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The Tennis Book 

TENNIS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION UK 

2011 

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The TIA UK Tennis Book 2011 

How to use this book 

The Tennis Book 2011 provides a quick reference guide to the diverse range of products 

and services available from the member companies of the Tennis Industry Association UK. 

The pages of The Tennis Book 2011 are colour coded for ease of use: 

• BLUE pages give general information about the sport of tennis in the UK 

• GREEN pages group together companies providing similar products or services 

• RED pages contain product listings for players, fans, clubs and corporate clients 

• ORANGE pages contain A to Z listings of TIA UK member companies, with descriptions of 

the products and services they provide along with contact details 

• YELLOW pages contain contact details of accredited tennis racket stringers 

So whatever your start point, you can quickly find the information you need 

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Assistant Editor: Gilly English 

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Founded 1998 

Officers & Board 

President: Ian Peacock OBE 

Executive Vice President: Barbara Wancke 

Honorary Vice President: Henry Wancke 

Honorary Life Vice President: Peter Occleshaw 

Chairman: Stephen Matthews 

Vice Chairman: Mike Ballardie 

Treasurer: Peter Risdon 

Marketing & Events Director: Richard Jones 

Executive Administrator: Gilly English 

Past Presidents 

The position was first established in 2002. 

David Lloyd (2002-2007) 

Past Chairmen 

Peter Occleshaw (1998) 

Robert Porter-Smith (1999-2001) 

Henry Wancke (2002-2009) 

Board Members 

Jan Booth 

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Message from the Chairman – Steve Matthews, David Lloyd Leisure Ltd 

Iam delighted to introduce the third annual edition of the Tennis Book, which 

is proving itself to be a valuable reference for everyone connected with tennis. 

It features all our members, which now include most of the major manufacturing 

companies in the UK thus enabling the TIA UK to strengthen its position as the 

voice piece for the tennis industry in this country. 

As well as showcasing the wide variety of products and services our membership offers for 

fans, players, clubs and corporate clients, The Tennis Book contains many interesting 

articles and reference information about the game, including a directory of tennis racket 

stringers. 

The TIA UK has established close ties with The Lawn Tennis Association. I represent the 

TIA on the LTA Council and meet regularly with Roger Draper, the Chief Executive. 

I would like to take this opportunity of thanking Roger for the LTA’s financial support to 

The Tennis Book. 

If you are reading this as a business involved in some way in tennis and are not currently a 

member of the TIA, I strongly encourage you to join (details are on page54) and become 

one of our tennis family. 

Steve Matthews 

Chairman, Tennis Industry Association UK 

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Foreword 

It gives me great pleasure to provide the Foreword for 

the 2011 Tennis Book and I hope that you will find this 

edition as popular and useful as the first two editions 

appear to have been. 

It is encouraging that, even in this age of electronic 

communication, an attractive printed publication is still a 

valuable tool for the provision of a directory of products 

and services to all those of us who are involved in or 

around the world of tennis. 

The Tennis Book is published in conjunction with The Lawn Tennis Association, whose 

support we greatly appreciate. We try and work closely with the governing body, whose aims 

and ours are closely aligned since we both want more people of all ages to participate in and 

enjoy this great game of tennis. 

The year 2011 is proving to be a difficult trading year for members of the tennis industry as 

it is for most businesses throughout the country. In tennis though, we do have an advantage 

over some other industries - we have the ability to expand our market by encouraging more 

people to play. 

With our modest resources, we cannot do this on our own, but by working with the LTA, the 

Tennis Foundation and other organisations, we can add our skills, knowledge and experience 

to the significant resources available to those bodies in order to maximise the effectiveness of 

the development initiatives driven by the governing body. 

Apart from supporting and assisting, wherever appropriate, the development work of the 

LTA, the TIA tries to help its members by providing a range of services, such as insurance, 

information, communications and publications in addition to providing a forum for meeting 

and discussion within the game. 

Finally, let’s wish Andy Murray success in 2011, his achievements in the game are already 

outstanding and we should all be extremely grateful to him for the exposure he generates for 

our sport in the newspapers, online and on TV. Let’s hope he can go just that one, albeit 

giant, step further and provide a real boost for everyone who is involved in tennis in the UK 

during 2011. 

Ian Peacock OBE 

President 


The TIA UK promotes best practice and in 2010 adopted a Code of Practice 

to which all members appearing in The Tennis Book subscribe. 

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Message from the LTA 

2011 is all about building upon the momentum 

that has been created over the last four years 

and making the most of the foundations that 

have been put in place to grow tennis. 

This means continuing to increase the opportunities 

for people to get involved in the sport whether this 

is playing, organising or watching. Making sure 

people are aware of these opportunities and that 

when they get involved they have a great 

experience. 

Plans for 2011 include:- 

Improving access to places to play tennis, making 

sure there are enough affordable and accessible 

places to play tennis based on where demand is. 

Increasing the opportunities to get involved, by improving the quality and diversity of the 

tennis programmes on offer to cater for the many different reasons people play tennis. 

Raising the awareness of tennis – promoting and marketing the sport to help the public 

know where they can access tennis and what is on offer. 

Improving the support to coaches and the people who deliver tennis on a day to day basis 

– producing the right tools, resources and training opportunities to support them in 

delivering a great experience to the people who play the sport. 

Continuing to support the competitive infrastructure in Britain, making it easier for junior 

and adult players to compete in individual and team competitions across Britain. 

I hope you find this directory of products and services helpful and wish you every 

success whatever your role is in tennis this coming season. 

Roger Draper 

Chief Executive 

The Lawn Tennis Association 

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The Sport of Tennis 

The 2010 victorious Serbian team who vowed – and did - shave their heads when they won the Cup. Picture Fotosports International. 

The team side of tennis 

Tennis is perceived by the majority of us as a sport for the 

individual. In the main it is, thanks to the Grand Slams and the 

respective ATP and WTA Tours who vigorously promote their 

circuits and the stars which play them. 

The race for the respective year ending Championships and the 

constant fight for ranking points dominate the tennis scene, all 

of which tends to overshadow another important aspect of the 

sport, the inter-nation competitions when players represent 

their countries, and do so with pride. 

Winning the Davis Cup for your country is a major achievement 

in any player’s career resumé, just ask Rafael Nadal and Novak 

Djokovic, two players who contributed to the respective 

successes of Spain and the current 2010 champions, Serbia. 

For them, and any players representing their nation, hearing 

their country being called rather than their own name, is an 

emotional moment which doesn’t come their way too often. 

The Davis Cup 

Run by the International Tennis 

Federation (ITF), the Davis Cup, one 

of the oldest competitions in the 

world, is the sport’s most important 

team event and one which is 

currently competed for annually by 

over 125 nations. It started 110 

years ago when Dwight F Davis, a 

Harvard University graduate, 

persuaded both the American and 

British tennis authorities in 1900, to 

The Davis Cup, picture 

courtesy of the ITF 

play a challenge tennis match between the two nations in what 

was termed as the International Lawn Tennis Challenge. 

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To that end he donated a sterling silver bowl – at the time worth 

$1,000 but priceless these days – for presentation to the winners 

of the first ‘challenge’ held at the Longwood Cricket Club in 

Boston, Massachusetts. Little did he know what he started! 

The actual ‘ties’ – the matches between nations – has not 

changed and remains at five ‘rubbers’ – the actual individual 

matches between the competing teams – per tie though the 

format of the competition has been altered to cater for the 

number of competing nations and go some way to ensuring 

similar playing standards between teams. 

As was the tradition in those days, the competition was run to 

establish which nation would go forward to take on the 

champions of the previous year in the ‘Challenge Round’, but, 

after a few years, more nations started to become involved. 

The first major change to the structure came in 1923 when the 

entries reached 16 and it became necessary to introduce two 

zonal competitions, one based in America and the other in 

Europe. The winners of the two zones then played-off for the 

chance to gain entry into the Challenge Round. 

In 1955 a third, ‘Eastern Zone’ was introduced which made the 

Inter Zonal final rather lopsided and in 1966 that was corrected 

by Europe splitting into two zones to establish a proper semifinal 

stage, an inkling of what was to come nine years on. 

The Challenge Round was abolished in 1972 and the defending 

champions had to mix in with the bulk of nations to play 

through all the rounds but it wasn’t until 1981 that the tiered 

system became the norm, with a 16 nation World Group 

contesting what could be termed the Premier League, and the 

other nations being grouped in the remaining regional zones 

(Americas, Asia/Oceania, and Europe/Africa) which in turn is 

sub-divided with relegation and promotion play-offs, all with 

the aim of progressing upwards towards that World Group.

The best way to describe the format is to basically compare it 

with the Football League but rather than gaining points over a 

season with the bottom team forced into a relegation match, the 

first round World Group losers play-off against the winners of 

the top groups from each region. The promotion/relegation 

system applies also to the losers and winners of all the groups 

to determine the group-runners for the following year’s 

competition. 

The only difference is in the respective Groups III and IV who 

play a round robin tournament with promotion and relegation. 

The various rounds are contested over four weekends during 

the year with each elimination round between competing 

nations, being held in one of the countries as determined by the 

ITF before each year’s draw. 

The fortunes of the two founding nations could not be more 

disparate for while the USA, with 32 Davis Cup titles to its 

name and another 29 final appearances, hold the best record in 

the competition’s history, Britain, with nine overall wins – the 

last in 1936 following a consecutive four year run – has failed 

to make much of an impact since those golden years when Fred 

Perry ruled the tennis world. 

Currently the USA maintain their place in the World Group 

while Britain, who last appeared in a final in 1978, languish in 

Euro-Africa Zone ll and need to beat Luxembourg in July to 

reach a Group 1 promotion play-off tie in September. 

Only 14 nations have won the Davis Cup with another 9 just 

failing to clear that final hurdle. Australia is the second most 

successful Davis Cup nation with 28 Cup wins, 15 of these 

victories coming in an 18 year span between 1950 and 1967, 

followed by Britain and France on 9, Sweden 7, Spain 4, 

Germany 3, Russia 2, and Italy, the Czech Republic South 

Africa, Croatia and Serbia, all on 1. 

The Fed Cup 

Originally known as the Federation Cup, the name was 

contracted to Fed Cup in 1995 when the format of the 

competition was changed from a week long tournament to the 

tiered version favoured by the men’s Davis Cup. 

The event is always described as the women’s version of the 

Davis Cup despite the fact that it always had its own identity 

especially when it was run over a week, a system never 

employed by the men. 

The competition began life in 1963 to celebrate the 50 th 

anniversary of the ITF, ironically some 40 years after it was first 

proposed by Mrs Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, an American, 

who was keen to establish an event for the ladies equivalent to 

the men’s successful Davis Cup. While Britain and the USA 

supported the concept of an international team competition for 

women in 1919, unfortunately, no other nation did. 

As a result Mrs Wightman then turned to the two supporting 

nations and presented a trophy for an annual contest between 

Britain and the USA which became known as the Wightman 

Cup, of which more below. 

In the interim it was 

Britain’s Mary Hardwick 

Hare with support from 

Australia’s Nell Hopman 

who revived the concept 

and presented it to the ITF 

which was finally approved 

in 1962 for the event to 

begin the following year, 

staged over one week and 

at a different venue each 

year. 

The Fed Cup, picture courtesy 

of the ITF 

The Federation Cup was subsequently launched at The Queen’s 

Club, London, and attracted 16 countries with the USA 

emerging as the first champions after defeating Australia in the 

final. To gauge the calibre of player involved, the American 

team included Darlene Hard and Billie Jean King while the 

Aussies had the services of Margaret Smith and Lesley Turner. 

The increase in the level of entries during the seventies resulted 

in the hosts having to build a tennis complex to accommodate 

the event. This became known as the Federation Cup’s ‘legacy’ 

providing the host nation with extra kudos as it also helped 

them develop programmes for their own national game. 

The rise in entries eventually led, in 1991, to the creation of a 

regional qualifying competition and three years later, the 

adoption of a similar format to the men’s Davis Cup in order to 

provide every nation with a chance of hosting their own Fed 

Cup tie. This was further honed in 2005 with an eight nation 

World Group I and eight nation World Group II playing both 

home-and-away ties over three weekends throughout the year, 

was established. 

Below them are three Zones, The Americas, Asia/Oceania and 

Europe/Africa. The individual Zones are split into two groups 

except for Europe/Africa which has three. Progress upwards is 

similar to the Davis Cup. 

The Fed Cup ties originally consisted of three rubbers per tie 

which still remains the case at Zonal level. The World Groups, 

however, now play five rubbers over two days — two singles 

on the first day followed by the two reverse singles on day 

two plus a doubles. 

The dominant nation is again, the USA with 17 titles and 11 

runner-up spots, followed by Australia with 7 wins and 10 

final appearances. Spain and the Czech Republic each have 5 

wins followed by Russia (4), Italy, the reigning champions for 

the past two years (3), Germany and France (2), with South 

Africa, Belgium and Slovakia all on one each. 

Britain has never won a Fed Cup but has appeared in 4 finals, 

the last occasion being 1981 when it was played in Japan 

when they lost 3-0 to the USA. 

Currently Britain compete in the Euro/Africa Zone Group I 

where they finished fifth overall in 2011. 

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The Sport of Tennis 

Wightman Cup 

As mentioned earlier, the Wightman Cup was suggested by Mrs 

Hazel Hotckiss Wightman when her original idea of an 

international women’s team event was rejected. 

However, while disappointed by that rejection, she responded in 

1923 by donating a sterling silver vase to the USTA as a prize 

for a team competition. Britain, the only other nation to support 

her original worldwide women’s team event was challenged and 

in the process established what became an exclusive match 

between the two dominant tennis nations of the time. 

The match consisted of seven rubbers, five singles and two 

doubles, and alternated year on year, between the two nations. 

Over the years every leading American and British woman 

player took part but it was the American dominance which 

eventually led to the event being dropped after 1989, the USA 

having won 51 of the 61 meetings. But the legacy of the 

competition continues with a junior version competing for the 

Maureen Connolly Trophy. 

player, coach and Davis Cup captain and is held at the 

beginning of each year in Perth, Australia. 

In relation to the other events mentioned, the Hopman Cup is 

relatively young but it still attracts the top players seeking to 

warm-up for the first grand slam of the year in Melbourne, later 

in January. 

Players are invited to play and teams consist of a male and 

female, both of whom play a singles and then team up for a 

mixed doubles. Unlike the other team events, no on-court 

coaching is allowed. 

Eight nations are selected to compete and they play off in two 

round robin groups with the top nation of each group 

contesting the final. 

Again the USA dominate the event with 6 wins and 4 final 

appearances, followed by Spain and Slovakia on 3 wins, and 

Switzerland on 2. Russia, South Africa, Australia, Croatia, 

Germany, Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia, the inaugural 

champions, have won once while Britain has just made one 

final appearance, in 2010. 

ATP World Team Championships 

Finally we have the ATP’s version of an international team event 

which is played on clay at Dusseldorf’s Rochusclub in Germany 

the week before the French Open. It is the only team tournament 

on the men’s professional calendar. 

Spain was the inaugural champion nation when the event was 

launched in 1978 and Argentina is the current champion, the 

South Americans having join Germany, Spain and the USA as 

four-time winners. 

Interestingly the dominant nation has been Sweden with five 

titles to its credit and not the Americans, as one would expect. 

Surprisingly they last won in 1993 and it might well reflect the 

employed selection criteria. 

Each year the Dusseldorf organizers add up the end-of-year 

ranking of a nation’s top two players and from that list of 

combined rankings, the best, or top eight nations, are invited to 

compete in a two group round robin format, followed by a 

semi-final and final. 

Britain has contested on four occasions (1978-79, 1999 & 

2002) but the team has never progressed past the group stage. 

Serena Williams and Mardy Fish enjoy their moment of victory 

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International team events for both men and women having been 

successfully established, it was the turn of the mixed discipline 

to receive attention and thanks to the efforts of their first 

tournament director, Paul McNamee, this came about in 1989, 

initially as an exhibition event but now very much under the 

auspices of the ITF. 

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What They Do 

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) 

Established in 1913 with agreement from 12 national 

associations, the activities of the International Lawn Tennis 

Federation were disrupted by the advent of the Great War and 

it wasn’t until 1923 that they took over the rules of the game. 

Currently 205 national associations are affiliated to the ITF 

(they dropped ‘Lawn’ from their title in 1977) and remain 

responsible for administering and regulating the game 

internationally including technical specifications for the 

court, rackets and balls as well as certification of tennis 

officials and enforcing the anti-doping programme with the 

ATP and WTA. 

In addition they administer international 

competitions like the Davis Cup, the Fed Cup, 

tennis at the Olympics and the equivalent 

events in wheelchair tennis, plus events for both seniors and 

juniors. 

The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) 

To bring some clarity to the then new sport of Lawn Tennis, 

60 clubs agreed to establish a governing body for the sport 

in 1888. The group included the All England Club and 

William Renshaw, already six times Wimbledon champion, 

was elected as the first President. 

The continuous growth of the game both in Great Britain and 

around the world necessitated, in 1913, the foundation of the 

International Lawn Tennis Federation whose responsibility 

was to oversee the international aspect of the game and to 

take over the rule-making from the LTA. 

Since then the LTA has been in the business of promoting the 

sport in and around Britain. One of its first priorities (in 

1920) was to help the All England Club construct its present 

headquarters at Church Road, Wimbledon. 

Besides Wimbledon, the LTA currently supports top level 

international events at Birmingham, Queen’s, 

Eastbourne, and the O2 Arena as well as 

events at a lower level, the Pro-Series and 

the British Tour plus junior events. 

The ATP World Tour (formerly the Association of 

Tennis Professionals - ATP) 

In 1972, the leading male professionals joined forces to 

create the Association of Tennis Professional with the goal of 

changing the game for the better. 

One of the first initiatives was to establish a computer 

ranking system to analyse player performances as a means to 

determine entries to tournaments. 

This was launched in 1973. 

At the time the men’s professional game was administered by 

the Men’s Tennis Council made up of representatives from 

the ILTF, the ATP and tournament directors from around the 

world. 

This was disbanded in 1989 when the ATP decided the 

players needed to control their sport and announced their 

intentions at a press conference at the 1988 US Open in the 

car park of Flushing Meadows revealing the problems which 

existed in the professional game. One of their answers was to 

establish their own professional tour, the ATP Tour which in 

2010, celebrated its 21 st anniversary. 

In 1997 they established the ATP Senior Tour of Champions. 

They have also been instrumental in introducing rule 

changes to enhance the fans experience like eliminating five 

set finals and replacing the third set in doubles with 

Champions Tiebreaks, as well as replacing the ad rule with a 

sudden death point on deuce. 

Last year they implemented tournament tiers 

to make it easier for the public to understand 

what points the players are competing for, 

namely ATP World Tour at Masters level 

1000, Tour level 500 and 250. For the 

record, Grand Slam events are 2000. 

The WTA Tour (formerly the Women’s Tennis 

Association - WTA) 

In 1970, led by Billie Jean King, the women rebelled against 

officialdom and their reduced prize money levels in 

comparison to the men, by setting up the Virginia Slims Tour 

but it wasn’t until 1973 that the actual Women’s Tennis 

Players’ Association was established to unite all the women’s 

professional tournaments under one banner. This decision 

was reached at the Gloucester Hotel in London a week before 

Wimbledon. 

One of the association’s main objectives was 

to obtain equality in prize money levels with 

their male counterparts at the Grand Slams 

which the US Open agreed to immediately. 

In 1995 the WTA merged with the Women’s Tennis Council to 

form the WTA Tour and in 2001 the Australian Open agreed 

to equal prize money which was then matched by Roand 

Garros and Wimbledon in 2007, the year that the association 

also started experimenting with on-court coaching while 

announcing a shorter season, a more fan friendly approach 

and introducing heavier penalties for player withdrawals from 

events. 

The Tennis Industry Association UK (TIA) 

The TIA UK was founded in 1998 and its mission is to 

promote, foster and protect industry growth and vitality in the 

UK, as well as to provide commercial benefits to tennis 

businesses while supporting the LTA’s efforts to promote the 

sport at all levels. 

Members range from multi-million pound corporations to 

individual entrepreneurs, all of whom care and depend on the 

future of the game, and currently number over 

60 tennis businesses and over 135 individual 

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Tennis Industry Business Groups 

Brands & Equipment Suppliers 

Representing the major brands in the world of tennis, 

this group of companies includes distributors and 

manufacturers of tennis rackets, balls, related 

accessories such as strings and grips, clothing and 

shoes. 

If you need a stringer please go to the Directory of 

Tennis Racquet Specialists on page 38. 

Amer Sports UK Ltd - Wilson J Price (Bath) Ltd 

Apollo Leisure 

K S UK Limited - K-Swiss 

Babolat UK 

Milliken Woollen Speciality 

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Independent Traders 

The UK has a long-established tradition of specialist 

tennis traders who bring colour and variety to 

tournaments and provide a year-round service to tennis 

enthusiasts. 

These traders have a wealth of knowledge and 

experience and offer a wide range of tennis-related 

products including art, bespoke tenniswear, books, 

calendars, collectables, diaries, DVDs, glassware, 

greeting cards, jewellery, photographs, postcards, 

posters, souvenirs, tournament prizes and trophies. 

Tennis products are hard to find in the high street, but 

the independent tennis industry offers choice, quality, 

value and good old-fashioned customer service. 

Daniell Smith Ltd 

Silver Tennis Collection Ltd 

Scorpion Sports Gifts Teddy Tennis Ltd 

Tennis Emporium Ltd Tennis Gallery Wimbledon 

Tennis Sports Shops 

Traditionally the sports shop in the High Street has 

been the first port of call for most tennis enthusiasts 

seeking their tennis kit. 

The advent of big retail sports chains have offered 

competitive prices for tennis equipment and in recent 

years online shopping has become the market place of 

growth. 

The TIA UK’s Tennis Racquet Specialist Scheme is a 

kite mark earned through participation by sports 

retailers in an education and certification programme 

that offers expert advice and services to the public. 

A directory of individual qualified stringers appears on 

page 38 while this group of companies includes retail 

outlets for the buying public. 

Court Equipment & Services 

This group encompasses designers, manufacturers and 

supplier contractors of tennis courts, facilities, fencing, 

canvas and signage and so on. 

Many of the companies are also members of the Sports 

and Play Construction Association (SAPCA) and 

comply to their strict codes of practice (see page 31). 

AMB Sports Ltd 

M3 Surveying & Construction Ltd 

CopriSystems Ltd Midland CSB Ltd 

Edwards Sports Products Ltd Norseman Summit 

Harrod UK Ltd 

Sportsequip.co.uk 

J B Corrie & Co Ltd Sunbaba 

Junior Tennis Centres Ltd Thornton Sports 

LTL Contracts Ltd 

Corporate Organisations 

These are professional organisations that provide 

specialist services to the game. 

European Racquets Stringers Association 

Sport and Play Construction Association 

TenniscoachUK (British Tennis Coaches Association) 

The Lawn Tennis Association 

The Tennis Industry Association UK 

Tennis & Fitness Clubs 

The advent of the commercial tennis club over twenty 

years ago has evolved into a multi-billion pound 

leisure industry throughout the land. Around a million 

people and some 20,000 workers are active in this 

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area, including more than 750 tennis professionals. 

Making up this group are clubs and commercial centre 

operators, including: 


Harbour Club (The) 

Junior Tennis Centres 

Next Generation Club, Swindon 

Sutton Tennis Academy 

Queen’s Club (The) 

Service Providers and Media 

There are many companies involved in providing a 

wide range of services to tennis including specialist 

consultancy advice, coaching services, design, event 

and player management, online website services as 

well as marketing and public relations services to 

name but a few. 

Publicity, news and media providers include tennis 

magazines, e-zines and websites. 

Specialist service providers include: 

1st Service Tennis Ltd 

Abbott Media Services 

Advantage Media Network 

Celebrity Tennis Ltd 

Fotosports International 

London Tennis 

Professional Sport UK 

SLSP 

Sport Wins 

Sports Marketing Surveys Inc 

TAB Services 

Tenlink 

Tennis/Exhibition Design Consultancy 

Tennis Services UK Ltd 

Tennis Today 

TIA UK Insurance 

Trioplus Limited 

Will To Win Ltd 

TRS Stringers 

The TIA UK’s Tennis Racquet Specialist Scheme is a 

kite mark earned through participation by sports 

retailers in an education and certification programme 

that offers expert advice and services to the public. 

The programme is run for the TIA UK by the European 

Racquet Stringers Association and provides a 

certification system that is the universally accepted 

standard around the world. 

A directory of individual qualified stringers appears on 

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User Listings 

For Players 

Looking for new rackets, balls, clothing or tennis wear? 

Want to accessorise yourself, your partner or your club? 

Fancy some coaching in the UK or abroad, or even enrolling in a new club? 

Want to get involved in some competitive events? 

The companies and services listed below are available to meet your needs. 

Accessories 

Amer Sports UK Ltd – Wilson 




Scorpion Sports Gifts 

Balls 



Dunlop 


J Price (Bath) Ltd 


Slazenger 

Clothing 




Dunlop 


Clubs 






Coaching Books and DVDs 

Teddy Tennis Ltd 

Tennis Gallery Wimbledon 

Coaching Services 

1st Services Tennis Ltd 

David Lloyd Leisure 


Next Generation Club Swindon 


Tenniscoachuk (BTCA) 




Will To Win 

Competitions / Tournaments 


London Tennis 


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Equipment Websites 



Tennis Services Uk Ltd 

Exhibitions 


Holidays 

Will To Win 

Mini Tennis 









Rackets 



Dunlop 



Slazenger 

Volkl Tennis UK & Ireland 

Research & Participation analysis, player profiles 

and lifestyles 


Shoes 



Fila UK Ltd 

K S UK Ltd – K-Swiss 

Hi-Tech Sports UK Ltd 


Specialist Retailers 



Tennis Emporium 

Silver Tennis Collection Ltd (The) 


Will To Win

Stringing, Machines and Accessories 





For Fans 

Where do you indulge your passion for Rafa, or your love of fine tennis jewellery? 

Where do you buy tennis posters for your children, or bespoke tennis clothing? 

Where do you get Wimbledon films, and Mini Tennis books? 

How do you find the best tennis magazines, and the most up-to-date tennis websites? 

Where do you buy a thoughtful and original gift for the avid tennis enthusiast? 

There is a surprising amount of choice available to the tennis consumer, and this easy to use 

section tells you which companies can meet your particular needs. 

Art 


Professional Sport UK Ltd 



Books 


Smash! (The) 


Charities 

Dan Maskell Tennis Trust (The) 

Collectables 



DVDs 


Will To Win 

Digital Magazines 


Entertainment 


Exhibitions 


Gifts 


Scorpions Sports Gifts 



Greeting Cards 



Jewellery 




Magazines & E-Zines 


Tennis Outlook 


Photographs 



Posters 


Professional Sport UL Ltd 



Research & Tennis Statistics 


Calendars/Diaries 


Special Events 



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User Listings 

For Clubs 

Are you upgrading your club facilities? 

Do you need to improve your club’s image? 

Are you considering new tennis courts? 

Do you need help in preparing a budget / business plan for a loan or grant? 

Help is at hand from any of the companies listed below. 

Ball Machines 




Banners 

Sunbaba 

Bespoke Clothing 


Bubbles and Structures 

CopriSystems Ltd 


Midland CSB Ltd 


Coaching Equipment 

Edwards Sports Products Ltd 

Consultants 


Junior Tennis Centres Ltd 

Sport Wins 

Tenlink 


TrioPlus Ltd 


Will To Win 

Court Accessories 





Court Canvass / Windbreaks 


Sportsequip,co.uk 

Sunbaba 

Court Manufacturers 




Thornton Sports 

Equipment Websites 


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Exhibitions 

Tennis/Exhibitions Design Consultancy 

Fencing 



J B Corrie & Co Ltd 


Floodlights 




Ground Equipment 


Indoor Courts 







Mini Tennis 

See Tennis Equipment 

Nets & Posts 






Practice Fence / Walls 


Prizes 




Research 


Scoreboards 




Sportsequip.co.uk

Special Events 


SLSP 


Tennis Equipment 




Dunlop 






Slazenger 


For Corporate Clients 

Tennis is an ideal sport for companies or organisations to employ in the promotion of their own 

specific business. With its worldwide appeal, and its longevity with regards to play, the sport, 

and its players both past and present, provide an attractive background for hospitality events and 

meetings. 

Banners / Screens 

Sunbaba 

Conference Facilities 






Consultancy Services 



Sport Wins 

Tenlink 



Entertainment 


Prestige Promotions 

SLSP 

Will To Win 

Event Management 



SLSP 

Sport Wins 

Tenlink 

Exhibitions 


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Trophies 


Wall Decoration 




Website Services 


TAB Services 

Tenlink 

Tennis Today Ltd 


SLSP 

Sunbaba 

Tennis Emporium Ltd 

Tennis/Exhibitions Design Consultancy 



Media Services 




SLSP 

TAB Services 

Tenlink 


TennisWire Network 


Photography 



Other Specialities 

1st Service Tennis Ltd 


Sunbaba 

TAB Services 


Tenlink 




TrioPlus Ltd

User Listings 

Case Study 1 

Research 


TrioPlus Ltd 

Speakers & Q&As 


Sponsorship Evaluation 


Is your company 

missing from the 

User Listings? 

Then become a 

TIA UK member 

by completing the 

form on page 54 

J. B. Corrie & Co Ltd 

B 

eing a TIA member allows J.B.Corrie to 

network with clubs (now known as 

Places to Play), fellow members and other 

organisations within the tennis industry and 

so helps us to actively build up our business. 

By attending TIA meetings we are kept upto-date 

with the important things that are 

happening in tennis at all levels, which is 

useful to our business as it flags up 

opportunities for us. 

The TIA is fully committed to developing all 

of the issues that are beneficial to British 

Tennis and we, as a company, fully support 

these efforts for the future well-being of 

sport. 

A healthy sport, ranging from the 

recreational to elitist, results in a buoyant 

market for us. 

The opportunities that have come 

J.B.Corrie’s way since becoming a member 

of TIAUK have been tremendous, resulting 

in increased enquiries and improved sales of 

our tennis products, particularly arising from 

The Tennis Book and the website. 

J B Corrie recommends TIA membership to 

tennis businesses that support market growth 

because collectively the industry can make a 

real difference. 

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CopriSystems covering 

systems are available in 

spans ranging from 12m to 

36m with unlimited length 

in either fixed or telescopic 

versions. 

These tough, durable 

structures are ideally suitable 

for tennis courts, swimming 

pools, five a side football, 

horse riding and many 

other uses. 

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Offers excellent value for money 

whilst providing complete 

environmental protection. 

Full length sliding side curtains 

provide maximum ventilation. 

End curtains also available. 

Multiple courts can be housed in 

either a single 36m span or in 

individual domes with full length 

interconnection. 

Custom manufactured and 

engineered for strength and 

durability in high-tensile steel. 

Translucent properties of roof 

material allows natural light to 

permeate through, thus reducing 

electricity costs. 

Culfordʼs new Indoor Tennis Centre, built by 

Copri Systems and officially opened on 

5 May 2009 by Greg Rusedski. 

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Directory of TIA UK Members 

The A-Z of the tennis industry in the UK 

For details on joining the TIA UK, the only trade association 

soley for tennis businesses, please see page 54. 

1st Service Tennis Limited 

18 Derwent Avenue Kingston Vale 

London SW15 2RD 

Phone 020 2548 8006 

Email Paul@1stservicetennis.com 

1st Service Tennis Limited is a company that provides 

coaching services and managing facilities 


Cedar Lodge, Howe Road, Watlington, 

OX49 5ER 

Tel 01491 612042 

Contact Henry Wancke 

AMS has provided a specialist editorial service which has 

included over the last 42 years, the editorship of Tennis 

World, Serve & Volley and Tennis Today magazines in 

addition to coverage of events for the Press Association, the 

Daily Telegraph, British Tennis magazine and the Wimbledon 

Website. 

Currently editing the FortyFiver on behalf of the 45 Club and 

Tennis Outlook for the Tennis Industry Association UK as well 

as producing the Members’ Handbook for the Lawn Tennis 

Writers’ Association and The Tennis Book. 

AMS has also been involved in establishing tennis events, the 

most successful being the Family Championships in 

association with Remington (1984-1992) and the Champion 

of Champions event for clubs with C&A. The former event 

was revived in 2007, visit familychampionships.org.uk for 

further information. 

In addition, AMS is available to act as a PR agency on behalf 

of tennis businesses. 


Barry House, 20-22 Worple Road, 

London SW19 4DH 

Phone 020 8947 0100 

Email bmarrison@advantagemedianet.com 

Web; advantagemedianet.com 

Contact: Bridget Marrison 

AMN is the UK’s leading tennis content agency. In addition to 

producing multimedia brand, Tennishead, AMN provides a 

range of media services for third parties 

Services Provided: AMN provides publishing services to a 

range of sporting businesses. 

Services include the production of creative content for all 

media platforms: Bespoke photography and video services: 

Design and production of 

promotional material: Website design, build and management; 

Digital Magazine and brochure production. 


Unit 40, Blue Chalet Industrial Estate, 

London Road, West Kingsdown, 

Kent TN15 6BQ 

Phone: 0844 448 4370 

Fax: 0844 448 4371 

Email: info@ambsports.com 

Web: www.ambsports.com 

Contact: Bruce Hanhan 

AMB Sports is an established company employing highly 

motivated and skilled staff with over 50 years combined 

experiences in the design and construction of sports facilities. 

Its client portfolio contains many prestigious facilities 

including the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, 

Crystal Palace Athletics Stadium, Loughborough University, 

Harrow School and the Wentworth Golf Course Estate. 

Product Range: Design and construction of sports facilities 

including athletic tracks and support facilities, synthetic 

pitches, tennis courts, MUGA, cricket facilities and bowling 

greens. 

Services Provided: Design, construction, maintenance and 

renovation of sports facilities. 


Theta Building, Lyon Way, Frimley, 

Surrey GU16 7ER 

Phone 01276 404 800 

Fax 01276 40 4801 

Email stuart.preece@amersports.com 

Website www.wilson.com 

Contact Stuart Preece 

At the heart of sports history for almost a century, no other 

company has been as influential and intimately involved in 

shaping the games of tennis, golf, baseball and American 

football as Wilson. 

As the originator of breakthrough technologies, Wilson has 

produced legendary classics and earned world-wide 

legitimacy in each sport it participates in, particularly tennis. 

Backed by generations of athletes, Wilson is now owned by 

Amer Sports, the world’s leading sports equipment company. 

Listed on the OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki since 1977, 

Amer Sports Corporation had a turnover of 1.7 billion Euros 

and a market capitalization of 1.3 billion Euros in 2007 and, at 

the end of the year, the company employed 6,465 people 

worldwide. 

The business is based on strong global brands, trusted by 

consumers world-wide, including: 

Salomon - the mountain sports company 

Wilson - the authentic ball sports brand 

Precor - the global fitness equipment leader 

Atomic - the leading manufacturer of alpine skis 

Suunto - the leading manufacturer of sports instruments 

Mavic - the leading cycling systems brand 

Arc’teryx - the most progressive outdoor gear 

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Unit 1 Forest Close 

Ebblake Industrial Estate 

Verwood, Dorset BH31 6DE 

Phone 01202 812 000 

Fax 01202 827 040 

Email jeremyholt@apolloleisure.co.uk 

Website www.apolloleisure.co.uk 

Contact Jeremy Holt 

Apollo Leisure has been the UK’s leading supplier of racket 

sports accessories and equipment for 30 years selling to 

retailers, club shops and professional coaches. 

It distributes a wide range of racket strings, grips, accessories 

and other racket sport related products. 

The company is proud to be associated with many of the 

leading brand names in racket sports and is the exclusive 

distributor for Prince, Head and Gamma racket accessories in 

the UK and for the last 3 years has run the ‘on site’ stringing 

service at the Championships, Wimbledon 

Babolat VS UK Ltd 

2 Mulberry Court 

59 B London Road 

Bagshot, Surrey 

GU19 5DT 

Tel: 01276 473172 

Fax: 01276 475213 

Email fdebeauvais@babolat.com 

Web www.babolat.com 

Tennis Equipment Supplier. 

Product Range: Tennis and Badminton rackets, strings/grips 

and accessories, tennis balls, footwear, apparel, stringing 

machines. 

Celebrity Tennis Limited 

8 The Knoll, Beckenham, Kent BR3 5JW 

Phone: 07768 665 458 

Email: info@celebritytennis.co.uk 

Website: www.celebritytennis.co.uk 

Contacts: Sheila O’Reilly and Peter Risdon (020 8672 8131) 

Currently undergoing a major revamp, Celebrity Tennis 

creates special events perfectly tailored to promote 

organisations, companies or clubs by bringing a fresh 

approach in tennis entertainment with our group of tennis 

legends and Wimbledon champions. 

Invite your clients and staff to a special experience that will 

help to build relationships and be truly memorable, because 

Celebrity Tennis events are always fun. 

Meeting the tennis legend of your dreams and rubbing 

shoulders with champions both on and off the court are 

experiences to relish. 

We run Tennis Days in conjunction with business throughout 

the UK, incorporating Pro/Am tournaments and exhibition 

tennis, offering the perfect function to match your needs with 

an affordable budget. You are assured of high level service 

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while we take care of the details, allowing you to spend time 

with your clients. We offer a no-obligation quote and are 

happy to discuss your ideas so we can tailor-make your event 

to your requirements. Do something different this year and 

book a tennis legend for your event now! 


Broughton Down, Nether Wallop, 

Stockbridge, Hampshire SO20 8DS 

Phone: 01794 301 000 

Fax: 01794 301 342 

Email: info@coprisystems.com 

Website: www.coprisystems.com 

Contact: Vanessa Holmes, Office Manager 

UK specialists in covering technology for warehousing, 

logistics, sports and leisure applications and many other 

applications, CopriSystems supplies and erects a wide range 

of static, folding and telescopic canopies, domes and tunnel 

systems for use by many leading UK companies in a wide 

variety of industrial, commercial, sports and leisure activities. 

CopriSystems covering systems are ideal for tennis courts, 

swimming pools, five-a-side football, horse riding and many 

other uses. 

CopriSystems’ technical expertise, design flexibility, 

manufacturing excellence and responsive service have made it 

a leader in its field, with few other companies in Europe 

offering such a wide range of services. 

The company’s extensive knowledge and experience of 

lightweight industrial buildings - loading bay canopies, 

warehousing, dockshelters and sports and leisure halls - 

underpins an unrivalled capability to provide an individual 

solution to every project - and ensure that its design and 

installation meets the exacting specification required by each 

client. 

For tennis courts, fixed or telescopic covers are available in 

spans ranging from 12m to 40m with unlimited length; each 

system custom manufactured and engineered for strength and 

durability in high-tensile steel, hot dip galvanised for 

corrosion protection. The cover is manufactured from 

abrasion resistant, self extinguishing PVC-coated polyester 

fabric of 900g/m2 tested to BS 5438. Engineered in one piece, 

the cover is maintained in tension, giving a combination of 

strength, durability and good looks. The cover’s translucent 

properties allow natural light to permeate through. 

The Dan Maskell Tennis Trust 

c/o Sport Wins, PO Box 238, Tadworth, 

KT20 5WT 

Tel 01737 831707 

Email: danmaskell@sportwins.co.uk 

Website: www.danmaskelltennistrust.org.uk 

Contact: Gilly English 

The Dan Maskell Tennis Trust is a charity (No. 1133589) 

which raises funds to help people with disabilities who wish 

to play tennis.


Funds are used for the grant aid programme which supports 

wheelchair tennis, deaf tennis, tennis for people with learning 

disabilities and tennis for the visually impaired. Specialist 

wheelchairs, tennis equipment and funding towards coaching 

and court hire is available for groups and individuals. 

The Trust is named after the late Dan Maskell, the BBC TV 

commentator known affectionately as ‘the voice of 

Wimbledon’. Dan had a special empathy with disabled players 

and was awarded an OBE in 1945 for his work as the RAF’s 

first rehabilitation Officer. 

Elaine Paige is the current President of the Trust and is an 

active supporter of its work and fundraising activities. The 

Trust is the official charity of the Tennis Industry Association UK. 


Email daniellsmithltd@aol.com 

Phone 01689 854259 

Mobile 07941 236712 

Contact Frank Daniell 

Daniell Smith specialise in the design of bright new eyecatching 

tennis logos and tennis apparel. Whether one is a 

recreational participant, or with aspirations of greater 

achievements, we have tennis tops for everyone. 

These are innovative, exclusive logos available on babies’ 

bibs and T-shirts, through to teenagers and more mature 

adults offering a wide choice of polos and warm-up tops – the 

choice is yours! 

All merchandise is manufactured on the very best fabrics to 

give the wearer ‘the feel good factor’. Take a look at the 

selection of accessories – sweat bands, socks, multi-coloured 

laces, tennis ball key-rings, jumbo novelty inflatable tennis 

balls (which are great for the avid autograph hunter) and even 

greetings cards. 

Don’t follow the crowd – be a leader – wear your garments 

with pride – buy from Daniell Smith. 

Product Range: Innovative tennis logos and tennis wear, 

produced on high quality fabrics and a wide range of 

accessories. 


Mosquito Way, Hatfield Business Park, 

Hatfield, Herts AL10 9AX 

Phone 01707 283 500 

Web www.davidlloyd.co.uk 

Contact Steven Matthews 

The David Lloyd Leisure Group operates 78 clubs in the UK 

and a further 10 sites across Europe. The Group, which is 

now Europe’s largest rackets, health and fitness operator, was 

formed on the 1st January 2008 following the acquisition of 

David Lloyd Leisure Ltd by London & Regional Properties, 

owners of Next Generation Clubs. 

The group now incorporates 75 David Lloyd Leisure Clubs, 

1Next Generation Club and 2 Harbour Clubs in the UK. There 

are also 10 sites in Europe including clubs in Amsterdam, 

Brussels, Barcelona and Dublin. 

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The combination of these leading brands in rackets, health 

and fitness, has created an extensive portfolio of family 

orientated clubs with unrivalled facilities and service levels for 

our members. 

David Lloyd Leisure has over 450,000 members and employs 

some 6000 people; including an expert health & fitness team 

of over 750 and more than 350 tennis professionals. 

Across all clubs, David Lloyd Leisure has 12,500 exercise 

machines, over 150 swimming pools (of which half are 

indoor) and offers over 10,000 exercise classes per week. 

Our rackets facilities are unparalleled with 700 tennis courts 

(over half of which are indoor), as well as 180 badminton 

courts and 140 squash courts. Additional facilities include 

health & beauty spas, club lounges with free internet access, 

crèches, nurseries and specialist sports shops to name a few. 

Dunlop Slazenger International Ltd 

Meadow Lane, Shirebrook, Mansfield, 

Nottinghamshire, NG20 8RY 

Phone: 0870 838 7310 

Web www.dunlopsport.com and www.slazenger.com 

Tennis equipment and sports goods manufacturer 


Unit 8-9 Hounsell Building, North Mills, 

Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3BE 

Phone: 01308 424 111 

Email sales@edsports.co.uk 

Web www.edsports.co.uk 

Contact Archie Barclay 

Founded in 1884 Edwards is the longest established 

manufacturer of sports equipment in the U.K. Over the course 

of its 126 year history Edwards has developed a pre-eminent 

position as the leading supplier of tennis court equipment. 

Edwards manufactures and supplies a comprehensive range 

of tennis nets, posts, umpires chairs, court surround screens 

and accessories to the tennis industry worldwide. 

Each year television images of Edwards’s quality equipment 

are beamed worldwide during the annual Wimbledon 

Championships. Edwards is contracted each year to supply 

Slazenger with equipment for the Championships. Recently 

Edwards added Beijing 2008 Olympic Games to an evergrowing 

roster of prestigious venues where the company’s equipment 

has been used and the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New 

Delhi also featured the British manufacturer’s nets and posts. 

Edwards is also the preferred supplier to all of the major 

indoor court providers in the U.K. 

In addition to tennis equipment Edwards also manufacture a 

comprehensive range of football, rugby, hockey and cricket 

products. Edwards’s football equipment is in use at the 

majority of the Premiership training grounds. Edwards is also 

a member of SAPCA and also manufactures a full range of 

equipment for use on synthetic pitches.

European Racquet Stringers Association (ERSA) 

Lenaustr.38, 40470 Dusseldorf, 

Germany 

Phone: 0049 211 87511548 

Email: mmaslo3330@aol.com 

Web www.ersa-stringers.com 

Contact: Mark Maslowski 

The ERSA offers membership to racket sports manufacturers, 

shops, stringers and coaches. Information is supplied through 

RacquetTech magazine, The Stringers Digest, ersastringers.com 

and ERSA e-newsletters. Workshops are offered 

along with internationally accredited certification. 

Fila UK Ltd 

Unit 1 Colonial Business Park 

Colonial Way, Watford 

Hertfordshire WD24 4PR 

Tel: 01923 288 555 

Fax: 01923 288 500 

Email: webinfo@filauk.com 

Web: www.FILA.eu 

Contact: Paul Siviter 

Fila is a leading authentic sports brand which celebrates its 

centenary in 2011. Inspired by the style, elegance and passion 

of its Italian heritage, it continues to develop a strong legacy 

in tennis that very few brands can replicate. The brand, 

currently worn by the likes of Kim Clijsters, Svetlana 

Kuznetsova and Marin Cilic, is also the official shoe of The 

Wimbledon Championships and continues to grow from 

strength to strength. 


The Barn, Swanbourne, Bucks 

UK MK17 0SL 

Phone 01296 720773 

Email info@fotosports.com 

Web www.fotosports.com 

Contact Roger Parker 

Fotosports International was founded in 1968 - making it one 

of the oldest sports picture agencies - and has been covering 

top class international and domestic sport ever since. 

We continue to supply “live” and archive images to national 

and international newspapers, magazines and television and 

our Worldwide partners via subscription downloads from our 

website and “live” e-mail or ftp push during play. 

We have covered every World Cup soccer finals since 1970 

and European Soccer Championships since 1984. 

Use our online image bank search facility now to browse 

350,000 of our current and “archive” soccer, tennis and 

Formula One images from a total archive of over 500,000 

pictures featuring Soccer - Tennis - Golf - NFL – American 

Football - Athletics - Motor Sport - Rugby - Cricket etc. 

The Harbour Club 

Watermeadow Lane, London SW6 2RR 

Phone 020 7751 9443 

Web www.harbourclub.co.uk 

Generally acknowledged as the finest Club in London, ranking 

amongst the best in the world, the Harbour Club offers 

members an unrivalled selection of facilities and services. 

The beauty of the Harbour Club, and what makes it so special 

compared to any other club in town, is that it complements 

every individual and family lifestyle, offering space, an 

unrivalled selection of facilities and services and style. 

Whatever you want from a club; somewhere to exercise or 

swim, play competitive or social tennis, or a place to spend 

time with your family, the Harbour Club fits the bill perfectly. 

And by having everything in one place, it’s so much easier to 

juggle hectic personal and professional lives, which is why 

members spend so much time here! 


Pinbush Road, Lowestoft, 

Suffolk NR33 7NL 

Phone 01502 583 515 

Fax 01502 582 456 

Email les@harrod.uk.com 

Web www.harrod.uk.com 

Contact Leslie Saunders 

Harrod UK is the UK’s leading sports ground equipment and 

netting manufacturer. Based in Suffolk. it produces nets and 

posts for tennis as well as equipment for other sports and was 

the Official Supplier of Sports Equipment to the Manchester 

2002 Commonwealth Games. The company has supplied 

equipment to such venues as the Millennium Stadium, 

Wembley Stadium, The National Hockey Stadium, the National 

Badminton Centre and a host of Premier League Clubs. 

HEAD UK Ltd 

2 Beezon Road, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 6BW 

Phone 01539 724740 

Email info@uk.head.com 

Website www.head.com 

Contact Dave Shaw 

The company’s brand portfolio includes HEAD winter (ski and 

boots, snowboard equipment), Tyrolia (ski bindings) HEAD 

Racketsports (tennis, squash and badminton equipment), 

HEAD/Penn (tennis balls and racquetball balls) and Mares 

(diving equipment). Over the last 50 years, HEAD has earned 

a reputation as a leader in developing innovative, high quality 

and technologically advanced sporting equipment, which it 

typically sells to middle and high price points in the market. 

Its products are sold throughout 30,000 accounts in over 80 

countries, targeting sports enthusiasts of varying levels of 

ability and interest ranging from the novice to the professional 

athlete. Most of its sales are in Europe, United States and 

Japan, with Europe being HEAD’s largest market. 

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Hi-Tec Sports UK Ltd 

Aviation Way, 

Southend-on-Sea, 

Essex SS2 6GH 

Phone: 01702 541 741 

Fax: 01702 547 947 

Email: post@hi-tecsports.com 

Website: http://www.hi-tec.com/ 

Contact: Joe Holland 

HI-TEC builds instantly comfortable lightweight footwear for 

the outdoors, golf, and court sport activities. 

Why? Because leisure time is too precious to walk around 

feeling uncomfortable in your shoes. 

Founded in 1974 in the appropriately named village of 

Shoeburyness, in Essex, England, HI-TEC’s squash shoe 

established the benchmark in athletic footwear and the model 

remains Britain’s all time best selling sports shoe model to 

this day. 

The HI-TEC brand was globally launched in 1982 and became 

a casebook study at the Harvard Business School. 

Today there are over 500 HI-TEC styles commercialized 

throughout 80 countries world-wide, under the Hi-Tec 

Outdoor, Hi-Tec Court, Hi-Tec Golf, Hi-Tec Sport, Urban 

collections and Magnum brands for sports and footwear 

enthusiasts. 

Hi-Tec has a rich heritage in tennis with many top players 

having worn the brand including Henri Leconte and Annabel 

Croft. Hi-Tec was also the Official Shoe of The 

Championships, Wimbledon for 8 years. 

The company currently employs approximately 500 

employees and generates global sales of more than US $250 

million. 


Frenchmans Road, Petersfield, 

Hants GU32 3AP 

Phone 01730 237 129 

Fax 01730 264 915 

Email mhickman@jbcorrie.co.uk 

Website www.jbcorrie.co.uk 

Contact Maurice Hickman 

J.B.Corrie is one of the leading manufacturers of Tennis Court 

and Sports Fencing in the U.K. 

Corrie manufacture Tubular Tennis Court surrounds as well as 

traditional Angle Iron surrounds for supply to most of the 

major Tennis Court Contractors in the U.K. 

The Company moved to its current site in 1946, where it now 

employs over 100 staff engaged in the manufacture and 

installation of all different kinds of perimeter fencing and 

gates. 

Corrie also manufacture and install the ServeAce Tennis 

Practice Fence. 


Quarry Hill Works, Box, 

Wiltshire SN13 8LH 

Phone 01225 742 141 

Fax 01225 743 237 

Email: tennisquash@pricebathltd.freeserve.co.uk 

Web www.jpricebath.co.uk 

Contact Derek Price 

For over 70 years, Price of Bath have been manufacturing 

tennis and squash balls and supplying most, if not all, 

international racket companies at some time. 

In fact, the company is the only independent developer and 

manufacturer of tennis balls in Britain today and the only UK 

ball maker producing mini tennis balls developed for The 

Lawn Tennis Association. Also make tennis ball key rings 


PO Box 188, Knaphill, Woking, 

Surrey GU21 2HQ 

Phone 01482 797 030 

Fax 01483 487 040 

Email keith.sohl@btinternet.com 

Contact Keith Sohl 

Junior Tennis Centres Ltd is the developer of the Sutton 

Junior Tennis Centre, the country’s first and only indoor junior 

tennis centre, which opened in 1991. 

A joint venture between London Borough of Sutton and Junior 

Tennis Centres Limited, Sutton Junior Tennis Centre has 

become the UK’s leading tennis centre for the development of 

junior performance players and grass-roots tennis. 

The company also provides a consultancy service to IBM and 

the All England Lawn Tennis Club. 

K S UK Ltd (K-Swiss) 

Tannery House, 4 Middle Leigh, 

Street, Somerset BA16 0LA 

Phone 01458 449 301 

Fax 01458 446 536 

Email srobins@k-swiss.co.uk 

Web http://www.k-swiss.co.uk 

Contact Sarah Robins 

K-Swiss designs, develops and markets high performance 29 

and recreational footwear and apparel, which is distributed in 

the UK by K S UK limited. 

Founded by two Swiss brothers in 1966 in California, K- 

Swiss is now sold in Europe, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, 

Singapore, Australia, New Zealand as well as Central and 

South America. 

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54 Lower Weybourne Lane, 

Farnham, Surrey GU9 9HP 

Phone: 01252 331456 

Fax: 01252 331246 

Email: LTLContracts@ntlbusiness.com 

Contact: Ian Hounsham 

For 17 years LTL Contracts has been designing and supplying 

solutions for sports lighting applications, during which we 

have acquired a reputation for quality, value and reliability, 

based on our skill and experience, attention to detail, and 

pride in meeting our customer’s expectations. 

LTL offers a free lighting design service and will happily 

provide advice, a site survey and assistance with planning 

applications. 

At the forefront of floodlighting technology, LTL’s schemes 

specify top of the range UK manufactured equipment. When it 

comes to installations, LTL have the advantage of their own 

dedicated and experienced team of ground and electrical 

workers. LTL caters for sports at all levela and installations 

include: 

• Tennis Courts • Multi-use games areas • School and 

College sports facilities • Sports Domes • Indoor Sports Halls 

LTL’s lighting schemes are all offered with a maintenance plan 

for ongoing testing, cleaning and servicing to ensure continuing 

optimum performance. 

London Tennis Ltd 

13 King Charles Walk, 

London SW19 6JA 

Phone 020 8789 0482 

Email paul@londontennis.co.uk 

Web www.londontennis.co.uk 

Contact Paul Barton 

London Tennis is a web based network of London tennis 

players and provider of leagues and competitions for adult 

players. 

The company stages competitions such as leagues and an 

annual Knock-out tournament. 

London Tennis is for tennis players of all standards who just 

want to get out and play. Use the site for free to find partners, 

find courts, and record scores to receive a site ranking which 

assists in finding players of a similar standard. 

Whether playing ‘friendlies’ or taking part in box leagues and 

knockout tournaments, this unique website is a popular 

networking hub for London’s tennis players. 

There are four league seasons per year, each lasting 

approximately twelve weeks and costing £15 each to enter. 

Results of all league matches between LTA members are sent 

to the LTA and contribute to their national LTA ranking as well 

as their London Tennis ranking. 

6,813 matches have been recorded between London Tennis 

members at 252 different venues across London in the last 

twelve months. 


59 Ash Tree Road, Southampton, 

Hampshire SO18 1LY 

Phone 07977 567 305 

Fax 023 8058 1888 

Email marklilley@m3construction.co.uk 

Contact Mark Lilley 

M3 Construction specialises in the design, construction and 

refurbishment of tennis courts and other sports facilities. We 

are able to advise on all aspects of the construction of tennis 

courts such as surface, floodlighting and fencing. 

The company is run by Mark Lilley (BEng), a Civil Engineer, 

who is also a keen tennis player when time allows. 

Product Range: tennis courts; synthetic and natural turf 

pitches; athletics tracks; multi-use games areas; cricket 

facilities; bowling greens; and petanque rinks. 

Services Provided: design, construction, refurbishment and 

maintenance of outdoor sports facilities 


8a Holly Court, Holly Farm Business Park, 

Honiley, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 1NP 

Phone: 01926 484 530 

Email: kallan@midlandcsb.co.uk 

Web: www.tenniscourtbuilders.co.uk 

Contact: Ken Allan 

MCSB is a growing Warwickshire based company working 

throughout the UK. Primarily involved with the construction, 

refurbishment and maintenance of tennis courts and multi-use 

sports areas. 

Principal contractor member of SAPCA, registered with 

Constructionline and CHAS. 

Product Range: Tennis Courts and multi-use games areas in a 

variety of surfaces and fencing styles, Tarmac, Acrylic, 

Synthetic Grass and Clay. 

Services Provided: Construction of single or blocks of tennis 

courts and multi-use games areas including fencing, lighting 

and landscaping. 

Milliken Woollen Speciality Products 

Lodgemore Mills, Stroud, 

Gloucestershire GL5 3EJ 

Phone 01453 764 456 

Fax 01453 752 919 

Email Duncan.Kettell@milliken.com 

Web www.milliken-wsp.com 

Contact Duncan Kettell 

Tennis ball cloth or melton has been manufactured at our 

factory in the West of England since the early 20th century, 

originally under the Playne’s name that’s still recognised 

today. 

Nearly 100 years of tradition and highly sophisticated 

manufacturing techniques have been combined to produce a 

superior performing product, which is now the choice of all 

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the leading manufacturers and brands in the tennis industry. 

Our resume includes Dunlop Fort, Slazenger Wimbledon, 

Head ATP, Tretorn, Tecnifibre, Wilson Tour and the Wilson US 

Open tennis ball brands. 

Playne’s tennis cloth by Milliken is selected for three grand 

slam tournaments; Wimbledon, the French Open and the 

Australian Open, and many other major tournaments around 

the world. 


Kembrey Park, Kembrey Street, 

Swindon SN2 8LY 

Phone 020 7751 9443 

Web www.redefineyourself.co.uk 

With some of the best sports, fitness and leisure facilities in 

Europe, you’ll find the Next Generation feels like your family’s 

home from home. Come and take a dip in our fabulous indoor 

or outdoor pool, play on our superb tennis courts and work 

out in our state-of-the-art gym. Then spoil yourself in our 

luxurious Spa. Or, just sit back and enjoy a drink and meal in 

our restaurant and bar and then unwind on our terrace 


1-8 Enterprise Glade, Bath Yard, 

Moira, Swadlincote, 

Derbyshire DE12 6BA 

UK: 0800 3891490 • Outside UK: +44 (0)1283 554120 

Email: kdexter@norsemanstructures.com 

Web: www.norsemanstructures.com 

Contact: Keith Dexter 

Norseman Summit is the foremost steel-framed, engineered 

fabric building supplier which offers custom design, 

construction, and project management services to clients 

worldwide. From project concept to completion, Norseman 

Summit has a strong commitment to a quality product and 

superior service. Excellence in building design and 

technology and a continued focus on safety and quality gives 

you confidence in the strength and reliability of a trusted 

advisor. 

Norseman Summit believes in excellence in every aspect of 

business and promotes an entrepreneurial spirit making 

excellence achievable. Practice and play year-round in a clearspan, 

naturally lit environment with a Norseman Summit 

building. 

Norseman Summit – Fiercely Reliable since 1921. 

Product Range: Norseman Summit is a provider of steelframed, 

engineered fabric buildings. Our buildings can be 

custom designed to meet your application, 5.5 m wide to 90m 

wide and to any length required. 

Services Provided: Norseman Summit offers design, 

construction, and project management services to clients 

worldwide. 


Thames House, 116 High Street, 

Hampton Hill, Middlesex TW12 1NT 

Phone 020 8973 0310 

Email jonballardie@princesports.co.uk 

Web www.princetennis.com 

Contact Jon Ballardie 

At Prince, tennis is really all we think about – because it is all 

we do. Therefore we are always putting the tennis player first. 

Since its inception, this privately held company has grown to 

represent the highest quality, most visionary products and 

programs in the sport, along the way becoming one of the 

most respected, far reaching and successful brands. The 

Prince name is synonymous with tennis excellence with a 

trademark that is one of the most prestigious and well-known 

in the sporting goods industry. 

Product Range includes tennis rackets (performance, club, 

junior, play & stay); tennis balls; tennis footwear; tennis 

apparel and accessories; tennis strings, grips & racket 

accessories; racket sport bags; stringing machines; dynamic 

racket testing machines; play & stay mini-tennis; on court 

equipment & accessories. 


6, Gypsy Lane Great Amwell 

Ware Hertfordshire SG12 9RN 

Phone: +441992 505000 

Fax: +441992 505020 

Email: pictures@prosport.co.uk 

Website: www.professionalsport.com 

Contact: Tommy Hindley 

Professional Sport is a specialist sports library. 

Tommy Hindley, our award winning photographer who 

established Professional Sport in 1977, has been commended 

10 times in the sports photographer of the year competition 

and just last year awarded the prestigious Tennis Europe 

Award for outstanding contribution to the Tennis media. 

Professional Sport provide award-winning photographs, 

covering a range of over one hundred sports, from major 

international to local amateur grassroots events. 

Our photographers constantly supply the library with highly 

creative images and also undertake commissions. We offer an 

efficient and fast service for your specific requirements. 

Images are available via FTP , email, please register at 

www.professionalsport.com for username and password. 

Our clients include editorial, advertising, design and PR 

agencies, Sports Associations and sports sponsors, book and 

magazine publishers, on-line services, press and TV worldwide. 

Our specialties are: Tennis, football and rugby. 

Size of library: Over a million images and still increasing 

daily. 

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The Queen’s Club 

Palliser Road, West Kensington, London W14 9EQ 

Phone 020 7386 3400 

Fax 020 7386 8295 

Web www.queensclub.co.uk 

Contact: Andrew Stewart 

Home of the AEGON Championships, The Queen’s Club 

boasts 28 outdoor Lawn Tennis courts, of which 12 are 

arguably the finest grass courts in the world, 8 indoor Lawn 

Tennis courts, 2 Real Tennis courts, 2 Rackets courts, 3 

Squash courts and a gymnasium. The Club also offers 

excellent hospitality facilities, including an elegant Restaurant, 

Cafe, Real Tennis Museum, and President’s Room - all located 

within the Members’ Clubhouse. 


12 Burnmoor View, Ingleton, Carnforth, 

Lancs LA6 3BL 

Tel 01524 242262 

Email: jane@scorpionsportsgifts.com 

Web: www.scorpionsportsgifts.com 

Contact: Jane Portwell 

Scorpion Sports Gifts is an online retailer of a wide variety of 

Tennis Gifts including tennis themed stationery items, 

notebooks, jewellery, key rings, net-checks, novelty grips and 

dampeners. We also make up party bags for retail customers 

and clubs/centres. 

We are a Trade supplier to coaches and clubs, offering 

coaches the chance to take advantage of Trade Prices on 

products to use as prizes in their coaching programmes. 

Many of our products are ideal for Mini Tennis and Club 

Tournament prizes. 

Our customer base stretches the length and breadth of the 

country and we keep our customers up to date with the 

addition of new products to our range with a regular (but not 

too regular!) newsletter. 

Product Range: Tennis themed gifts: stationery items, 

notebooks, jewellery, key rings, net-checks, novelty grips, 

dampeners, Party Bags. 

Services provided: Supply our products at trade prices to 

coaches and clubs for use as prizes in tennis coaching 

programmes, mini tennis and club tournaments. 

The Silver Tennis Collection Ltd 

PO Box 25746, Wimbledon, 

London SW20 0WG 

Phone: 0753 857 6470 

Email silvertennis@btinternet.com 

Web www.silvertenniscollection.com 

Contact: Robert Fuller 

Specialist dealer in tennis jewellery, gifts and antiquities. 

Supplier of tennis trophies and awards plus trophy restoration 

and engraving service. Can provide Exhibitions on the History 

of Tennis. 

Product Range: Tennis Jewellery, gifts, trophies, corporate 

gifts, exhibitions of tennis history with rare original 

memorabilia 1850-1970 

Services Provided: Trophy restoration and engraving 

Slazenger 

See Dunlop Slazenger International 

www.slazenger.com 

SLSP 

44 Hill Street, Richmond, Surrey 

TW9 1TW 

Phone 07702 124393 

Email sallylockyer@aol.com 

Contact Sally Lockyer 

SLSP is a consultancy business providing marketing and 

commercial services to the sports and media sectors. With 

extensive experience of major events (Olympics, Commonwealth 

Games, World Championships); sports brands (Nike Europe, 

Reebok, Kappa, Lotto); sponsorship (Microsoft, Virgin, Coca- 

Cola, Prudential); leisure operators (David Lloyd Leisure) and 

in the music business providing technology to some of the 

world’s largest tours (Live 8, Madonna, Il Divo, Spice Girls 

and Robbie Williams). The company is headed by Sally 

Lockyer, a Board Member of the TIA. 

Sport Wins 

PO Box 238, Tadworth, 

Surrey KT20 5WT 

Phone: 01737 831707 

Mobile: 07904 526779 

Email: gilly@sportwins.co.uk 

Website: www.sportwins.co.uk 

Contact details Gilly English 

Sport Wins was set up specifically to organise sporting events 

and initiatives on behalf of the governing bodies and 

sponsors of sport. 

Specialising in the grass roots of sport, and offering services 

of administration and organisation for all aspects of events or 

programmes, Sport Wins has extensive experience of 

organising national and international schools events and 

development programmes on behalf of the national governing 

bodies. 

We also assist with applications for funding from government 

and other agencies and help in the organisation of fundraising 

and promotional activities. 

Sport Wins is currently contracted to raise funds and 

administer The Dan Maskell Tennis Trust, a charity which 

helps disabled people to play tennis. 

Our other major contract is providing administrative services 

to the Tennis Industry Association UK Ltd, the only official 

trade association solely for tennis businesses. 

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Sports and Play Construction Association (SAPCA) 

Federation House, Stoneleigh Park, 

Warwickshire CV8 2RF 

Phone 024 7641 6316 

Fax 024 7641 4773 

Email info@sapca.org.uk 

Web www.sapca.org.uk 

Contact Chris Trickey 

SAPCA is the recognised trade organisation in the UK for the 

tennis court construction industry, and represents specialist 

builders of tennis courts, manufacturers and suppliers of 

tennis surfaces and related equipment, as well as independent 

tennis facility consultants. 

The Association plays an important role in the promotion of 

high standards for tennis and other sports facilities. 

Membership signifies professional competence and 

performance through compliance with SAPCA’s Codes of 

Practice. 


The Courtyard, Wisley, Surrey, 

GU23 6QL 

Phone: 07500 777 565 

e-mail: john.bushell@sportsmarketingsurveysinc.com 

e-mail: andy.russell@sportsmarketingsurveysinc.com 

web: www.sportsmarketingsurveysinc.com 

Contact: John Bushell or Andy Russell 

Sports Marketing Surveys Inc is a specialist research 

company that focuses on sports goods & equipment research, 

sports participation analysis and research at sports venues 

where individuals play sport. With research going back to 

1984, the company has built long-term relationships working 

with many of the major tennis equipment manufacturers and 

events such as The Championships at Wimbledon. 

Sports Marketing Surveys Inc is based in the UK and cooperates 

closely with Sports Marketing Surveys USA to 

provide research into tennis participation, equipment sales, 

event equipment usage, retailer attitudes, and tennis-player 

lifestyle research on a global basis. 

Sports Marketing Surveys Inc provides our clients with real 

insight and understanding on how tennis and sport impacts 

on a person’s life to help them make better business decisions 

and improve their profits. 

Contact us to find out how we can help you achieve your 

tennis targets including: 

- European Tennis participation & lifestyle reports 

- European Speciality Tennis Retail analysis 

- European Market Shipment reports 

- Tennis Consumer studies 

- Tennis brand image consultancy 

Services Provided: Sports market research services including: 

- Syndicated research 

- Bespoke studies & tailor-made research 

- Tennis & Sport publications and consultancy 

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Boyd Sport & Play Limited trading as 

sportsequip.co.uk 

The Manor, Tur Langton, 

Leicestershire LE8 0PJ 

Phone 01858 545 789 

Fax 01858 545 890 

Email sales@sportsequip.co.uk 

Web www.sportsequip.co.uk 

Contact Robert Boyd 

sportsequip.co.uk is Britain’s leading online supplier of tennis 

products offering a wide choice of tennis nets and posts, 

winders & handles, net straps & adjusters, ball machines, ball 

baskets, tennis court accessories and court maintenance 

equipment for porous macadam, acrylic, grass, artificial 

grass, clay and shale courts. 

The company also supplies new court starter packs, moss 

killers and court maintenance products. 

Product Range: Tennis Posts, Tennis Nets, Winders & 

Handles, Net Straps & Adjusters, Ball Machines, Ball Baskets, 

New Court Starter Packs, Moss Killers, Court Maintenance. 

Sunbaba Systems Ltd 

Sunbaba House, Dullingham, 

Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 9XA 

Phone: 01638 507684 

London Office: 

Suite 222, Legacy Business Centre, 2a Ruckholt Rd., Leyton, 

London E10 5NP 

Phone: 020 8988 9100 

Email: info@sunbaba.co.uk 

Web: www.sunbaba.co.uk 

Contact: Jan Booth Newmarket, Jonathan Booth, London 

Sunbaba is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of Austronet 

plain and over printed tennis windbreaks and Event Branding 

solutions. Our years of experience and a wide range of plain 

and printable materials including soft fabrics and rigid 

materials, enable us to deliver outstanding results. 

We don’t just sell branding, we offer a service with advice and 

support, right from the start of a project through to completion. 

Sunbaba are committed to sustainability in line with the 

principles of BS 8910 and ISO 14001 and we work closely 

with our suppliers and clients to minimise the environmental, 

social and economic impact of our products and, in turn, of 

the events where they are used. 

Product Range: Plain and Over printed Tennis Windbreaks, 14 

different Austronet fabric colours, 2 weights/air permeability. 

Banners and Event branding for Tennis Events and 

Tournaments. 


Rosehill Park, Sutton, Surrey 

SM1 3HH 

Phone: 0208 641 6611 

Fax: 0208 641 9676

Email: info@suttontennisacademy.com 

Web: www.suttontennisacademy.com 

Contact: Jessica Weeks 

Sutton Tennis Academy was the country’s first indoor junior 

tennis centre. It opened in 1991 as a joint venture between 

London borough of Sutton and Junior Tennis Centres. 19 

years on, the centre has now become the UK’s leading tennis 

centre for the development of junior performance players. 

Whilst it is London’s premier facility the academy offers a 

flexible approach to meet the training and practice 

requirements of all ages and levels of player, including 

professional, full-time, and junior performance players as well 

as beginners. We also have adult coaching programmes and 

operate a number of evening squads for beginner, 

intermediate and advanced players. 

The Centre offers excellent facilities including 11 indoor 

acrylic, 8 clay and 5 outdoor acrylic courts, a luxury health 

and fitness suit, sports injury clinic, a relaxing sports lounge, 

indoor and outdoor viewing areas, a junior gym and 

function/conference facilities. 

TAB Services 

45 Signal Road, Grantham, NG31 9BL 

Telephone: 08456 434822 

E-mail: info@tabservices.co.uk 

Web: www.tabservices.co.uk 

Contact: Ian Beswick 

TAB Services – offering sales and marketing consultancy 


Elmdene, Milton Road, Shipton-Under-Wychwood, 

Chipping Norton, West Oxfordshire OX7 6BD 

Phone 0845 643 1173 

Email stephen@teddytennis.com 

Website www.teddytennis.com 

Contact Stephen Bean 

Teddy Tennis is a new coaching method that inspires children 

aged 3 1 ⁄2 to 7 1 ⁄2 to play tennis and get active. 

Teddy Tennis creatively connects to children through music, 

pictures, stories and teddy bear characters making learning 

the elementary skills of tennis exciting & fun. The lessons 

match a child’s development level with activities that cover a 

combination of movement, racket and ball skills. The 

programme works brilliantly as children just love playing 

Teddy Tennis. 

Teddy Tennis is a ‘must have’ programme for any sports or 

leisure centre because it will bring in new business 

opportunities in ‘off-peak’ times as Teddy Tennis busy periods 

are weekday mornings and afternoons, as well as at 

weekends. Once established, Teddy Tennis will generate 

between £40,000 - £120,000 incremental revenue per year 

using existing in-house resources. 

Benefits offered: Enhances the family membership offering of 

the centre. 

Provides new income source – fees from lessons (and 

membership) 

Provides new secondary income source (i.e. parents spend 

whilst waiting for classes to finish) 

Provides tertiary income source – resale of Teddy Tennis 

equipment and merchandise 

Enhances perceived value of centre to families 

Optimises use of centre in off peak periods 

Sets up a feeder stream for other activities in the centre 

Can be delivered in a variety of locations inside and outside 

the centre 

Provides coaching staff with work in off peak periods 

Teddy Tennis is a structured system with detailed lesson plans 

making the task of preparation and teaching straight forward 

Does not need a tennis court, just some space, indoors or 

outdoors. 

Tenniscoachuk (The British Tennis Coaches’ 

Association Ltd) 

Neville Lodge, 

Newbridge Crescent, 

Wolverhampton WV6 0LH 

Phone 01902 758 500 

Fax 01902 755287 

Email: enquiries@tenniscoachuk.co.uk 

Web: www.tenniscoachuk.com 

Contact: Sharon Lockley/Jo Dakin 

The British Tennis Coaches’ Association (BTCA) trading as 

tenniscoachUK is a professional body for tennis coaches and 

assistants in Britain. 

It is the only independent trade association for coaches in 

Britain, i.e. we do not provide coach certification services and 

so provide impartial advice to coaches and assistants 

irrespective of their qualification or who they are working for. 

tenniscoachUK has almost 3,000 members, including many of 

the leading coaches in Britain and represents coaches with a 

wide variety of qualifications and nationalities. 

tenniscoachUK is run by an National Board and a team of staff 

based at the head office in Wolverhampton. 


400 Sherwood Forest Drive 

Delray Beach, Florida 33445, USA 

Phone: UK Mobile 07780 616 663 

Email: zanevans@hotmail.com 

Contact: Richard Evans, Managing Director 

The Grand Slam of shopping, Tennis Emporium brought 

together the merchandise of the ‘Big 7’ under one roof for the 

first time ever at the London Golf & Tennis Show 2010, 

offering branded goods from Wimbledon, Roland Garros, 

Australia and the US Open to purchase alongside those of the 

ATP World Tour and the International Tennis Federation. 

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PO Box 25746, Wimbledon, London SW20 0WG 

Phone: 0753 857 6470 

Contact: Irené Rhys Evans 

Phone: 07771690425 

Email: info@advintagesports.co.uk 

Web: www.advintagesports.co.uk 

Enhance the appearance of your exhibition stand or venue. 

Irené Rhys Evans has had 12 years’ experience designing 

exhibition stands, from small marquees to large exhibition 

halls, including the National Exhibit at the NEC. Her 

speciality is tennis although she has included golf in Atlanta 

GA and this will be her 10th year at the US Open New York. 

The aim and skill is to improve the appearance of a trade 

stand from an artistic point of view, to better attract and 

interest prospective clients to the exhibitor’s goods or services. 

If desired, as part of the Robert Fuller group, AdVintage 

Sports, she has access to modern and vintage art, antiques 

and decorative items to enhance the overall look, whether it is 

a small booth or a large reception area. 

Every client’s needs are different and unique. 

Tenlink 

48 Braeside, Beckenham, 

Kent BR3 1SU 

Phone: 020 8249 3366 

Email: tenlink@ntlworld.com 

Contact: Barbara Wancke 

With over 35 years working as an administrator in the tennis 

world, Barbara recently wound down her consultancy 

business, Tennis Interlink Ltd, but is still available for special 

projects. 

A former ITF Director of Women’s Tennis, during her career 

she has also held posts at Dunlop Sports Co Ltd and IMG 

before branching out on her own. She currently is the 

Executive Vice President of the TIA UK and remains MD of 

Celebrity Tennis Ltd. 


115 Loomis 

West Hartford, CT 06107 USA 

Mobile: +1-212-844-9274 

Email: lhoran@tenniswire.org 

Web: www.TennisWire.org, 

www.WorkInTennis.com 

Contact: Liza Horan 

TennisWire Network consists of two websites, an email 

database and social media efforts to inform international 

industry stakeholders, media and enthusiasts about tennis 

products, services, people and news in the sport. Brands 

including Wilson, HEAD/Penn, Prince, USPTA and USTA 

Eastern use the super-targeted online platform to gain 

visibility in the marketplace by distributing press releases and 

more. Through a special partnership, TIA UK members qualify 

for special rates for TennisWire “Newsmaker” plans (details 

on www.tiauk.org). 

TennisWire.org provides “industry news from the sources” 

through a searchable database of press releases and company 

profiles, plus exclusive Q&A columns with tennis sponsors, 

leaders and personalities. 

WorkInTennis.com is a career center with employer profiles, 

candidate resumes, job listings, the “I Love My Job!” column, 

and a column (blog.WorkInTennis.com) written by the next 

generation of tennis industry insiders. 

TennisWire Bulletin is a monthly email newsletter providing 

news, features, research and opportunities for those who work 

in the sport or are consumed by it as a fan or player. The 

focus is tennis’ growth through business and recreational 

participation. 

TennisWire Media Alert is a weekly email newsletter to 600+ 

verified journalists and editors who cover tennis and sports. 

Each Monday it carries top headlines from TennisWire 

“Newsmakers,” media event details, story ideas and more. 

Twitter.com/TennisWire is a stream of postings on news and 

items of interest for those covering, watching or working in 

the game. 

Facebook: Staying connected to you and your audience of 

industry insiders, media and tennis enthusiasts. 


112 Arthur Road, Wimbledon Park, 

London SW19 8AA 

Phone: 020 8715 8866 

Fax 020 8715 8877 

Email tennis@thetennisgallery.co.uk 

Web www.thetennisgallery.co.uk 

Contact: Richard Jones 

The Tennis Gallery Wimbledon is a retail shop and online 

trader specialising in tennis images, books, magazines, 

ephemera, video and audio from all over the world. The 

gallery has a unique archive covering more than 130 years of 

tennis history. This is used in the design and publication of 

greeting cards, prints and gifts, and in the provision of 

professional services to print and online media, TV and the 

film industry. The gallery designs and builds special tennis 

exhibitions for corporate clients worldwide, and publishes a 

free magazine ‘What’s New in Tennis’ in May and November 

each year. The gallery is situated right next to Wimbledon 

Park station on the London Underground District Line, less 

than 20 minutes walk from the All England Club. Opening 

hours are 10am to 5pm all year round, with extended hours 

during Wimbledon Championships fortnight. 

Product Range: Tennis books, DVDs, art, photographs, player 

and tournament posters, calendars, diaries, greeting cards, 

Christmas cards, notecards, postcards, jewellery and gifts. 

Services Provided: We organise tennis exhibitions for 

corporate clients, and provide wall decoration for tennis 

clubs. We also provide media research services, and props 

for films and TV. 

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Tennis Services UK Limited 

PO Box 151, 

Sutton SM1 2WN 

Phone: 08712 779 819 

Fax: 07092 272 727 

Email: david@tennisuk.net 

Website: www.tennisuk.net 

Contact: David Fuchs 

Tennis Services UK Limited is an independent company 

dedicated to providing competitive tennis opportunities for 

adults and junior players. 

Working in partnership with a number of clubs, tennis centres 

and LTA county offices, TSUK presents “a professional 

approach to the amateur game”. The company’s founder is 

David Fuchs who, since 1990 has organised, managed and 

promoted tennis competitions at local, regional, national and 

international level. David is also a qualified referee and 

TSUK’s full-time activities are approved by The Lawn Tennis 

Association. 

The world of competitive tennis can be confusing, particularly 

to players who are new to the game. TSUK’s aim is to provide 

clear information and make competitions easy to enter with a 

strong emphasis on ensuring that their events are organised 

and managed to a high standard, delivering a quality tennis 

experience for those playing for fun or in pursuit of a full-time 

career in tennis. 

We offer a tailored service to tennis clubs and centres wishing 

to develop competitions and can also provide administrative, 

secretarial and consultancy services to existing events and 

tournaments. 

TSUK was the first organisation to offer players online 

tournament entry facilities and our website is currently used 

by more than 5,000 players with over 30 clubs and centres 

making use of our services to help run their competitions 

Tennis Today Ltd 

Cedar Lodge, Howe Road, 

Watlington, Oxfordshire, OX49 5ER 

Phone 01491 612042 

e-mail: info@tennis-today.net 

web: www.tennis-today.net 

Publishers of tennis literature and tennis related websites, 

www.tennis-today.net www.tennisclubnews.co.uk and 

www.juniortennisgb.co.uk 

Additional services include setting up of websites, public 

relations and promotions. 


Metcalf Drive 

Altham Industrial Estate, Altham 

Lancashire. BB5 5TU 

Phone: 01282 777 345 

Email: info@thorntonsports.co.uk 

Web: www.thorntonsports.co.uk 

Contact: Colin Wright 

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Thornton Sports specialise in the design, build, installation, 

maintenance and renovation of tennis courts, with over 30 

years experience of working with Clubs, Private Clients, 

Schools & Hotels. 

Surface types offered include painted porous macadam, 

acrylic and our in-house UK manufactured synthetic grass, 

designed to the highest performance and quality standards. 

All of our surfaces meet LTA requirements and can be 

designed to suit different levels of ability and budgets. 


Managed for the TIA UK by Trident Insurance 

Advanced House, 

374-376 High Road, Ilford, 

Essex 1G1 1QP 

Phone: 0800 012 1899 

Fax: 020 8911 1444 

Email: enquiries@tiauk-insurance.co.uk 

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Setting standards over the decades 

Those of you at the opening on October 15, 1982, of 

the David Lloyd Slazenger Racquet Club in Heston 

1982 will recollect that the then Minister for Sport, Neil 

Macfaralane, did the honors. 

“This centre will help cater 

for the increase in leisure 

demand which we will see 

over the next generation,” 

the Minister said. “It is 

desperately needed and 

represents a new 

dimension for success in 

British tennis.” 

Little did he know that over 

David Lloyd, the 

entrepreneur who is 

acknowledged as the man 

who established indoor 

tennis centres. 

Picture David Musgrove. 

the next decades, the seed 

sown just off the M4 near 

Heathrow, in Southall Lane, 

Hounslow would 

subsequently establish 

itself as the biggest sports and leisure company in the 

country, if not Europe. 

David Lloyd will be remembered for both his bulldog 

spirit as a player, and his pioneering spirit as an 

entrepreneur with many believing that indoor tennis 

facilities would not have taken root had it not been for 

his efforts, despite the fact that Coventry was the first 

to open earlier that year, with Telford following the next. 

Over the next decade or so, both those centres have 

veered away to chase other business opportunities 

having found the going tough in tennis while Lloyd 

expanded. 

Having established his successful template at Heston, 

similar clubs followed in 1992 at Bushey, Chigwell and 

Enfield. That year really marks the start of the ‘empire’, 

and with that growth the need for investment capital 

became necessary and met by the company going 

public on the stock exchange. That flotation in 1993 

established the company’s market value at £60 million 

and, in 1995, attracted the interest of Whitbread who 

successfully took the company over at a cost of £201 

million. At the time the company consisted of 18 clubs 

and on the take-over, David Lloyd was retained as 

managing director of the division, a post he held for 

just one year. 

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Importantly, the take-over included the use of the David 

Lloyd name which over the coming years, was to prove 

a major bone of contention for the former player, 

entrepreneur and Davis Cup captain but one he had to 

swallow as he watched the company quickly expanded. 

Unable to operate under his own name, or fronting a 

competitive operation to Whitbread’s, David’s son, 

Scott set up Next Generation Clubs in 1996. Under 

Scott’s leadership the company subsequently opened a 

series of clubs in the UK and Australia, filling a gap by 

going more up-market in their approach than their now 

established competitors. 

The next step was to regain for the group the family 

name but that didn’t come about for a few years. 

Next Generation and its 18 Clubs with some 100,000 

members, were subsequently acquired by London & 

Regional Group Holdings Ltd in 2006 which then 

provided the Company with the financial backing a 

year later (June 2007) to successfully acquire from 

Whitbreads, the 68 David Lloyd Leisure clubs with 

their 370,000 members for an alleged £925 million, a 

move which established, in membership terms, the 

biggest health and fitness operator in the UK. 

Scott Lloyd was now in 

charge of 76 clubs in the 

UK and Ireland, as well as 

ten sites across Belgium, 

Spain and Holland, all 

being serviced by some 

6,000 staff. 

David Lloyd’s son, Scott, 

picked up the baton and 

now controls the biggest 

sports and leisure 

operation in this country 

if not Europe. 

Picture Leisureweek.com 

At the time, without any 

public admission of the 

delight at regaining control 

of the family legacy, Scott 

Lloyd said: “We are pleased 

to have completed the 

acquisition of David Lloyd Leisure, creating the market 

leader in the Health and Fitness sector in the UK. This 

is the start of an exciting new future for both David 

Lloyd Leisure and Next Generation Clubs and I am 

confident we have a great team in place that will further 

enhance our leading position in the sports, health and 

fitness markets.” 

With their Head Office in Hatfield in what is known as 

‘The Hangar’, a reference to its previous use by Hawker 

The imposing headquarters in Hatfield known as ‘The Hangar’. 

Picture Tennis Today 

Siddeley Aviation before the site was re-developed, 

David Lloyd Leisure Ltd operates four brand names, 

David Lloyd Clubs, Next Generation Clubs, Amida 

Clubs and Harbour Clubs. In addition, the company 

operates a golf course on the outskirts of Glasgow 

(Deaconsbank). 

All four brands have a strong reputation in the sector 

and have won many industry awards and accolades. 

The clubs also have a high profile in their local 

communities and are renowned for delivering a quality 

leisure experience. 

Currently the organization has 89 Health, Rackets and 

Fitness clubs (79 in the UK and 10 in mainland 

Europe/Ireland) with approximately 6,500 employed 

staff, which include 750 health and fitness experts and 

over 350 tennis professionals overseeing some 10,000 

programmed activities each week. 

In all they look after over 450,000 members who enjoy 

a huge range of facilities, from aerobics to boxing to 

tennis. 

And when it comes to equipment, the numbers are 

equally impressive including some 12,500 exercise 

machines across all the clubs, over 125 indoor and 

outdoor swimming pools, 700 indoor and outdoor 

tennis courts, 125 badminton and 100 squash courts 

plus numerous saunas, steam rooms, jacuzzis, hair 

and beauty salons. 

The words expressed by the Sports Minister back in 

1982 have certainly proved true and it isn’t surprising 

that the Lloyd family name remains at the forefront of 

the sports and leisure industry virtually three decades 

later. David Lloyd may have started it, but it is his son 

Scott Lloyd who made the ultimate dream come true. 

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Directory of TRS Certified Stringers 

Directory of TRS Stringers 

The Tennis Racquet Specialist Scheme is 

an education and certification programme 

for retailers and associated teaching pros 

benefitting the buying public. 

TRS Certified Stringers are the recognised experts in this field 

and a real asset to British tennis. 

Consumers are able to seek out TRS Certified Stringers from 

the directory below as well as on the TIA UK website at 

www.tiauk.org in the certain knowledge that they will receive the 

best available advice and service on their tennis racket 

equipment. 

Workshops conducted by the European Racquet Stringers 

Association teach the best methods of modern racket stringing 

and servicing and participants are subsequently tested by 

Master Racquet Technicians using the ERSA certification 

system that is the universally accepted standard around the 

world. 

This results in better advice and service for the consumer and 

ensures greater knowledge in tennis equipment and on-going 

maintenance costs is available through fully accredited 

specialist sports retailers and stringers. 

In all, a better deal for the British tennis enthusiast and the 

sports retailer, whether located in a shop or a club. 

Details on up-and-coming Workshops are available on 

www.tiauk.org and www.ersa-stringers.com . 

The directory lists qualified stringers according to the 

following criteria: 

TRS Master – Master Racquet Technician, the highest 

qualification in the field that enables holders of this certificate 

to string player rackets on the ATP and WTA Tours, to teach and 

to test apprentice stringers. 

TRS Certified Stringer – Expert stringers with up-to-date 

knowledge on modern methods and technologies 

ERSA Stringer – Standard stringers working towards TRS 

certification 

Apprentice – Learners of the trade working towards basic 

ERSA certification 

Mauguin Benoit ERSA Stringer 

20 Rue Saint-Denis 95160 Montmorency France 

Tel: 00-33-139894338 

Email: benoitmaugin@wanadoo.fr 

Ian Bicknell ERSA Stringer 

Letchworth Tennis Centre 

Muddy Lane, Letchworth Herts SG6 3TB 

Email: ianbicknell@aol.com 

Peter Blance ERSA Stringer 

13 Trenchknowe, Edinburgh EH10 7HL 

Email: peter.blance@blueyonder.co.uk 

Stephen Bone ERSA Stringer 

Batchwood Tennis Centre 

Batchwood Drive, St Albans, Hertfordshire AL3 5AX 

Len Borrett ERSA Stringer 

9 Moorlands Close, Brockenhurst, Hampshire SO42 7QS 

Pete Butcher TRS Certified Stringer 

15 The Fairway, Northwood, Middlesex HA6 3DZ 

Tel: 01923 828102 

Email: petebutcher4@googlemail.com 

Duncan Callan ERSA Stringer 

137 Osbourne Road North, Porthswood, Southampton 

Hampshire SO17 2FH 

Email: duncan@callansports.co.uk 

Sam Chan TRS Master 

10 Hartshill Close, Hillingdon, Middlesex UB10 9LH 

Email: samchan@protourstringer.co.uk 

Peter Cloud ERSA Stringer 

5 Falkenham Road, Kirton, Suffolk IP10 0NP 

Tel: 01394448348 

Email: peter@pcemail.co.uk 

Len Cooper ERSA Stringer 

Crescent LTC 

100 Church Way, Pagham, Sussex PO21 4QX 

Adam Cornick ERSA Stringer 

69 Houghton Road, Dunstable, Bedfordshire LU5 5AB 

Email: adamgoes@hotmail.com 

Roger Dalton TRS Master 

Benfleet Cottage, Oakshade Road, Oxshott, Surrey KT22 0LF 

Tel: 01372 842 285 

Email: r.dalton@tiscali.co.uk 

Nigel Deane ERSA Stringer 

Bath Street, Cheddar, Somerset BS27 3AA 

Email: nigel@deanesports.co.uk 

Keith England TRS Certified Stringer 

47 Morley Avenue, Wood Green, London N22 6LY 

Tel: 02088812362 

Email: keithng.nakmen3@talktalk.net 

Ben Fawcett ERSA Stringer 

Sutton, Surrey 

Tel: 02086421600 

Email: df003v3926@blueyonder.co.uk 

Adam Field ERSA Stringer 

33 Willingdon Drive, Eastbourne, Sussex BN22 0BT 

Email: adamstennis@tiscali.co.uk 

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Michael Fillingham ERSA Stringer 

11A Cockshutt Avenue, Beauchief, Sheffield, Yorks S8 7DU 

Tel: 01142748439 

Email: mkf@talktalk.net 

Thomas Freeman ERSA Stringer 

22 beauchamp Road, East Mosely, Surrey KT8 0PA 

Email: toftheboff@hotmail.com 

Tim Freer ERSA Stringer 

38 The Paddock, Dawlish, Devon EX7 0ET 

Email: tim.freer@btinternet.com 

Arzu Gabb ERSA Stringer 

Ashmanor School, Manor Road, Tongham 

North Guilford, Surrey GU12 6QH 

Email: arzugabb@yahoo.com 

Viv Ganz ERSA Stringer 

45 Summerland Avenue, Newton, Swansea 

West Glamorgan SA3 4RX 

Dave Gartside ERSA Stringer 

34 Compton Way, Abergele, Conwy, Wales LL22 7BL 

Email: david@northwalesrestrings.co.uk 

Israel Gefen ERSA Stringer 

6 Okehampton Road, Kensal Rise, London NW10 3ED 

Email: sales@gefensports.co.uk 

Rubin Gomez ERSA Stringer 

5 Oakwood Drive, Gowerton, Swansea SA4 3DJ 

Tel:01792873764 

Mark and Karen Goodman TRS Master 

Tel: 01223 241956 

Email: info@topspintennis.co.uk 

Mark Goodman TRS Master 

Cambridge Lawn Tennis Club 

Wilberforce Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB3 0EQ 

Tel: 01223 365883 

info@topspintennis.co.uk 

Karen Goodman TRS Master 

Huntingdon Tennis Club, St Peters Road 

Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE29 7DS 

Tel: 01223 241956 


Mark Goodman TRS Master 

Premier Racquets & Fitness 

Ringstead Road, Sedgeford, Norfolk PE36 5NQ 

Tel: 01223 241956 


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Karen Goodman TRS Master 

Hills Road Sports and Tennis Centre 

Purbeck Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire PE29 7DS 

Tel: 01223 241956 


Robert Grainger ERSA Stringer 

28 Robin Close, Woodland Rise, Stowmarket, 

Suffolk IP14 5NG 

Steven Graves ERSA Stringer 

51 Parc Godrevy, Newquay, Cornwall TR7 1TY 

Tel: 07796413548 

Email: steve@gravitystringing.co.uk 

David R Hall TRS Certified Stringer 

5 Sheriffs Way, Clacton on Sea, Essex CO15 4ET 

Tel: 01255425943/Mobile: 07810224429 

Email: david@racketstringing.biz 

Mike Harding TRS Certified Stringer 

52 Oaklands Avenue, West Wickham, Kent BR4 9LF 

Tel: 07956406699 

Email: mikeharding@fsmail.net 

Roger Henry TRS Master 

17 Old Court Manor, Clougmills, Antrim BT44 9LW 

Tel: 07989480650 

Email: roger@racketsolutions.com 

Richard Holmes TRS Master 

16 Mandarin Place, Grove, Wantage, Oxfordshire OX12 0QH 

Tel: 01253 762 368 

Email:richardholmes704@hotmail.com 

Tom Hornett ERSA Stringer 

22 Frith Wood Lane, Billericay, Essex CM12 9PJ 

Tel: 01277 650 580 

Email: a.hornett@btinternet.com 

Shirley Houghton TRS Certified Stringer 

c/o David Lloyd Leisure, Pride Park, 

Derby, Derbyshire DE3 0DQ 

Tel: 01332 205 202 

Email: carolyn.coxon@ntlworld.com 

David Howe ERSA Stringer 

191 Grove Lane, Hale, Cheshire WA15 8LU 

Email: david.howe24@btinternet.com 

Ian Hoy ERSA Stringer 

189 Hadley Road, Leegomery, Telford, Shropshire TF1 6QF 

Email: ian@string-shop.co.uk 

Andy Huffer ERSA Stringer 

38 Market Street, Fordham, Ely, Cabus, Lancashire CB7 5LQ 

Email: andy.huffer@dial.pipex.com


Mark Hyde ERSA Stringer 

28 Colne Road, Barnoldswick, Lancashire BB18 5QU 

Email: suemark@hyde570.fsnet.co.uk 

Neville Hyde ERSA Stringer 

9 Farndale Crescent, Darlington, Durham DL3 9AP 

Tel: 07968300204 

Email: nevillehyde@hotmail.com 

David Ince ERSA Stringer 

28 Bigwood Avenue, Hove, Sussex BN3 6FQ 

Giedrius Kabanuskas ERSA Stringer 


North Guildford, Surrey GU12 6QH 

Email: info@tennistogether.com 

Alan Kemp ERSA Stringer 

39 Copperfield Gardens, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4UB 

Email: lisa_reeves@tiscali.co.uk 

Peter La Broy ERSA Stringer 

7 Queen Street, Bud, Cornwall EX23 8AY 

Email: peterlabroy@aol.com 

Mark Lawrence ERSA Stringer 

Crest Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP11 1UA 

Email: mwl060560@aol.com 

Mark Lever ERSA Stringer 

Flat 1, Wentoworth, 

2 Crichel Mount Road, Poole, Dorset BH14 8LT 

Email: racqueteers@yahoo.co.uk 

Stewart Lister ERSA Stringer 

Basement Flat, 164 Upper Lewes Road, 

Brighton, Sussex BN2 3FB 

Tel: 01273 248 958 

Email: stewartlister@hotmail.co.uk 

John Little ERSA Stringer 

18 Leominster Road, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear SR2 9HG 

Email: pauline.little4@ntlworld.com 

Timothy Lockett ERSA Stringer 

47 Uttoxeter Road, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire ST3 1NY 

Email: timothy@surtloch21.fsnet.co.uk 

Alistair Love ERSA Stringer 

170 Chislehurst Road, Petts Wood, Kent BR6 0DF 

Email: alistairtennis@btinternet.com 

Michael Lunt ERSA Stringer 

39 Swanpool Road, Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire L39 5AY 

Email: michaellunt3@hotmail.com 

Lisa Lyddon ERSA Stringer 

Corfe Lodge Road, Broadstone, Dorset BH18 9NF 

Email: lisalyddon@sky.com 

Paul Manning ERSA Stringer 

Mayfield, The Street, Preston St Mary, Suffolk CO10 9NE 

Email: paul@sasonline.net 

Penny Marchant ERSA Stringer 

138 Sutton Park Road, Kidderminster, 

Worcestershire DY11 6JQ 

Email: marchy@blueyonder.co.uk 

Alistair Masterton ERSA Stringer 

Northwood, Middlesex HA6 1TG 

Tel: 07903766303 

Email: alastairmasterton@live.co.uk 

Tom Mayes TRS Certified Stringer 

100 Priory Lane, Roehampton, London SW15 5JQ 

Email: tom.mayes@lta.org.uk 

Suzie Maynard-Mould TRS Certified Stringer 

Priory Sports, The Edgbaston Priory Club, Edgbaston 

Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2UZ 

Tel: 01214408752/07957305180 

Nick McCollin ERSA Stringer 

17 St Bartholomews, Monkston, Milton Keynes 

Buckinghamshire MK10 9FJ 

Email: nickmccollin@hotmail.com 

Rab McGill ERSA Stringer 

9 Craigcrook Park, Edinburgh 

Midlothian/Edinburghshire EH4 3PL 

Email: rab@rabjen.com 

Robert Metcalf ERSA Stringer 


North Guilford, Surrey GU12 6QH 

Email: info@tennistogether.com 

Nicholas Morris ERSA Stringer 

14 Langley Road, Merry Hill, Wolverhampton 

West Midlands WV3 7LH 

Tel: 01902 764 617 / 07811 119 608 

Email: nicko212@hotmail.com 

Maurice Mosdell ERSA Stringer 

20 Godiva Crescent, Bourne, Sussex PE10 9QU 

Email: MEMosdell@aol.com 

W D J Mould ERSA Stringer 

Sir Harry’s Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham 

West Midlands B15 2UL 

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Graham Moyle ERSA Stringer 

75 Baron Court, Werrington, Peterborough PE4 7ZF 

Email: graham.moyle1@btinternet.com 

David Munt TRS Master 

46 Heathfield, Loddon Vale, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG22 4PA 

Tel: 07841532878 

Email: david@racquets-mate.co.uk 

Lee Myers ERSA Stringer 

100 Priory Lane, Roehampton, London SW15 5JQ 

Email: Lee.Myers@lta.org.uk 

Damian Neiras ERSA Stringer 

174 Clonemore Street, Southfields, London SW18 5HB 

Email: damianneiras@hotmail.com 

Paul Newman ERSA Stringer 

32 Vernier Crescent, Medbourne, Milton Keynes 

Buckinghamshire MK5 6FD 

Email: paul.newman72@btopenworld.com 

Amiko Ogawa TRS Certified Stringer 

Sycamores, Loxwood Road, Alfold, Surrey GU6 8HG 

Tel: 07963054846/01403753056 

Email: ami1968@hotmail.co.uk 

Ben Page TRS Certified Stringer 

47 College Drive, Ruislip, Middlesex HA4 8SD 

Tel: 01895675876/07515334856 

Email: benpage@wintennis.com 

Stan Parry ERSA Stringer 

4 Harewood Gardens, Croyden, Surrey CR2 9BG 

Email: scmparry@blueyonder.co.uk 

Rachel Partington ERSA Stringer 

2 Leinster Avenue, East Sheen, London SW14 7JP 

Tel: 02088781300/07973173931 

Email: rachelpartington@hotmail.co.uk 

Pritesh Pattni ERSA Stringer 

136 Townley Gardens, Aston, Birmingham B6 6LR 

Email: priteshp1@btinternet.com 

Mike Perkins ERSA Stringer 

51 High Street, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE29 3AQ 

Tel: 01480454541 

Email: sportsandfashions@xln.co.uk 

Jamie Pethick TRS Certified Stringer 

218 Hurst Road, Sidcup, Kent DA15 9AN 

Email: bathracketsolutions@hotmail.com 

Liam Phillips ERSA Stringer 

Bradfield College, 48 Southend Road, Southend Bradfield 

Reading, Berkshire RG7 6AU 

Tel: 02824407828 

Email: liam-phillips@hotmail.co.uk 

Barrie Poole ERSA Stringer 

13 Gigmill Way, Norton, Stourbridge, West Midlands DY8 3HN 

Ed Pooley ERSA Stringer 

11 Belmont Close, Dibden Purlieu, Southampton 

Hampshire SO45 4NL 

Email: edd.pooley@talktalk.net 

Geraint Richards ERSA Stringer 

28 Clos Nant Ddu, Pontprennau, Cardiff CF23 8LF 

Email: gir861966@aol.com 

Gareth Richman ERSA Stringer 

24 Heathfield South, Twickenham, Middlesex TW2 7SS 

Tel: 07932661317 

Email: gmrpix@mail.com 

Chuck Ridyard TRS Certified Stringer 

Woodcote, Orchard Lane, Ashford, Kent TN25 4DX 

Tel: 07713502652 

Email: chuckwrsl@aol.com 

Simon Robbins ERSA Stringer 

13 Gigmill Way, Norton, Stourbridge, West Midlands DY8 3HN 

Email: simon.robbins100@hotmail.com 

Evelyn Roberts ERSA Stringer 

82 Palmiera Road, Bexleyheath, Kent DA7 4UX 

Email: a1racquets@tiscali.co.uk 

Charlie Salter ERSA Stringer 

36 Bromyard Avenue, Acton, London W3 7AU 

Justin Sandever ERSA Stringer 

Flat 3, 11 McKinley Road, Bournemouth, Dorset BH4 8AG 

Email: justinsandever@hotmail.com 

Voytek Sarama ERSA Stringer 

2 Dunlin Rise, Guildford, Surrey GU4 7DX 

Tel: 01483 536 998 

Email: vstennis@ntlworld.com 

Richard Seymour ERSA Stringer 

7 Woodcote Park Road, Epsom, Surrey KT18 7EY 

Email: seymoursports@btconnect.com 

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Mohammed Shafiq ERSA Stringer 

77 Harehills Road, Leeds, Yorkshire LS8 5HS 

Tel: 0113 235 0811 

Email: racketsports786@hotmail.com 

Case Study 2 

Dan Maskell Tennis Trust 

The Dan Maskell Tennis Trust became 

involved with the TIA UK in June 2009 

and is its official charity. 

Although the Trust had been in existence for 

sometime within the Tennis Foundation 

raising funds for the benefit of disabled 

people who play tennis, it became a charity 

in its own right at the beginning of 2010 

which necessitated a certain amount of rebranding 

and re-defining its profile. 

Through involvement with the TIA UK’s 

members, the Trust has produced new 

materials such as banners and displays from 

Sunbaba; t-shirts, caps and pin badges 

through Daniell Smith Ltd; tennis ball key 

rings from J Price (Bath) Ltd; prizes for its 

Celebrity Golf Challenge from Wilson and 

The Silver Tennis Collection (and engraving 

there too). The Tennis Gallery has featured 

the Trust’s advertisement in its “What’s New 

in Tennis” publication; the TIA has provided 

similar in Tennis Outlook plus mention and 

entry in The Tennis Book, and presence at 

last year’s London Golf & Tennis Show. 

Prestige Promotions ran the silent auction at 

Wentworth during the aforementioned Golf 

Challenge last year, (a TIA Board Member 

also played in this annual fundraising event) 

and finally the TIA’s Treasurer has 

investigated charity partnerships on the 

Trust’s behalf. 

Being involved with the TIA has enabled the 

Trust to take advantage of the variety of 

products and services available through the 

membership and given more opportunity to 

raise its profile and develop new contacts. 

Rajesh Sharma ERSA Stringer 

49 Woodhill Crescent, Kenton, Harrow, Middlesex HA3 0LU 

Email: rajeshsharma@onetel.com 

Carolyn Simons-Coxon ERSA Stringer 

C/O David Lloyd Leisure, 98 Broadway, Pride Park Way 

Off Riverside Road, Derby, Derbyshire DE22 1BP 

Tel: 01332 205 202 

Email: carolsimons@aol.com 

Gavin Simpson ERSA Stringer 

Moseley Hall, Chelford Road, Knutsford. Cheshire WA16 8RB 

Email: gavinsimpson@supanet.com 

Brian Snapes ERSA Stringer 

17 Albany Park Road, Kingston, Surrey KT2 5SW 

Email: snapes@blueyonder.co.uk 

Roger Staple TRS Certified Stringer 

63 Holt Wood Avenue, Aylesford, Kent ME20 7QQ 

Tel: 01622 718 235/ 07941430020 

Email: roger.staple@softpres.org 

Avril Steele ERSA Stringer 

Sportskit, Unit 3, The Meadow Centre, Stowmarket 

Suffolk IP14 1DE 

Email: info@dale-sport.co.uk 

Dave Stepney ERSA Stringer 

The Manor Prep School, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 6NL 

Tel: 01235522737 

Email: dave.stepney@o2.co.uk 

Trevor Sturrock ERSA Stringer 

The Cottage, Church Road, Wareham 

Kings Lynn, Norfolk PE33 9AP 

Email: tc.sturrock@btinternet.com 

Jeremy Taylor ERSA Stringer 

5 Lucas Close, Yately, Hampshire GU46 6JD 

Tel: 0118644600 

Email: keith_pop@hotmail.com 

Thomas Therrien TRS Certified Stringer 

Proteam Tennis, Northfields, Bath BA1 5TN 

Tel: 01225852274/07973672693 

Email: tom@proteam-tennis.co.uk 

Ollie Toms ERSA Stringer 

East Street, Saffron Walden, Essex CB10 1NB 

Email: ollie004@aol.com 

John Trickey ERSA Stringer 

11 Cramer Street, Stafford, Staffordshire ST17 4BX 

Email: stafford.schooloftennis@ntlworld.com 

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Colin Triplow TRS Master 

73 Caling Croft, New Ash Green, Kent DA3 8PY 

Email: colin@colinthestringer.com 

Dawn Vaughan ERSA Stringer 

Fir Tree Cottage, Tilford Street, Tilford, Surrey GU10 2BN 

Email: dawnyvaughan@aol.com 

David Wallis ERSA Stringer 

Marlet House, Black Lane, Ampleforth, York 

Yorkshire YO62 4DE 

Jim Warner TRS Certified Stringer 

27 Scott Drive, Newport Pagnell 

Buckinghamshire MK16 8PW 

Tel: 01908 618 377 

Charmaire Webb ERSA Stringer 

Flat 7, Seaview Court, Poole, Hampshire PO12 2UD 

Darren Whithey ERSA Stringer 

The Nook, 101 Chalkshire Road, Butlers Cross 

Buckinghamshire HP17 0TJ 

Email: darren.squash@btopenworld.com 

Pete Wilcox ERSA Stringer 

Thorfinns, Rackenford, Tiverton, Devon EX16 8ER 

Email: petewill31@hotmail.com 

Kevin Williams TRS Certified Stringer 

The Sqaure, Wickham, Fareham 

Hampshire PO17 5JT 

Tel: 01329 833833 

Email: info@jtsports.co.uk 

Tim Willis ERSA Stringer 

27 Bunting Close, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ12 6BU 

Email: tim.willis27@virgin.net 

Gemma Wiltshire ERSA Stringer 

21 Lawdy Link, Upper Hale, Farnham, 

Surrey GU9 0BS 

Email: headgem@yahoo.co.uk 

Lee Wolvey ERSA Stringer 

5 Ellington Drive, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG22 4EZ 

Email: lee.wolvey@virgin.net 

Geoff Woodcock ERSA Stringer 

284 Shinfield Road, Reading, Berkshire RG2 8EY 

Email: geoff@racketshop.co.uk 

Alison Woods ERSA Stringer 

36 Belfast Road, Lisburn, Antrim BT27 4AS 

Email: alisonwoods@amserve.com 

Errol Zafer ERSA Stringer 

184 Park Road, Crouch End, London N8 8JT 

Email: ZAFERVICT@aol.com 

Case Study 3 

Teddy Tennis 

It was 2010 that the TIA provided the big 

breakthrough for Teddy Tennis as Stephen 

Bean explained: “We were attending the 

TIA’s annual general meeting which 

happened to be at Wimbledon on the very 

day Her Majesty the Queen was visiting the 

tournament. But so compelling was the 

meeting that we actually missed ‘the walk 

past!’ 

“Once the meeting had closed the TIA 

delegation retired for some refreshments and 

it was here that we ‘networked’ with Robert 

and Irene Fuller, owners of the Silver Tennis 

Collection. 

“Robert and Irene were fascinated by the 

Teddy Tennis story and suggested that it 

would be very well received in the USA, 

where they do most of their business. The 

end result of our networking encounter with 

the Fullers was that they put Teddy Tennis 

in touch with Patricia Jensen, a renowned 

US based tennis marketer. 

“We subsequently arranged to meet with 

Patricia at the US Open where she was 

particularly keen for us to attend the Arthur 

Ash Kid’s Day. What an amazing event that 

is, tens of thousands of kids descend on 

Flushing Meadows to watch and to play 

tennis games and exercises. An idea for the 

LTA and Wimbledon perhaps!” 

Stephen concluded: “Joining the TIA has 

proved to be instrumental in the 

development of Teddy Tennis thanks to the 

networking opportunities it provides. The 

ground pass to Wimbledon is also another 

significant benefit.” 

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History - The Olympics and Paralympics 

Tennis at the Olympics remains a contentious subject 

and there are still many who believe the sport should 

never have been readopted back into the Games as 

professional players don’t fulfill the original Olympic 

ideals. However, slowly but surely, that view is 

diminishing. 

The Olympic Games started back in 1896 when Pierre de 

Coubertin announced plans to revive the ancient Olympic 

ideal and while tennis might not have been one of the ancient 

Greek sports, it was included as an event at the inaugural 

modern games. 

The story goes that John Boland, an Irish student at Oxford’s 

Christ College, was so enthused by a lecture given by his 

friend Thrasyvoalos Manaos on the subject of the Games rebirth, 

he decided to attend the event during his Easter 

holidays as he believed it would be a sporting milestone. 

He duly arrived in Athens only to find that his friend Manaos, 

now the secretary of the organizing committee, had entered 

him in the tennis competition notwithstanding the fact that he 

had no proper clothing or rackets for the purpose! 

Having borrowed the requisite clothing which included 

leather-soled shoes, and racket, he progressed through the 

‘field’ and emerged as the first Olympic tennis champion when 

he overcame his final opponent, Egyptian Dionysios 

Kasdaglis. He also captured the doubles gold as well. 

As a sport, tennis was only 22 years old following its launch 

in 1874, and still gaining in popularity so Boland’s victory 

115 years ago helped increase the profile of the sport and, as 

the years unrolled, some of the game’s greatest players have 

followed Boland’s name on that roll of honor. 

As a tennis player he was never seen again but he went on to 

become a renowned barrister, politician and author. 

Four years later, in Paris 1900, the women were invited to take 

part and Charlotte “Chattie” Cooper, already a three time 

Wimbledon title holder, captured the Ladies competition and 

joined Boland as an inaugural champion. 

But then came the bad times and tennis parted company with 

the Olympic movement following the 1924 Games. The 

decision was the result of unsuitable facilities and the refusal 

of the IOC to accept a representative from the sport’s own 

governing body, the ILTF – which is now the ITF – onto its 

committee. 

The first signs of a reconciliation became apparent in 1968 

when an Exhibition and a Demonstration event was played in 

Mexico but it wasn’t until 1984, 60 years after tennis left the 

Olympic movement, that the signs of a full return became 

evident with a 21-and-under demonstration tournament 

staged in Los Angeles. It was a great success with capacity 

crowds turning out on a daily basis to witness the emergence 

of Steffi Graf and Stefan Edberg as overall winners. 

Four years later in Seoul 1988, tennis was fully reinstated as 

an official Olympic event and the Czech, Miloslav Mecir and 

Germany’s Steffi Graf became inaugural champions of the 

regeneration. 

Graf romped through the ladies’ field and defeated Gabriela 

Sabatini 6-3,6-3 to claim Gold and establish what was later to 

become known as the Golden Grand Slam for she also won all 

four majors in that year, a feat yet to be repeated by any other 

player, male or female. 

Since then the honors board have been filled with the names 

Tim Hernman & Neil Broad won Silver at the Atlanta Games in 1996 thereby securing Britain’s first tennis medal since the sport 

was reinstated at the Olympic Games. Picture Professional Sport. 

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of some of the great modern day players, namely: Jennifer 

Capriati and Mark Rosset (1992, Barcelona), Lindsay 

Davenport and Andre Agassi (1996, Atlanta), Venus Williams 

and Yevgeny Kafelnikov (2000, Sydney), Justine Henin- 

Hardenne and Nicolas Massu (2004, Athens) plus Rafael 

Nadal and Elena Dementieva, the 2008 Beijing winners from 

fields which included the likes of Roger Federer and Novak 

Djokovic and in the ladies Jelena Jankovic and the Williams 

sisters. 

The appeal of the Olympics title, or a Gold Medal, is its 

scarcity. During their careers, players only have, on average, 

two opportunities to climb that podium so as the years go by, 

the importance of the Games increases in both the players’ 

and public’s mind. 

The Olympic flag. 

Picture courtesy of 

the IOC. 

Francesco Ricci Bitti, the President of 

the International Tennis Federation, the 

organization that runs tennis at the 

Games, declared in the opening pages 

of the photographic ‘Journey to Beijing’ 

book: “The Olympics is now one of the 

most important events in tennis. At the 

same time, tennis has become one of 

the most important events in the 

Olympic Games.” 

In medal terms, Britain, with an overall 

tally of 41 (G-14; S-12; B-15), leads the way but they were all 

basically won before the long break when the country was a 

dominant force, the only one won garnered after the break 

being Tim Henman & Neil Broad’s doubles silver in Atlanta 

(1996). The USA and France trail with 32 and 19 respectively. 

More recently tennis at the Paralympics has grown 

dramatically since its introduction as a demonstration sport at 

the Seoul Olympics in 1988. 

The sport itself originated in the US in 1976 when a 

Californian, injured in a freestyle skiing accident, first hit a 

tennis ball from a wheelchair whilst he was in rehabilitation. 

Parks went on to work with others to promote and develop the 

sport across the country and last year became the first 

wheelchair tennis player to be inducted into the International 

Tennis Hall of Fame. 

In Europe, France and the Netherlands were the first 

recognised countries to actively promote the sport while a 

demonstration at Stoke Mandeville was instrumental in Peter 

Norfolk taking up the game. 

Tennis established itself as a full Paralympic sport in 

Barcelona (1992) when the inaugural champions, Randy 

Snow and Holland’s Monique van Den Bosch were crowned. 

She won both the women’s singles and women’s doubles gold 

medals to become the first in an uninterrupted line of Dutch 

women to become champions as they have dominated the 

sport in both disciplines at every Paralympics to date. 

The 2000 Sydney staging saw wheelchair tennis elevated to a 

new level, with 72 players from 24 countries taking part and 

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Peter Norfolk OBE, with his first gold 

medal (2004 Athens Paralympics) a 

feat he repeated at the Beijing Games 

in 2008. Picture Tennis Foundation. 

attracting record crowds. Local boy 

David Hall took the men’s title while 

the incomparable Esther Vergeer won 

the first two of her five Paralympic gold 

medals and remains unbeaten in three 

Paralympic singles competitions. 

The introduction of the quad division in 2004 (Athens) for 

players affected in three or more limbs, provided Peter 

Norfolk with his platform for tennis glory and he went on to 

win gold and then silver in the doubles where he partnered 

Mark Eccleston. Norfolk retained his singles title in Beijing 

(2008) and later was awarded an OBE for his contribution to 

the sport. 

With London currently gearing itself up to hosting the 2012 

Olympics, tennis fans will be able to see for themselves the 

contribution their sport makes to the Games, first at 

Wimbledon and then at a special tennis venue currently being 

completed in the East End for the Paralympics, near the 

Olympic Stadium itself. 

The SILVER TENNIS COLLECTION 

specialises in fine tennis jewellery 

and tennis giftware. 

English crystal with a tennis theme and 

their new, unique, tennis rugs form part 

of their Home Decor range, along with 

fine art and memorabilia. 

The company also specialises in supplying club 

Prizes and Trophies with a full engraving service. 

Please contact Robert Fuller or visit 

www.silvertenniscollection.com

Tennis Force 

The launch of Tennis Force, TIAUK’s new 

advisory service 

How to survive the economic crisis is uppermost in 

everyone’s minds these days and TIAUK is mindful of 

the need to boost sales for member businesses to a 

tennis market obliged to spend wisely. 

As a natural extension of this Tennis Book, the TIA is 

launching Tennis Force in 2011, a new advisory 

service through which to further promote the products 

and services of members to help offset decline and the 

main beneficiaries will be tennis clubs, or places to 

play as the LTA has rebranded them. 

Most places to play will receive a windfall in the form 

of the saving to be made from the change in LTA player 

affiliation fees to the club registration system, which 

starts this year and provides an opportunity to invest in 

facilities. 

Tennis Force is a unique promotional programme 

through which appropriate products and services are 

offered at preferential rates, initially through a pilot 

scheme being rolled out from April via three regional 

associations within the UK. 

It complements and enhances services already 

available via the LTA and SAPCA and will provide an 

additional fast track to member companies. 

The focus is on improving the business of tennis at 

clubs through package offerings to include specialist 

insurance, consultancy advice on a variety of areas and 

cost-effective purchases of facility equipment. 

With the aim of helping develop better business 

practices that, in turn, provides more investment in our 

sport, Tennis Force has four interlinked services 

offering relevant products, services and advice: 

The TIA UK Resource Helpline: Providing member 

product and services information, statistics and 

research and ‘swap-shop’ opportunities 

Member Products: Particularly court equipment 

such as windbreaks, chairs, mini tennis and net 

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systems; Teaching and coaching aids such as ball 

baskets and ball machines; Notice boards; 

Administrative software and internet provision; and 

Tennis-themed gifts, prizes and trophies. 

Member Services: Access to insurance, tennis 

holidays, celebratory events, hotel bookings, charitable 

’Open Days’ 

Member Consultancy: Delivering audits and ‘health 

checks’; Facility procurement; Long term planning and 

strategy; Sponsorship and marketing, grant, funding 

and Clubmark applications; plus workshops and TIA 

‘Master Classes’. 

Participating administrators and committees will be 

offered an initial free consultation on the ways Tennis 

Force can help their particular situations in the full 

knowledge that all participant companies comply with 

the trade association’s Code of Practice. 

Tennis Force is being headlined for the TIA by Board 

Member Phil Sandilands of TrioPlus, who is working 

closely with the regional bodies to develop a robust 

scheme that, if successful, can be rolled out nationally 

in 2012. 

“We are excited to be developing a direct and practical 

link between TIA members and customers who need 

their products and services,” says Phil Sandilands. 

“Tennis Force is a real opportunity to re-invest wisely 

in the infrastructure of our sport at a practical level.” 

For more information on Tennis Force email 

psandilands@trioplusonline.co.uk 

or phone 020 8398 3232 / 07786 390 855

Tennis Charities 

The Tennis Foundation 

The Tennis Foundation is Britain’s foremost tennis 

charity and focuses on the development of tennis, 

including schools, community and disability tennis by 

making organised and affordable tennis accessible to 

people of all ages and 

abilities, year round. Its 

priorities include working 

across local authority 

tennis facilities including 

schools and parks in 

England, Scotland and 

Wales, and at all levels of 

disability tennis. 

Contact details: The Tennis Foundation, The National 

Tennis Centre, 100 Priory Lane, Roehampton, London 

SW15 5JQ (Charity No. 298175) 

Tel: 0845 872 0522 

Email: info@tennisfoundation.org.uk 

www.tennisfoundation.org.uk 

The Dan Maskell Tennis Trust 

The Trust was set up specifically to raise funds for 

people with disabilities to play tennis primarily, but not 

exclusively, in the following areas – wheelchair, deaf, 

learning disabilities and visually impaired. 

The Trust provides grants to assist with the purchase of 

specialist tennis wheelchairs; the provision of equipment/ 

coaching bags and assistance to groups, associations, 

club programmes and individuals for any disability. 

Contact details: The Dan Maskell Tennis Trust, 

c/o Sport Wins, PO Box 238, Tadworth KT20 5WT 

(Charity No. 1133589) 

Tel: 01737 831707 

Email: danmaskell@sportwins.co.uk 

www.danmaskelltennistrust.org.uk 

“Give it Your Max” Tennis Initiative (GIYM) 

GIYM was formed after the death of young tennis 

player Max Stotesbury and aims to: provide funds to 

encourage children from disadvantaged backgrounds, 

to learn how to play tennis; Tennis Clinics in primary 

schools and support for PE Teachers plus programmes 

in after school hours and holidays and to provide 

financial assistance to those talented children to join 

local clubs. 

Contact details: Michael, Tara or Freddie Stotesbury, 

5 Lancaster Gardens, Wimbledon SW19 5DG 

Tel: 020 8946 4459 

Email: mail@giveityourmax.org 

www.giveityourmax.org 

Tennis for Free 

Tennis For Free was established in 2005 to address the 

barriers for participation in Tennis (ie court charges) 

and to bring the benefits of playing tennis and 

becoming actively engaged in sport to young people. 

Tennis For Free works in partnership with local 

schools, tennis clubs and local authorities throughout 

the UK, providing free access to community tennis 

courts, free coaching/participation sessions and free 

usage of equipment. 

Contact details: Tennis for Free, 

55 Thornhill Square, London N1 1BE 

(Charity No. 1103765) 

Tel: 0870 011 3733 

www.tennisforfree.com 

Kids at Heart 

Kids at Heart is an annual fundraising campaign for 

children’s charities throughout the country. Tim 

Henman, the former British No. 1 and World No. 4, in 

2000, established it when he was charities chairman 

for the ATP tennis tour. Kids At Heart is the umbrella 

name for the foundation which raises funds and then 

chooses its benefactors. 

Contact details: c/o IMG, Pier House, Strand on the 

Green, Chiswick, London W4 3NN 

(Charity Number: 1083055) 

The Tennis First Charitable Trust (Tennis First) 

Tennis First is an independent registered charity and 

helps young players throughout the UK who are 

dedicated to fulfilling their potential of reaching a 

senior world ranking of 250 and better. It makes grants 

for coaching, travel expenses and training. 

Contact Details: Westbrook House, Fairfield Road, 

Shawford, Winchester, Hants SO21 2DA 

(Charity Number: 1075649) 

Email: mail@TennisFirst.org.uk. 

www.tennisfirst.org.uk 

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Clubs have been working with Celebrity 

Tennis since 1997, arranging to have 

tennis legends at their events through us. 

Whether you are opening new courts or 

facility, or looking to entertain your clients 

over a game of tennis, or rewarding your 

employees, Celebrity Tennis can provide 

the right tennis legend for your event. 

Call 020 8249 3366 and book a tennis 

legend for your event. 

Make Your Tennis Fantasies Come True 

Meet the Legends of Tennis – Book A Celebrity for your Event Now 

Play doubles with a Wimbledon Champion? 

Get tips from Annabel Croft? Try returning a 

serve from Pat Cash? Need an MC or 

speaker? Celebrity Tennis will make it happen 

for you... 

Looking to add more fun and enjoyment to 

your business conferences, entertaining your 

clients and staff? Call Celebrity Tennis to 

make it happen... 

Treat your members to a different club day by 

inviting a legend of the game to visit your club. 

We specialise in tailoring events to suit your 

needs and budget, and offer a no-obligation 

free initial consultation so contact us for a 

quote. 

Visit: www.celebritytennis.co.uk 

or email: 

info@celebritytennis.co.uk 

07768 665 458 

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Recreational Tennis 

laying tennis is not just a sport for the professional 

Pplayer, but an activity which millions can and do 

enjoy as a pastime, either to keep fit, for social 

reasons, or as a hobby. 

Local clubs cater for these individuals and provide plenty of 

opportunities for competitive play with club ladders, leagues, 

club evenings and for the more advanced players, inter club 

matches. But there are events and organisations which cater for 

players who want to expand their horizons and we highlight a 

few below. 

The Family Championships 

Set up originally in the eighties, the event was aimed 

specifically at tennis playing families to give parents and their 

offspring an opportunity to play together in a national doubles 

tennis championship. 

Sponsored by Remington and supported by the LTA, it ran very 

successfully for nine years attracting, at its peak, 1500 pairs. 

The general 

format was 

even copied in 

other countries 

resulting in an 

international 

event for the 

The 2010 Father & Son finalists, Chris Li & 

Josh Gook with the champions Roger & 

Michael Ingham. Picture Tennis Today 

Kiam Cup. 

Unfortunately 

that all came to 

an end when 

Remington had to terminate its sponsorship at a time when the 

overall economic situation was in a downward spiral. Unable to 

attract another title sponsor the event was put on hold until it 

was revived, 

thanks to the TIA 

UK and the LTA, 

in 2007. 

The basic format 

remains the same, 

namely a postal 

event played over 

the summer 

months with a 

final weekend 

staged at the 

David Lloyd 

The 2010 Mother & Daughter finalists, 

Joan & Julia Hassell with the champions, 

Lucy & Sara Butler. Picture Tennis Today 

Leisure Dudley centre in November where both the semis and 

finals of the various categories are played. 

The event caters for the following family combinations, namely 

Open events for Fathers & Sons and Mothers & Daughters, 

plus events for parents and offspring aged 14 & under as well 

as 10 & under, and mixed combinations for Fathers & 

Daughters and Mother & Sons, Open and 14&U. 

Entry deadline is April 1 and details can be obtained from the 

event’s dedicated website on familychampionships.org.uk or 

from the organisers, Abbott Media Services, on 01491 612042. 

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45 Club members settle down for dinner at the Exmouth Centre 

after one of their One Day events. Picture 45 Club. 

The 45 Club 

A nomadic club without its own premises, focusing on the 

‘veteran’ player, that is men 45 & over and women 40 & over. In 

many ways the predecessor of the Vets Tennis Association as it 

was set up to provide competitive play for the older generation 

which was not being catered for in the post war years. 

This is no longer the case as Vets Tennis has become one of 

the fastest growing sectors of the sport but the 45 Club still 

caters for the players wishing to expand their horizons. 

The 45 Club offers club players the opportunity of trying some 

tennis activities which might not be available at their own 

primary club like One-day mixed tournaments at venues around 

the country with dinner to round off the day. There are also 

overseas trips where tennis is the theme but not necessarily the 

only objective. In addition, the Club offers opportunities for 

competitive representative play against other clubs and the 

services, as well as offering chances to play at events abroad. 

With its low membership fees, the 45 Club should be seen as a 

second option for players who enjoy playing the game and 

meeting new, like minded people. For more information visit 

their dedicated website at 45club.org or ring the Membership 

Secretary on 020 8505 6527 

London Tennis Ltd 

These days the internet is becoming more prominent in 

promoting recreational tennis, something which London Tennis 

has been developing since 2006. They now have a web based 

network of London adult tennis players to whom they provide a 

series of leagues and competition. 

Again, the need for additional playing opportunities is being 

provided to players of all standards with a website that can 

assist you in finding tennis playing partners as well as courts, a 

means to record your scores and receive a site ranking to aid in 

finding players of a similar standard. 

There are four league seasons per year, each lasting 

approximately twelve weeks and costing £15 each to enter with 

results between LTA members going to the LTA to contribute to 

their personal national LTA ranking. 

For more details visit the website at londontennis.co.uk or 

phone 020 8789 0482.

THE JOURNAL OF THE TENNIS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION UK 

Serving the Insiders 

TIAUK’s broadsheet newspaper 

offers credible observation and 

comment on the business side of 

the game played on these shores. 

Aimed at aficionados, officials, 

media and volunteers as well as 

players at all levels of the sport, TO 

is designed to: 

Reach the British tennis public 

Benefit member companies 

Provide a communications tool 

Promote member activities, 

products and services; and 

Help market the industry 

www.tiauk.org 

Tennis Outlook content includes: 

News coverage 

Debate 

Features on industry issues 

Research findings 

Overseas best practice reports 

Prominent figure interviews 

Market segment focus 

Letters to the editor 

Invitations to tender 

Job opportunities 

Display advertising 

Classifieds 

HenryWancke,Editor 

TennisOutlook 

c/oAbbottMediaServices 

CedarLodge,HoweRoad,Watlington 

OxonOX495ER 

Phone:01491612042 

Email:tennisoutlook@tiauk.org 

 

GeneralTIAUKEnquiries 

Phone:01737831707 

Email:gilly@tiauk.org 

RegisteredOffice: 

EmberHouse,3537CreekRoad 

EastMolesey,SurreyKT89BE 

CompanyNo5345983 VAT989458633 

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TIA UK Member Profile 2 

TrioPlus Ltd was established as a company in March 2005 

by three Directors: Phillip Sandilands, David Carpenter and 

Bob Knowles. Alex Newton joined the company as its fourth 

Director in May 2009. All four Directors have held senior 

positions in the sport and leisure sector, Phillip as Director of 

Facilities for The Lawn Tennis Association, David as Director 

of the Lottery Sports Fund, Bob as the Fund’s Head of 

Operations and Alex as the NW Regional Manager for the 

English Institute for Sport and latterly as Head of World Class 

Programmes at UK Sport. 

Their business expertise revolves around the many varied 

elements involved in the start-up, development and delivery of 

projects and programmes in sport, leisure and physical 

activity. They specialise in taking a brief where internal 

capacity and/or expertise is unavailable, working closely with 

the client, but bringing independent and objective advice 

together with solutions that add value and assist the client, 

drawing on the very extensive experience of the Directors and 

the company’s Associates. 

The company ethos is to add significant value, offer a 

personal, bespoke and dedicated service with close attention 

to detail and bring enthusiasm and commitment to delivery. 

They have an extensive portfolio of client projects across the 

sporting landscape built up over the last six years including 

Badminton England, England and Wales Cricket Board, 

England Hockey Board, the FA, Institute of Groundsmanship, 

the LTA, London Boroughs of Newham and Lambeth, LOCOG, 

Tennis Scotland, Universities of East London and Ulster, 

Tennis Foundation and Wembley Stadium Trust. 

2010 saw the launch of TrioPlus Tennis, a dedicated resource 

for local, regional, national and international tennis 

projects. TrioPlus Tennis offers an unrivalled wealth of 

experience in all aspects of tennis development and facility 

procurement, headed up by Phillip Sandilands. 

Recent tennis-related projects include an Operational Strategy 

for the LTA’s National Tennis Centre; feasibility work for the 

Judy Murray Tennis Club; Facility Strategy for Tennis 

Scotland; ITI Centre and community tennis audit and various 

tennis centre feasibility studies. 

Key services offered by TrioPlus include: 

Facility development strategies – identification of facility 

requirements in line with market demand, current trends, 

planning for future needs and negotiated prioritisation. 

Programme and project start-ups – from feasibility study, 

through project concept and development to implementation 

and operation, including advice on business planning, 

staffing, procurement, marketing and public relations. 

Option and risk appraisals – research and assessment of 

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Phillip Sandilands, Director 

project options, including economic appraisal (in accordance 

with Treasury ‘Green Book’), compilation of risk register, 

probability/impact matrix, and scope for elimination, 

mitigation or management. 

Corporate governance and organisational reviews – objective 

and impartial assessment of organisational structures and 

delivery mechanisms, effectiveness of governance regime, 

extent of exposure and proposals for improvement. 

Grant applications – identification of most appropriate 

source(s), development of bids for grant support (capital and 

revenue), brokering of partnerships, negotiation of contracts 

and implementation planning. 

Funding advice – research and advice on sources and types 

of finance, options to secure funding, economic planning. 

Project investigations and rescue strategies – 

troubleshooting, financial restructuring, organisational 

restructuring, realignment of business activities or objectives. 

Monitoring and evaluation – identification of key performance 

indicators, sample selection, measuring techniques, 

compliance, value for money appraisal, benchmarking. 

Phillip remains close and committed to the development of 

tennis at grass roots level. “I feel that I can contribute fully to 

the work of the TIA and help deliver further collaboration with 

the LTA and the Tennis Foundation. Membership of the TIA 

has enabled TrioPlus to contribute towards forward strategy 

which in turn has opened additional opportunities to promote 

our expertise within British Tennis”. 

Contact: Phillip Sandilands, Director 

020 8398 3232 / 07786 390855 

Email: psandilands@trioplusonline.co.uk

Why become part of the TIAUK? 

The answer is simply: In order to play an 

active role within your industry and to 

influence the future of British tennis. 

Also, if you wish to be included in future 

editions of this book, you need to be member 

in compliance with our Code of Practice! 

As a tennis business, your company is dependent on 

the success and growth of this sport, so it makes 

sense to contribute towards its welfare. 

You need to promote your company, its products and 

services, to improve sales, and to be best placed to 

benefit from a growing market; while the health of the 

game is, of course, of paramount concern to you. 

Plus your industry needs your input and experience to 

make a real difference, to help push the boundaries for 

a better future, and because collective bargaining has 

always proved an effective negotiating tool. 

If we don’t hear from you, the TIAUK cannot help you 

in any direction. 

The TIA UK offers a range of professional benefits and 

unique networking opportunities together with a means 

to play an active role in a collective initiative that holds 

British tennis at its heart. 

Membership of TIAUK delivers an effective conduit for 

feedback alongside a range of useful benefits and, as a 

member, your company receives: 

• Exposure via www.tiauk.org 

• Access to services such as TIA UK Insurance 

andTenniswire Network 

• Compliance to an acknowledged Code of Practice 

• A ground pass to every day of The Wimbledon 

Championships 

• Eligibility for Tennis Force, TIAUK’s new advisory 

service 

• Involvement and benefit from the Research 

programme 

• Member only resources 

• Networking opportunities 

• Free entry in The Tennis Book 

• Complimentary copies of The Tennis Book for 

distribution to customers 

• Discounted rates in Tennis Outlook 

• Inclusion in TIAUK’s collective logo advertisement 

in house publications 

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• Email news alerts and regular member-only 

newsletters 

• Special rates at trade events and access to The 

Tennis Shop 

• Membership certificate 

• Right to serve on the Board of Directors 

• A vote on future policy 

• Sponsorship opportunities 

• Exclusive use of the TIAUK kite mark 

TIAUK is about building workable and productive 

relationships – with the governing body, with 

professional organisations and with the membership 

via improved, productive communication. 

On-going dialogue with The Lawn Tennis Association 

is working towards a greater understanding of what 

tennis business has to offer and what it can contribute 

in many different areas. 

Our strategy is to roll out wider benefits, target new 

objectives and provide networking services to increase 

collaboration and innovation. 

The objective is to support and encourage the growth 

of British tennis at all levels, starting with the 

recreational grass roots through to the elitist game. 

Perhaps the most significant project of direct benefit to 

members is the launch of the pilot in 2011 to promote 

Tennis Force, an advisory service extending The Tennis 

Book concept into an offering of TIAUK member 

products and services to Places to Play and other 

tennis-based clients. 

With the help and promotion of 60-plus companies 

and organisations, TIAUK’s goals are simply to 

promulgate tennis business through the dedicated and 

experienced contributions of a collaborative 

membership. 

Why wouldn’t your company want to be part of a 

professional trade body that holds your tennis 

business interests so close to its heart?

Tennis Trade Membership 

MEMBERSHIP BRINGS: 

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