2024 Award Winners

Each year, the LTA Tennis Awards highlight the incredible achievements and contributions of people across Britain.
Launched in 2015 with the help of former LTA president Cathie Sabin OBE, the awards recognise the many thousands of inspirational individuals involved in tennis, dedicating their precious time and energy; 25,000 volunteers, 4,672 coaches and 975 officials. They also highlight the incredible achievements of some 22,000 schools, 2,768 clubs and over 9,276 LTA approved tournaments. The contribution of these individuals and venues helps to bring fans and players closer to the game we all love.
Winners are judged from over 2,000 public nominations and are first judged by 38 County Associations, resulting in 380 County award winners who are then put forward for Regional awards. Finally, the Regional winners are put forward for the National LTA Tennis Awards alongside winners from Tennis Wales and Tennis Scotland.
In addition to the LTA Awards Wiltshire Tennis also awards for contributions and efforts in additional categories.

Our sincere thanks to LTA President Sandi Procter, who joined us for the evening and presented the awards.

This years awards was hosted by Bechtle in Chippenham our thanks to James Napp and his colleagues for putting on a fantastic evening.

LTA Awards

Club of the Year

Marlborough Tennis

2024 Club of the Year

This club have six new courts and drive participation through a ‘tennis for all’ approach.
Their daily social tennis programme covers daytime and evening sessions and adult coaching classes include skills, “hit-fit”, doubles, league training, rusty rackets and Walking Tennis.
Competitive tennis flourishes with Box Ladders, Club Championships, 9 League Teams and monthly tournaments. They also hosted LTA approved tournaments.
The Junior programme continues to thrive and has included 72 camps.
Their new two-storey, £275,000 clubhouse, opened in June 2024. The clubhouse enables novel community engagement; with FOC access to underprivileged groups.
Comments from a recent club Survey include: “friendliness, generosity of volunteers, leadership, great courts, great coaching team ”.

Coach of the Year

David Morris

2024 Coach of the Year

This coach’s relentless efforts at the grassroots level have had a profound impact on the development of young tennis talent.
His dedication goes far beyond the technicalities of the game; he instils confidence, discipline, and a love for tennis that resonates with each child he mentors.
This coach has been a tennis coach now for 6 years. He obtained his Level 3 in 2019 and is now working toward his Level 4 Senior Coach accreditation. 
He has a passion for performance coaching working with players of county and regional level and is a current County Captain for the County junior teams.
He is coach at Delta Tennis Centre and one member said “We are incredibly fortunate to have him as part of our tennis family, and there is no one more deserving of this recognition”.

Competition of the Year

Wiltshire National Junior League

2024 Competition of the Year

Over the past couple of years this league has found it more and more difficult to attract venues, clubs and coaches to participate in the League over the Summer months.

In 2024 the format was amended and it was decided to make every event a central venue competition.

With this change the 2024 end of season statistics rose to 100% of matches played, 97 teams entered and 218 players participating in the events.

Lifetime Achievement Award

Hilda Moore

2024 Lifetime Achievement Award

This person has made a strong contribution to tennis in Scotland and Wiltshire. She played tennis from age 10, joining the Titwood Tennis Clubs committee in Glasgow at just 19.
Joining her current club at 30, she ran junior tennis, qualifying as a coach in 2004. She’s coached a wide range of players ever since.
She joined the committee in 2000 and was appointed as Chair in 2002. Her leadership and enthusiasm enabled the club to think big and move to a new site, obtaining loans and grants for the new six court site. She successfully helped steer the club to its new £820k venue in 2018. She then continued on the committee in a coaching lead role.
She was a ‘She Rallies’ ambassador which was a scheme supporting women and girls in tennis and is supported by Judy Murray.
She is an incredible role model and her achievements at Marlborough Tennis are remarkable.
Her club said “Her enthusiasm and personality has been an inspiration – she is a star performer!”

School of the Year

Bishop Wordsworth’s Grammar School

2024 School of the Year

This school access Salisbury Lawn Tennis Club and the Director of sport, gives up a huge amount of time to ensure tennis plays a big part in school sport.
Throughout the year they have before school training sessions and use the courts in their games lessons. Over 100 pupils take the opportunity to receive coaching.
The school ran a 32 draw PYWTW 14U draw, as well as popular 18U doubles draw, sending 7 players to county finals, with one pair then playing in the National event at the All England Club.
The school has sent teams from year 7-10 through to regional finals for consecutive years and the boys senior side made it to the last 16 teams in the country in the National Knockout, competing against independent schools and tennis academies.
The school and club have an amazing relationship, and the strength, depth and variety of the programme increases each year.

Volunteer of the Year

Adrian Penn – Marshfield Tennis Club

2024 Volunteer of the Year

This volunteer is a real stalwart and has devoted a significant amount of time to support his club over the last 3 years.
He has been the heartbeat of the club, leading the committee, keeping the clubhouse well maintained and the courts in great shape, as well as being involved on court at club nights, coaching sessions and team matches.
He is the first point of contact for new members and his friendly and welcoming attitude has created a great first impression for the club.
This person has been Chairman of Marshfield Tennis Club for 3 years and has gone above and beyond his role with the aim of making the club even better for now and the future

Young Person of the Year

Anneka – Marshfield Tennis Club

2024 Young Person of the Year Award

This person over the past two years has supported the tennis coaching programme at their club as a Tennis Leader, helping with group coaching sessions and tennis camps.
Initially using the Tennis Leader volunteering for her Duke of Edinburgh Award and to support her Sports Ambassador role in her school, she has gone way beyond the requirements and is always happy to help out when the opportunities arise.
She is fantastic with the children, particularly youngsters who are new to coaching and has the ability to help even the most nervous of player feel comfortable and safe on the courts.
The Head coach at her club said “Her energy, enthusiasm and positivity rubs off on everyone around her and I am always confident that she has the ability to adapt activities and games to the players she is working with. She is a great role model to the younger girls and boys”. 

Wiltshire Tennis Awards

Player of the Year

[Junior Player] Harry

2024 Player of the Year

This player won 5 grade 3 14U events.
They moved up 75 ranking places to make top 100; winning 75% of all matches played.
This junior player represented the County at 14U and 18U County Cup events winning 9 out of 12 matches.
This junior had a great run at the Play you way to Wimbledon event. He won his club event and then the county finals which qualified him for the National Finals at Wimbledon.
At the finals he reached the Final with 7 match wins knocking out 4 boys all ranked higher – 3 top 50 ranked – losing a close tense final against a boy ranked 10th in the UK.

Team of the Year

Wiltshire Ladies Team

2024 Wiltshire Team of the Year

This team narrowly missed out on promotion at the LTA Summer County Cup playing a total of 18 tiebreaks over the 5 days.
At the LTA Winter County Cup, the team played against: Northamptonshire, South of Scotland, Channel Islands and were promoted with the promotion coming down to yet another tiebreaker in the doubles against Northamptonshire.
This team are building an amazing cohort that get on well and have the potential to grow and improve as a team each year.

COUNTY JUNIOR SQUADS

MOST IMPROVED PLAYERS

MIP – 8u Squad

Alayna and Gus

2024 u8 Squad

MIP – 9u Squad

Gabrielle, Samridhi and Euan

2024 u9 Squad

MIP – 10u Squad

Aarabhi and Harry

2024 u10 Squad

MIP – 12u Squad

Alice and Hector

2024 u12 Squad

MIP – 14u Squad

Phoebe and Andrew

2024 u14 Squad

Wiltshire Youth and National League

8u – Wanborough TC and Ramsbury TC
9u – Trowbridge Westbourne and Wanborough
10u – Riverside and Ramsbury
12u – Girls RWBTC | Boys Salisbury TC and Beckington
14u – Girls Salisbury | Boys Salisbury and RWBTC
16u – Girls Downton | Boys RWBTC and Purton
18u – Boys Pewsey

HISTORY OF WINNERS

A history of award winners in Wiltshire including Wiltshire winners of the prestigious LTA Meritorious Service Award can be found here.

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