Tournaments
Planning a tournament year: eight events, not twenty
Douglas Rennie on capping entries, entering above level four times a year, and writing the aim before the entry.
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Erin Caldwell signs for the University of Georgia
A full four-year athletic scholarship for a player who was never the strongest in her group at fourteen, and what her file says about how we coach.
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Academy News
Fees confirmed for the 2026/27 season
Reviewed once a year and confirmed by the first of June, as always. Junior pathway held flat for a second year.
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Junior Tennis
Summer festivals return across four weekends
In-house festivals for red, orange and green groups, where most of our juniors play their first competitive match.
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Alumni
Georgia Wren returns for a fortnight with the elite group
The former WTA 168 runs two blocks a year alongside her college coaching, and sits on the part-funded places panel.
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Camps
Six weeks of summer camps, and a performance group
A squad-level group joins the summer programme for the first time, capped at sixteen players across the six weeks.
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Performance
Growth phases, load and the two weeks nobody trains
Sam Okafor on monitoring growth, reducing load through it, and why August has two compulsory rest weeks.
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Junior Tennis
Parents on court: the half-term open coaching day
Once a half-term, parents come onto the court, see the drills and hear the coaching language their child is being taught.
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