Tennis Derbyshire Officers 2026

The management of Derbyshire Tennis is overseen by a volunteer Board of Directors. The Board in turn oversees several committees responsible for specific aspects of County Tennis as well as all remunerated roles required to support the work of the Association.


Main Board:

Chair 

County Secretary

Finance Lead 

EDI Lead 

Safeguarding Lead 

Club Reps  

Competitions & Performance

Lead

DTC Lead

James Grindell

Louise Walker

Frank Beer

Balraj Johal

Lucy Partington

Judy Zhou

Suzanne Buffin

Charlie Pick

Sarah Patton

 

Non-Executive Officers: 

  • President – John Last
  • LTA Councillor – James Grindell 
  • Derby Area League Representative - Jon Apedaile

 

A number of Committees sit below the Board:

  • Corporate Governance – DTL Chair - James Grindell
  • Finance -  Finance Lead 
  • Competition & Performance - C & P Lead
  • Safeguarding – CSO Lead
  • Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)/Open Court – EDI Lead 
  • Tournaments –  Tournaments Lead - James Grindell
  • Sponsorship – Sponsorship Lead - Suzanne Buffin
  • Awards - Awards Lead - Katy Wilson
  • Communications – Comms Lead - Louise Walker
  • Derbyshire Tennis Centre (DTC) Operations – DTC Lead - Sarah Patton
  • Padel – Padel Ambassador - Vacancy