Devon Tennis

DEVON COUNTY PADEL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Our very first Devon Tennis Padel Championships will take place at the Ashbury Resort in Okehampton on the weekend of 27/28th July 2024. This will be open to players of ALL ABILITIES.  Come and join in the FUN and meet new players. We would love to see you there.

NOTE:  If the numbers are low the event will run over one day only on Sunday 28th July.

ENTRY LINK:  https://competitions.lta.org.uk/tournament/82055b95-22dd-47a1-b89a-64590acf71e7 

FREE online training

£250 reward voucher

Designed specially for primary and secondary school teachers to support the curriculum. The FREE LTA teacher training CPD comes with access to a range of resources including PE lesson plans, videos, cross curricular activities, and competition guides.

Take part and complete online training to receive a £250 reward voucher for your school and a free activity pack. It’s all been designed by teachers, for teachers, and it’s all FREE.

Register via the link here - Schools tennis | LTA Youth Schools | LTA

LADIES AGED 55-60

Are you interested in playing for the Devon Ladies 55+ team? We are looking for players to join us!

There is a practice session organised on Sunday 24th March  2024 11am-1pm at Tarka tennis indoors with a coach in attendance.

If you are interested (anyone from east/ south and west Devon) then please contact Teresa Poole for further details. Email: teresaian91@icloud.com

Mens Team Practice

A training session has been organised for the Mens 75+ team.  It will be held at the Nuffield Health and Rackets Centre 'The Devonshire', Plymouth on Thursday 21st March from 10:30 to 12:30 hours. Men who are 75 this year and over are welcome.

Please contact myself by email on krajon@aol.com or phone on 07818011816.

The first 70+ Mens practice session is on 14th April at Torquay Tennis Club (Indoor Courts) from 12 noon till 2pm and will cost £6.  

If you know of any other players who are good enough and might like to attend please email Ray Armstrong  ray2422@btinternet.com

MATCH REPORTS

Don't forget to check out all the Match Reports from the various County Cups, Juniors and Vets etc in the Match Report Section.

The 2022 Devon Tennis LTA Awards took place at the ISCA Centre in Exeter.  This is the first time in 3 years that we were able to hold a face to face presentation evening.  To see the award winners please visit https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/DevonLTA/Coaching/Awards 

Ricki Foster Great Britain call up

"Congratulations to David Lloyd Exeter's Ricki Foster who has been called up to represent Great Britain over 35's in the world championships in Turkey in March. With only 4 spots available this is a great achievement and testament for all the work he has put in over recent years! Good luck in the tournament Ricki!"   (PICTURE IN NEWS SECTION)

FIRST "IN CONVERSATION WITH ........

On 25th March 2021 Devon Tennis held the first in a new series called ‘Devon Tennis in conversation with...’. The first guest was Devon’s very own Jack Findel-Hawkins.  Why not take a look on the link below

https://youtu.be/_x0Q-A2IbKg

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