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Swindon & District Tennis League off-set emissions
The Swindon & District Tennis League are going someway to off-set the emissions generated by participating in the league by planting trees with Tree Nation. Each team entering the league contributes a small amount to buy trees in projects in the UK and across the world. This will operate for both the summer and winter…
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18U County Cup Reports
18U Girls – Edgbaston The 18U girls were at Edgbaston for the County Cup event. After a shaky start and finding ourselves 2-0 down against Bedfordshire after the first 2 matches, the girls did brilliantly to convert and storm to a 7-2 win. A great start on day 1. On our second day we played…
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2021 Award Winners
Each year, the LTA Tennis Awards highlight the incredible achievements and contributions of people across the County and Wiltshire Tennis are delighted to announce this year’s winners. The awards were presented by Wiltshire Tennis President, Sir Geoffrey Owen, at the Wiltshire Tennis AGM. Winners of the club award were Trowbridge Westbourne Tennis Club who have…
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Dan is a National Champion!
Wanborough’s Dan Hopkins is a National Champion! Dan competed at the LTA’s Visually Impaired National Finals last weekend and won the B2 Mens Singles Event. Dan is coached by Becky Watts at Wanborough and has had a great year. Huge congratulations to Dan! You can read more about Dan’s success and the finals on the…
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Lewis Fletcher wins National Deaf Tennis Championships Doubles Title
Lewis Fletcher, Ramsbury TC and County Coach, won a fourth successive National title with his partner, Esah Hayat over the weekend of 6th/7th November. Lewis and Esah have developed a highly successful doubles partnership and led Great Britain to the silver medal in the 2018 Dresse Cup, deaf tennis’s World Team Championship for male players…
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2020 LTA County Award Presentations
Wiltshire Tennis were delighted to finally be able to present four of the County awards from this year’s LTA Tennis Awards. The presentations had been delayed due to Covid19 restrictions. Presentations were made to Mark Tyrrell of Marshfield TC who won the Volunteer of the Year Award. Two awards were presented at Swindon Tennis Centre.…
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LTA launches campaign to inspire more people to play wheelchair tennis – and find future champions
Budding wheelchair sportspeople across the country will have the chance to show off their tennis skills at a series of try-out days organised by the LTA – starting this month. The LTA Wheelchair Tennis Initiative aims to attract, inspire and engage people with physical impairments into the sport and the taster days will include activities…
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National virtual LTA Awards Ceremony
The National virtual LTA Awards Ceremony are taking place this Thursday 24th June at 8pm. We are delighted to confirm that Riverside TC, who won our Wiltshire Club of the year award and St Marys Calne Tennis Academy, who won the Wiltshire Education Award, went onto win the South West Regional awards and therefore now…
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2020 Wiltshire’s LTA Tennis Award Winners
Wiltshire Tennis are delighted to announce the local heroes who are honoured as part of the LTA Tennis Awards. Mark Tyrrell of Marshfield TC has been named the Volunteer of the Year for Wiltshire. Throughout the many challenges of 2020 Mark has shown a great dedication to ensuring that the club continue to thrives. Other…
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Catherine and Lewis Fletcher Honoured In Deaf Sports Personality of the Year Awards
Wiltshire’s Catherine and Lewis Fletcher have multiple reasons to celebrate at the end of a difficult 2020 after members of the Great Britain Deaf Tennis Team were voted winners in a record three categories in the Deaf Sport Personality of the Year (DSPY) Awards. Catherine was voted Coach of the Year for the first time,…
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Wiltshire’s Lewis Fletcher takes tally of National Titles to 17 at 2020 National Deaf Tennis Championships
Ramsbury TC and County Coach, Lewis Fletcher, took his personal tally of National Deaf Tennis Championships titles to 17 at the end of September after claiming his ninth men’s doubles title and his sixth mixed doubles title at the 2020 event organised by the LTA at the National Tennis Centre in London. Lewis, partnered East…
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LTA Home Activities Hub
The LTA have created a tennis at home activities hub with lots of fun exercises and activities for all the family. You can improve your tennis skills any time, any place, with the LTA Home Activities hub. The LTA Home Activities hub consists of four areas – Tennis at Home Exercises – short videos containing…
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Wiltshire Tennis Activity Book
We have developed a fun Tennis Activity Book for the children to complete whilst they are spending time at home. It has lots of fun activities with mazes, colouring in, quizzes and lots more! Please click here for the first edition. In addition, please do follow our social media pages listed below to see challenges that…
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Louise Hunt Wheelchair Tennis News
Louise Hunt from Wanborough, plays and competes in Wheelchair Tennis and in 2012 competed in her first Paralympic Games in London. Louise also competed in the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, qualifying at her highest ever ranking to date of 10 in the World. Louise has kindly agreed to write us some news from her tennis…
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2019 Wiltshire Tennis Award Winners
Wiltshire Tennis are delighted to announce the local heroes who are honoured as part of the LTA Tennis Awards in Wiltshire. The Awards were presented by Sir Geoffrey Owen, Wiltshire Tennis President, at the Wiltshire Tennis AGM earlier this month. The LTA Tennis Awards 2019: The winners now go through to a regional judging panel…
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Lewis claims 2 silver medals as Great Britain’s deaf tennis stars claim five medals at 2nd World Deaf Tennis Championships in Antalya
Lewis Fletcher from Ramsbury TC gained 2 silver medals in the senior men’s doubles and mixed doubles finals at the 2nd World Deaf Tennis Championships in Turkey. Great Britain players completed the Championships with a tremendous haul of five medals across senior and junior events, including the gold medal in the junior mixed doubles on…
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Lewis through to two finals as Great Britain’s deaf tennis stars earn unprecedented World Championships success in Antalya
Great Britain’s deaf tennis players are assured of unprecedented success at the 2nd World Deaf Tennis Championships, with a squad of four players selected by the LTA set to play for six medals, including at least two silver medals, over the course of the next two days in Antalya, Turkey.  Lewis Fletcher from Ramsbury,  Esah…
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Lewis In the GB squad for World Deaf Tennis Championships
The LTA, the governing body for tennis in Britain, has announced the four players who will represent Great Britain at the second ever World Deaf Tennis Championships in Turkey later this week. Taking place from 12th – 19th October in Antalya, Turkey, the Championships will see players from 18 countries battling it out across singles,…
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Ralph celebrates his 93rd Birthday
Ralph Harding from Devizes celebrated his 93rd birthday at Devizes Tennis Club surrounded by his friends who he plays tennis with on a Monday afternoon every week. Ralph manages to play for half an hour in all weathers and his friends say that he is marvellous to be able to play at the age of…
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WILTSHIRE’S LEWIS FLETCHER CELEBRATES 14TH NATIONAL DEAF TENNIS TITLE
Great Bedwyn’s Lewis Fletcher is celebrating taking his collection of National titles to 14 over the weekend after he won both the men’s and mixed doubles competitions at the 2019 National Deaf Tennis Championships at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton. Fletcher, 34, a two-time men’s singles National champion, chose to focus on the doubles…
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