We WON!! The annual LTA Tennis Awards, presented by Lexus, highlight the incredible achievements and contributions of people in tennis across Britain. We are very pleased to let everyone know that thanks to nominations from members, non members, parents, visitors etc that Bramford Tennis Club won in three of the key categories with the awards being presented by LTA President Sandi Proctor at an event held at the club on Sat 5 April 2025. The award categories were as follows:
- Club of the Year - Certificate received on behalf of the club by Graham Chappell (Club Chair)
- Coach of the Year - Carl Douglas (Head coach)
- Young Person of the Year - Ellen Pratt (Junior performance player and Tennis Leader)
This last twelve months has been massive for our small club with notable highlights including over £70K raised through our grant funding initiative (Project Smash), all of which has been re-invested back into the club to provide:
- Innovative retractable floodlight solution for Court 1
- Brand new state of the art clubhouse with secure storage
- New furniture for living area of the clubhut
- Tennis for Free initiative, to help open tennis up to more people (sponsored by Sport England)
Outside of the grant funding initiative, we have also seen some fantastic successes, including:
- LTA Youth recognised venue status (one of only two clubs in Suffolk to achieve this award)
- LTA Registered Venue status achieved (clubmark standard for tennis clubs)
- GIRLS only tennis programme established (sponsored by Prime Video)
- Junior team kit sponsorship
- LTA Safeguarding audit passed
- Two new member clubnights established
- New club teamwear shop available
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the clubs success and in particular to the volunteers and committee members who put so much time and effort in to help develop our little club into the shining example of how grassroots tennis clubs should run. Here's to even more success in the future and please chedckout the link below for the news item that featured in the East Anglian Daily Times on Tue 8 April.
East Anglian Daily Times - Bramford Tennis Club, Suffolk Club of the Year!