Meet the Team
Ceire Mullins – Head Coach
Level 3 Coach
Ceire has been coaching for 4 years now, but became head coach of Church Broughton this year.
Ceire has an decorated career in tennis, playing for GB numerous times as a junior and competing all over the world in ITF tournaments. She earned a tennis scholarship to an American University where she played and studied for 3 years. In addition to her ongoing love for tennis, she is also very passionate about padel and has competed for Ireland as an International Padel Player.
If you have any questions at all about the coaching programme at Church Broughton, please get in touch on 07375354948.
Jane Rushby
Jane is a Derbyshire legend both as a player and a coach! She has Derbyshire teams at each age group from juniors through to veterans and has made over 100 appearances for the senior team. Jane has competed for GB in a number of age groups and has competed around the world. When it comes to Church Broughton, Jane has played a pivotal role in the development of the club. Jane started going into Church Broughton Primary School many years ago and that resulted in a wave of players competing on the one court in the village. The demand got so high that we needed more courts - and that helped inspire the move to our current site. Brilliant work Jane!
Ellen Taylor
Level 2 coach
Ellen is currently working on her Level 3 whilst completing her Masters. She has been a member of the club for around 15 years.
Ellen is extremely passionate about getting more girls and women to play tennis and has organised an amazing She Rallies Day at the club. She was also an Assistant Captain of the Derbyshire 9U team at the 2022 County Cup.
Becky Williams
Becky has been coaching at Church Broughton for a number of years but we are very excited that she recently left the world of teaching to become a full time coach! The world of education's loss is most definitely tennis's gain! Becky brings a combination of enthusiasm, passion and tactical know how to the sessions she leads along with a great sense of fun! Becky has competed at County Level for Derbyshire and is an important member of our title winning ladies and mixed teams. Becky has recently become a member of the Derbyshire County Training team.
Rob Salmon
Level 3 coach with Accreditation+
Rob has been coaching for over 10 years and received his level 3 in 2019. He was named LTA Development Coach of the Year for Derbyshire in 2022.
Rob has gone full circle from representing Derbyshire as a junior in County Cups to coaching Derbyshire County Cup teams. He also hosts a podcast called My Tennis Journey.
Tom Rushby
Tom has played at the top level when he partnered Andy Murray to the semi-final of Junior Wimbledon - now he is coaching at the top level! It is brilliant to see Tom working with some of the best players in the county, region and country! So inspiring to see the level of the players Tom is working with! Tom played on Tour and if you ever get the chance, do ask him about the time he beat Rafa at doubles. Enough said!
Jakob Clarke
Tennis is Jakob's passion and it has been great to welcome Jakob to our coaching team. Always enthusiastic, Jakob brings a fun filled approach to the sessions he coaches in. It has also been great to see Jakob delivering sessions at John of Rolleston Primary School which recently came National Runner-Up in the LTA School of the Year Award.
Vejay Pal – Padel Coach
LTA accredited coach
BPCA Padel Coach - Hello Padel Academy Bronze Padel Coach
Vejay has been playing Padel since 2022. He has a tennis background spanning over 30 years, but focused soley on padel since 2022. He is also an avid marathon runner and previously enjoyed competing at Short tennis for the past two decades.
