Nominations for the LTA Tennis Awards 2024, which highlight, acknowledge and reward the incredible achievements and contributions to tennis of people across Britain over the last year, are now open.

Launched in 2015 with the help of former LTA president Cathie Sabin OBE, the LTA Tennis Awards celebrate the many thousands of inspirational individuals involved in tennis, dedicating their precious time and energy to the continual development and growth of the sport. Over the past eight years, the awards have illustrated the depth of service and talent within the tennis community across Britain and served as an inspiration to others to volunteer, coach, officiate or to play tennis.

The awards also highlight the talent across the tennis community in Britain, which includes 25,000 volunteers, 6,400 coaches and more than 1,000 officials. They also showcase the incredible achievements of some 12,610 schools, 2,354 clubs and over 9,500 LTA approved tournaments. The contribution of these individuals and venues helps to bring fans and players closer to the game we all love.

There are many individuals and clubs within Bedfordshire who could be worthy winners - have a look at the categories below and submit your nominations. You can nominate in any of the categories:

- Volunteer of the Year (someone who volunteers in any capacity in tennis)

- Rising Star (someone 21 or under who volunteers or helps in any capacity in tennis)

- Lifetime Achievement (someone who has volunteered for over 30 years in any capacity in tennis)

- Development Coach (a coach who works on a "grassroots" / club / community level)

- Performance Coach (a coach who works with performance adults or juniors)

- Competiton of the Year (a competition of any size)

- Club of the Year (a tennis club of any shape and size)

- Official of the Year (any level of tennis Official)

- University of the Year (any University delivering tennis)

- School of the Year (any primary or secondary school delivering tennis)

- Tennis For All (an inclusion award for any individual, programme or project demonstrating inclusion)

- Connecting Communities (any programme, project or individual providing tennis in a community setting)

- Park Venue (any park venue delivering tennis)

- President's Award (any individual, venue or project deserving of recognition for something exceptional) 

Nominees will be judged at a county level, with winners going through to the regional finals. The regional winners make up the LTA Tennis Awards National finalists.

HOW TO  NOMINATE

• Nominations are open from 1 October until 30 November 2023 and can be submitted via an online form Submit a nomination
• Criteria for each category has been set to give those nominating clear guidance to follow and can be found here
• You can nominate in as many categories as you wish, and tips for writing your nominations can be found here Tips for writing a good nomination