, Conwy, Wales LL22 7BL<br />
Email david@northwalesrestrings.co.uk<br />
Israel Gefen<br />
Gefen Sports<br />
6 Okehampton Road, Kensal Rise, London NW10 3ED<br />
Email sales@gefensports.co.uk<br />
Rubin Gomez<br />
5 Oakwood Drive, Gowerton, Swansea SA4 3DJ<br />
Phone 01792 873 764<br />
Mark and Karen Goodman (TRS Masters)<br />
Phone: 0870 080 2949<br />
Email: info@topspintennis.co.uk<br />
Websites: http://www.topspintennis.co.uk/ ;<br />
http://www.tennisstrings.co.uk/ ;<br />
http://www.badmintonstrings.co.uk/ and<br />
http://www.squashstrings.co.uk/<br />
TOP SPIN TENNIS SHOPS AT: -<br />
Hills Road Sports and <strong>Tennis</strong> Centre<br />
Purbeck Road, Cambridge CB3 8PF<br />
Cambridge Lawn <strong>Tennis</strong> Club<br />
Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0EQ<br />
Huntingdon <strong>Tennis</strong> Club<br />
King George V Playing Fields<br />
St. Peters Road, Huntingdon<br />
Cambs. PE29 7DA<br />
Robert Grainger<br />
28 Robin Close, Woodland Rise, Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 5NG<br />
Email icklebob@hotmail.com<br />
Steven Graves<br />
Gravity Stringing 51 Parc Godrevy, Newquay, Cornwall TR7 1TY<br />
Phone 07796 413 548<br />
Email steve@gravitystringing.co.uk<br />
Website www.gravitystringing.co.uk<br />
David Greaves<br />
5 Egdon Road, Luton, Bedfordshire LU2 TAZ<br />
Email dmgreaves@ntlworld.com<br />
John Haggis (TRS Master)<br />
5 Hillbury Close, Warlingham, Surrey CR6 9TN<br />
Email john@johnhaggis.com<br />
Website www.johnhaggis.com<br />
David R Hall TRS Certified Stringer<br />
Racket Stringing<br />
5 Sheriffs Way, Clacton on Sea, Essex CO15 4ET<br />
Phone 01255 425 943 Mobile 07810 224 429<br />
Email david@racketringing.biz<br />
Website www.racketstringing.biz<br />
Mike Harding (TRS Certified Stringer)<br />
52 Oaklands Avenue, West Wickham, Kent BR4 9LF<br />
Phone 07956 406 699<br />
Email mike@mikeharding.freeserve.co.uk /<br />
mikeharding@fsmail.net<br />
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Roger Henry (TRS Master)<br />
17 Old Court Manor, Clougmills, Antrim, Northern Ireland<br />
BT44 9LW<br />
Phone 07989 480650<br />
Email roger@racketsolutions.com<br />
Website www.racketsolutions.com<br />
Charles Hill<br />
36 Norton Road, Bournemouth BH4 2PY<br />
Email CHill@bournemouth.ac.uk<br />
Richard Holmes (TRS Master)<br />
16 Manadarin Place, Grove, Wantage, Oxfordshire OX12 0QH<br />
Phone 01235 762 368<br />
Mobile 07866 967 837<br />
Email richardholmes704@hotmail.com<br />
Website www.rh-stringing.co.uk<br />
Tom Hornett (ERSA Stringer)<br />
22 Frith Wood Lane, Billericay, Essex CM12 9PJ<br />
Phone 01277 650 580<br />
Email a.hornett@btinternet.com<br />
Shirley Houghton (TRS Certified Stringer)<br />
K C Racquets & Fitness c/o David Lloyd Leisure<br />
Pride Park, Derby, Derbyshsire DE3 0DQ<br />
Phone 01332 205 202<br />
Email carolyn.coxon@ntlworld.com<br />
David Howe<br />
191 Grove Lane, Hale, Cheshire WA15 8LU<br />
Email david.howe24@btinternet.com<br />
Ian Hoy<br />
String-Shop.co.uk<br />
189 Hadley Road, Leegomery, Telford TF1 6QF<br />
Email ian@string-shop.co.uk<br />
Andy Huffer Racquet Master<br />
38 Market Street, Fordham, Ely, Cabus CB7 5LQ<br />
Email andy.huffer@dial.pipex.com<br />
Mark Hyde<br />
Lisburn Racquet Club<br />
28 Colne Road, Barnoldswick, Lancashire BB18 5QU<br />
Email suemark@hyde570.fsnet.co.uk<br />
Neville Hyde<br />
9 Farndale Crescent, Darlington, Durham DL3 9AP<br />
Phone 07968 300 204<br />
Email nevillehyde@hotmail.com<br />
David Ince<br />
28 Bigwood Avenue, Hove, Sussex BN3 6FQ<br />
Giedrius Kabanuskas<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Together Ashmanor School<br />
Manor Road, Tongham, North Guildford GU12 6QH<br />
Email info@TENNIStogether.com<br />
Alan Kemp<br />
39 Copperfield Gardens, Brentwood, Essex CM1 44UB<br />
Email lisa_reeves@tiscali.co.uk<br />
Peter La Broy<br />
7 Queen Street, Bud, Cornwall EX23 8AY<br />
Email peterlabroy@aol.com<br />
Steve Landon<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Together Ashmanor School<br />
Manor Road, Tongham, North Guildford GU12 6QH<br />
Email tennisfreak@oink.co.uk<br />
Mark Lawrence<br />
Wycombe Badminton Centre<br />
Crest Road, High Wycombe, Bucks HP11 1UA<br />
Email Mwl060560@aol.com<br />
Ian Lever<br />
Flat 1, Wentworth, 2 Crichel Mount Road, Poole,<br />
Dorset BH14 8LT<br />
Mark Lever<br />
Racqueteers<br />
Flat 1, Wentworth 2, Crichel Mount Road, Poole,<br />
Dorset BH14 8LT<br />
Email racqueteers@yahoo.co.uk<br />
Stewart Lister Coach<br />
Basement Flat, 164 Upper Lewes Road, Brighton,<br />
Sussex BN2 3FB<br />
Phone 01273 248 958<br />
Email stewartlister@hotmail.co.uk<br />
John Little<br />
Rapid Racquet Restrings<br />
18 Leominster Road, Sunderland, Tyne-&-Wear SR2 9HG<br />
Email pauline.little4@ntlworld.com<br />
Timothy Lockett<br />
Total Performance Racquets<br />
47 Uttoxeter Road, Stoke-on-trent, Staffordshire ST3 1NY<br />
Email timothy@surtloch21.fsnet.co.uk<br />
Alistair Love<br />
170 Chislehurst Road, Petts Wood, Kent BR6 0OT<br />
Email alistairtennis@btinternet.com<br />
Michael Lunt<br />
39 Swanpool Road, Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire L39 5AY<br />
Email michaellunt3@hotmail.com<br />
Lisa Lyddon<br />
Corfe Lodge Road, Broadstone, Dorset BH18 9NF<br />
Email lisalyddon@sky.com<br />
Paul Manning<br />
Serious about Sport<br />
Mayfield, The Street, Preston St Mary, Suffolk CO10 9NE<br />
Email paul@sasonline.net<br />
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Penny Marchant<br />
Marchmend, 138 Sutton Park Road, Kidderminster,<br />
Worcestershire DY11 6JQ<br />
Email marchy@blueyonder.co.uk<br />
Alastair Masterton (ERSA Stringer)<br />
Northwood, Middlesex HA6 1TG<br />
Mobile 07903 766 303<br />
Email alastairmasterton@live.co.uk<br />
Tom Mayes (TRS Certified Stringer)<br />
LTA, National <strong>Tennis</strong> Centre, 100 Priory Lane,<br />
Roehampton, London SW15 5JQ<br />
Email Tom.Mayes@lta.org.uk<br />
Suzie Maynard-Mould (TRS Certified Stringer)<br />
Priory Sports The Edgbaston Priory Club<br />
Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2UZ<br />
Phone: 0121 440 8752<br />
Mobile: 07957 305 180<br />
Tony McAtamney<br />
Sweatband.com<br />
42 Clipstone Street, London W1W 5DE<br />
Phone 020 70366308<br />
Mobile 07759 831960<br />
Email tmcatamney@sweatband.com<br />
Simon McCarthy<br />
10 Farm Road, Esher, Surrey KT8 8AZ<br />
Phone 01372 468297<br />
Mobile 07847 503328<br />
Email simonjmccarrthy@hotmail.co.uk<br />
Nick McCollin<br />
17 St Bartholomews, Monkston, Milton Keynes MK10 9FJ<br />
Email nickmccollin@hotmail.com<br />
Rab McGill<br />
9 Craigcrook Park, Edinburgh, Scotland EH4 3PL<br />
Email rab@rabjen.com<br />
Robert Metcalf<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Together Ashmanor School<br />
Manor Road, Tongham, North Guildford GU12 6QH<br />
Email info@TENNIStogether.com<br />
Nicholas Morris (ERSA Stringer)<br />
14 Langley Road, Merry Hill, Wolverhampton, West Midlands<br />
WV3 7LM<br />
Phone 01902 764 617<br />
Mobile 07811 119 608<br />
Email nicko212@hotmail.com<br />
Maurice Mosdell<br />
20 Godiva Crescent, Bourne PE10 9QU<br />
Email MEMosdell@aol.com<br />
W D J Mould<br />
Priory Sports<br />
Sir Harry’s Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2UL<br />
Graham Moyle<br />
75 Baron Court, Werrington, Peterborough PE4 7ZF<br />
Email graham.moyle1@btinternet.com<br />
David Munt (TRS Master)<br />
46 Heathfield, Loddon Vale, Basingstoke, Hants RG22 4PA<br />
Phone 07841 532 878<br />
Email: david@racquets-mate.co.uk<br />
Website: www.racquets-mate.co.uk<br />
Lee Myers<br />
LTA, National <strong>Tennis</strong> Centre, 100 Priory Lane<br />
Roehampton, London SW15 5JQ<br />
Email Lee.Myers@lta.org.uk<br />
Damian Neiras<br />
174 Clonemore Street, Southfields, London SW18 5HB<br />
Email damianneiras@hotmail.com<br />
Paul Newman<br />
32 Vernier Crescent, Medbourne, Milton Keynes MK5 6FD<br />
Email paul.newman72@btopenworld.com<br />
Amiko Ogawa (TRS Certified Stringer)<br />
Sycamores, Loxwood Road, Alfold, Surrey GU6 8HG<br />
Phone 01403 753056 / 07963 054846<br />
Email ami1968@hotmail.co.jp<br />
Ben Page (TRS Certified Stringer)<br />
47 College Drive, Ruislip, Middlesex HA4 8SD<br />
Phone 01895 675 876 / 07515 334 856<br />
Email benpage@wintennis.com<br />
Stan Parry<br />
4 Harewood Gardens, Croydon, Surrey CR2 9BG<br />
Email scmparry@blueyonder.co.uk<br />
Rachel Partington<br />
2 Leinster Avenue, East Sheen, London SW14 7JP<br />
Phone 020 8878 1300<br />
Mobile 07973 173931<br />
Email rachelpartington@hotmail.co.uk<br />
Pritesh Pattni<br />
Racketeers 136 Townley Gardens, Aston, Birmingham B6 6LR<br />
Email priteshp1@btinternet.com<br />
Mike Perkins (ERSA Stringer)<br />
Sports & Fashions (Huntingdon) Ltd<br />
51 High Street, Huntingdon PE29 3AQ<br />
Phone 01480 454541<br />
Email sportsandfashions@xln.co.uk<br />
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Jamie Pethick (TRS Certified Stringer)<br />
218 Hurst Road, Sidcup, Kent DA15 9AN<br />
Phone: 07745 191 438<br />
Email: bathracketsolutions@hotmail.com or<br />
jamie.pethick@btinternet.com<br />
Liam Phillips (apprentice)<br />
Bradfield College 48 Southend Road, Southend Bradfield,<br />
Reading, Berkshire RG7<br />
Phone 0282 440 7828 / 07824 467 228<br />
Email liam-phillips@hotmail.co.uk<br />
Gabor Tibor Pos<br />
3300 EGER, Mikes Kelemen uit 44, EGER, Hungary<br />
Phone 00-3670 944 5228<br />
Email pos.gabor@chello.hu<br />
Barrie Poole<br />
String-A-Long<br />
13 Gigmill Way, Norton, Stourbridge, West Midlands DY8 3HN<br />
Ed Pooley<br />
All Strung Up<br />
11 Belmont Close, Dibden Purlieu, Southampton SO45 4NL<br />
Email edd.pooley@talktalk.net<br />
Gareth Richman (ERSA Stringer)<br />
24 Heathfield South, Twickenham TW2 7SS<br />
Mobile 07932 661 317<br />
Email gmrpix@mail.com<br />
Geraint Richards<br />
28 Clos Nant Ddu, Pontprennau, Cardiff CF23 8LF<br />
Email gjr861966@aol.com<br />
Chuck Ridyard (TRS Certified Stringer)<br />
Private Stringing Service<br />
Woodcote, Orchard Lane, Ashford, Kent TN25 4DX<br />
Phone 07713 502 652<br />
Email chuckwrsl@aol.com<br />
Simon Robbins<br />
String-A-Long 13 Gigmill Way, Norton, Stourbridge,<br />
West Midlands DY8 3HN<br />
Email simon_robbins100@hotmail.com<br />
Evelyn Roberts<br />
82 Palmiera Road, Bexleyheath, Kent DA7 4UX<br />
Email a1racquets@tiscali.co.uk<br />
Charlie Salter<br />
V-<strong>Tennis</strong> Virgin Active<br />
36 Bromyard Avenue, Acton, London W3 7AU<br />
Justin Sandever<br />
Racqueteers<br />
Flat 3, 11 McKinley Road, Bournemouth, Dorset BH4 8AG<br />
Email justinsandever@hotmail.com<br />
Chris Sanlon (TRS Certified Stringer)<br />
62 Montgomery Chase, Belfast BT6 9GQ<br />
Phone 07751 469 765<br />
Email chris@boatclubtennisacademy.com<br />
Website www.cjstennis.com<br />
Voytek Sarama<br />
2 Dunlin Rise, Guildford, Surrey GU4 7DX<br />
Phone 01483 536 998<br />
Email vstennis@ntlworld.com<br />
Richard Seymour<br />
7 Woodcote Park Road, Epsom, Surrey KT18 7EY<br />
Email seymoursports@btconnect.com<br />
Mohammed Shafiq (ERSA Stringer)<br />
Racket Sports<br />
77 Harehills Road, Leeds, Yorkshire LS8 5HS<br />
Phone / Fax 0113 235 0811<br />
Email racketsports786@hotmail.com<br />
Rajesh Sharma<br />
49 Woodhill Crescent, Kenton Harrow, Middlesex HA3 0LU<br />
Email rajeshsharma@onetel.com<br />
Carolyn Simons-Coxon<br />
K C Racquets and Fitness C/O David Lloyd Leisure<br />
98 Broadway, Pride Park Way, Off Riverside Road, Derby,<br />
Derbyshire DE22 1BP<br />
Phone: 01332 205 202<br />
Fax: 01332 205 033<br />
E-mail: carolsimons@aol.com<br />
Gavin Simpson<br />
Moseley Hall, Chelford Road, Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 8RB<br />
Email gavinsimpson@supanet.com<br />
Richard Sinton<br />
10 St James Avenue, Gawsworth, Macclesfield,<br />
Cheshire SK11 9RY<br />
Email r.sinton@talktalk.net<br />
Paul Skipp<br />
20 Wentworth Drive, Horndean, Waterlooville, Hants PO8 9PR<br />
Email paulskipp@theracketstringer.co.uk<br />
David Smith<br />
DA Sports Ltd 50 Springfield Close, Ongar, Essex CM5 0BB<br />
Email dasports@hotmail.com<br />
Marc Smith (TRS Master)<br />
Marc’s Racket Service<br />
8 Marguerite Grove, Lenzie, Glasgow G66 4HD<br />
Phone 0141-776-6519<br />
Email marcsracket@tiscali.co.uk<br />
Paul Smith<br />
Paul Smith Stringing Services<br />
4 Whipton Village Road, Whipton, Exeter EX4 8AR<br />
Email paulsmith@racketup.co.uk<br />
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John E South<br />
1 Bramshaw Rise, New Malden, Surrey KT3 5JT<br />
Email jesouth@blueyonder.co.uk<br />
Brian Snapes<br />
17 Albany Park Road, Kingston, Surrey KT2 5SW<br />
Email snapes@blueyonder.co.uk<br />
Roger Staple (TRS Certified Stringer)<br />
R S Racquet Stringing<br />
63 Holt Wood Avenue, Aylesford, Kent ME20 7QQ<br />
Phone: 01622 718 235<br />
Mobile: 07941 430 020<br />
E-mail: roger.staple@softpres.org<br />
Avril Steele<br />
Sportskit, Unit 3, The Meadow Centre<br />
Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 1DE<br />
Email info@dale-sport.co.uk<br />
Dave Stepney<br />
The Manor Prep School, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 6NL<br />
Phone 01235 522 737<br />
Email dave.stepney@o2.co.uk<br />
Trevor Sturrock<br />
The Cottage, Church Road, Wareham, King’s Lynn,<br />
Norfolk PE33 9AP<br />
Email tc.sturrock@btinternet.com<br />
Jeremy Taylor<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Coach, Bradfield College<br />
5 Lucas Close, Yately, Hants GU46 6JD<br />
Phone 0118 644 600 / 01252 640 059<br />
Email keith_pop@hotmail.com<br />
Thomas Therrien (TRS Certified Stringer)<br />
Proteam <strong>Tennis</strong>. Northfields, Bath BA1 5TN<br />
Phone 01225 852274 / 07973 672693<br />
Email tom@proteam-tennis.co.uk<br />
Ollie Toms<br />
The Grove Lawn <strong>Tennis</strong> Club<br />
East Street, Saffron Walden, Essex CB10 1NB<br />
Phone 01799 540833<br />
Mobile 07917 652014<br />
Email Ollie004@aol.com<br />
John Trickey<br />
11 Cramer Street, Stafford ST17 4BX<br />
Email stafford.schooloftennis@ntlworld.com<br />
Colin Triplow (TRS Master)<br />
73 Caling Croft, New Ash Green, Kent DA3 8PY<br />
Phone 01474 873 160<br />
Email colin@colinthestringer.com<br />
Website www.colinthestringer.com<br />
Dawn R Vaughan<br />
Fir Tree Cottage, Tilford Street, Tilford, Surrey GU10 2BN<br />
Email dawnyvaughan@aol.com<br />
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David Wallis<br />
Marlet House, Back Lane, Ampleforth, York YO62 4DE<br />
Jim Warner (TRS Certified Stringer)<br />
Clubshop David Lloyd Leisure<br />
27 Scott Drive, Newport Pagnell, Bucks MK16 8PW<br />
Phone 01908 618 377<br />
Charmaire Webb<br />
Flat 7, Seaview Court, Poole, Hampshire PO12 2UD<br />
Pete Wilcox<br />
Thorfinns, Rackenford, Tiverton, Devon EX16 8ER<br />
Email petewill31@hotmail.com<br />
Kevin Williams (TRS Certified Stringer)<br />
J.T. Sport & Leisure<br />
The Square, Wickham, Fareham, Hants PO17 5JT<br />
Phone 01329 833833<br />
Email info@jtsports.co.uk<br />
Tim Willis<br />
Southwest Restrings<br />
27 Bunting Close, Newton Abbott, Devon TQ12 6BU<br />
Email tim.willis27@virgin.net<br />
Darren Withey<br />
Titan Sports Ltd<br />
The Nook, 101 Chalkshire Road, Butlers Cross,<br />
Buckinghamshire HP17 0TJ<br />
Email darren.squash@btopenworld.com<br />
Gemma Wiltshire<br />
21 Lawdy Link, Upper Hale, Farnham, Surrey GU9 0BS<br />
Email headgem@yahoo.co.uk<br />
Lee Wolvey<br />
5 Ellington Drive, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG22 4EZ<br />
Email lee.wolvey@virgin.net<br />
Ian Wood (TRS Certified Stringer)<br />
Ian Wood Sports The Northumberland Club<br />
North Jesmond Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne,<br />
Tyne & Wear N62 3JU<br />
Phone: 0191 281 2701<br />
Fax: 0191 281 2701<br />
Mobile: 07931 543 777<br />
E-mail: sales@ianwoodsports.com<br />
Geoff Woodcock<br />
The Racket Shop<br />
248C Shinfield Road, Reading RG2 8EY<br />
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History<br />
Remembering the creator of a unique event<br />
Wimbledon is taken for granted by the millions who follow<br />
tennis. It also applies to those who don’t follow the sport for the<br />
name is synonymous with the game. In fact, it is the game in<br />
many people’s eyes!<br />
Delving into the history of Wimbledon, or The Championships<br />
to use its official title, one discovers that the first ball was struck<br />
on Monday 9th July 1877 on what was a sunny day, writes<br />
Henry Wancke.<br />
The venue was the All England Croquet and Lawn <strong>Tennis</strong> Club<br />
situated on Worple Road, Wimbledon, by the side of the London<br />
and South Western Railway, the original site of what we now<br />
basically know as the AELTC or All England Club based in<br />
Church Road whence they moved to in 1922.<br />
The Championships have been played ever since except for the<br />
war years of 1915-18 and 1940-45 but who actually came up<br />
with the idea of establishing the event which has become the<br />
bye-word of the sport?<br />
The man behind the 1877 staging of the inaugural tournament<br />
was Henry Jones, a doctor who under the pen name of<br />
‘Cavendish’ had become an authority on all ‘games’ of the time.<br />
But there was more to it than just organizing an event. These<br />
days we have all sorts of templates which can be followed and<br />
plenty of organizations who can provide assistance.<br />
Back then Dr Jones was working with a blank sheet of paper, no<br />
rules, no scoring system, no standard balls and no standard<br />
court. As far as the populace was concerned, tennis was just a<br />
Victorian pastime which went under the name of “Sphairistike”<br />
and played simply on their lawns. In fact a novelty game<br />
introduced by Major Wingfield to the public at large three years<br />
earlier and taken up by the Club in 1875.<br />
So, once the idea of a tournament was established, many<br />
aspects taken for granted nowadays, had to be agreed and Dr<br />
Jones was the man who decided and his decisions have shaped<br />
the sport to this day..<br />
The main difference between today’s game and those of Dr<br />
Jones’ time can be seen in the size and shape of the net. In 1877<br />
the net was five feet high at the posts and three feet three inches<br />
in the middle, later modified to 3 feet 6 inches and 3 feet. The<br />
service line was also five foot further from the net and while an<br />
hour-glass court shape was used on the Victorian lawns, Dr<br />
Jones squared it off and settled on a length of 26 yards long and<br />
9 yards wide for the tournament, a decision which has remained<br />
constant to this day.<br />
His biggest decision was to introduce the scoring system which<br />
again has not been changed since then. The only addition being<br />
the tie-break which was first introduced in the USA in 1970 and<br />
adopted by Wimbledon the following year.<br />
Considering the game was only a few years old it wasn’t<br />
surprising that rackets scoring was favoured by most of the<br />
players with only the server scoring and the first to 15 being the<br />
winner.<br />
However Dr Jones went against the general trend and opted to<br />
adopt the scoring system as used by the ancient game of tennis<br />
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rather than rackets which is why we are now accustomed to the<br />
15-love etc., one of the much loved idiosyncrasies of the game!<br />
Then he had to decide how to run the tournament and so<br />
introduced the knock-out draw by following the practice of other<br />
games of the time, especially croquet which had been an<br />
integral part of the Club since its foundation in 1868.<br />
For the record, a field of 22 Gentlemen competed in that first<br />
Championships from which Spencer William Gore emerged<br />
victorious defeating William Marshall easily. While the knockout<br />
draw is still played today, in those days it was customary for a<br />
Challenge Round to be the Final. This was played for the first<br />
time the following year allowing the reigning champion to wait<br />
for a challenger to emerge from the All-Comers draw. This<br />
practice was dropped in 1922 when the Club moved to its<br />
current site.<br />
That first tournament, despite its novelty, was deemed a success<br />
attracting around 200 spectators, each paying one shilling, to<br />
watch the final! A far cry from what we now know as Wimbledon<br />
and while I am sure Dr Henry Jones never visualized his<br />
tournament would grow and become such a huge international<br />
event, we can but thank him for sowing the seeds for the<br />
greatest tennis event in the world.<br />
At the time he created a unique event and it remains that to this<br />
day.<br />
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If tennis is your business, membership of the <strong>TIA</strong> <strong>UK</strong> is essential<br />
Membership is open to specialist manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, trading<br />
companies, businesses and other interested parties with an active business interest in tennis.<br />
Individual TRS Certified Stringers are becoming the acknowledged experts in the field of<br />
racquet technology and a real asset to British tennis.<br />
By joining the <strong>TIA</strong> <strong>UK</strong>, your business will:<br />
• Appear in future editions of The <strong>Tennis</strong> <strong>Book</strong><br />
• Appear in the Member Directory on the <strong>TIA</strong> <strong>UK</strong> website, visited by over 75,000 people a year<br />
• Receive concessionary rates at The London Golf and <strong>Tennis</strong> Show at ExCel, home Davis<br />
Cup ties and other professional tournaments<br />
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