Meet the Coach, Lesley Whitehead

In June 2018, Lesley started to work with Largs Tennis Club to develop their coaching programme at the new club venue at Inverclyde Sports Centre.

Lesley brings a wealth of experience to Largs Tennis Club.

Before her move to Scotland in 2012, Lesley spent 15 years as the Tennis Manager at a large indoor tennis club in Nottingham where she managed a team of coaches and was responsible for coordinating all the junior and senior coaching programmes for members and non-members from beginner to performance standard. Lesley also organised a competitions programme from mini to senior’s age groups.

After her move to Scotland, Lesley set up Glasgow Disability Tennis which is the only club in Scotland that provides coaching and competition for all four of the disability groups – deaf, learning disability, visually impaired & wheelchair. The success of this club was recognised in 2016 when the club won the Tennis Scotland’s Disability Programme of the Year and the Aegon British Tennis Disability Programme of the Year - This is the highest award possible in Great Britain.

Lesley is the LTA Learning Disability Advisor working in development, competitions & performance departments as well as the Tutor on the learning Disability CPD course. Lesley has also been the Head coach for numerous Great Britain teams in International Disability events and is the International Tennis Director for Virtus Sport (performance level).

Lesley’s hard work was recognised at the Tennis Scotland Awards 2014 when she won the Disability Award and in 2015 she won Sport Scotland’s Technical Official of the Year.

Lesley is an ABTO qualified Grade 4 Referee & Competition Organiser and at the LTA British Tennis Awards in 2013, she won the LTA ABTO Official of the Year.

For more information on our junior and adult coaching call Lesley on 07590 901678 or email Lesley.whitehead@ymail.com

Private Coaching – 1-2-1 or 1-2-2 is available with our Head Coach Lesley Whitehead

• LTA Level 4 Senior Accredited + Coach Cost £30 per hour Book directly with Lesley - Lesley.whitehead@ymail.com or 07590 901678
• Lesley has been playing tennis all her life and as a high-level junior player competed in National and International competitions. She was one of the first players in the UK to be awarded a Full Time Tennis Scholarship at Texas Tech University. Lesley has represented her county at Junior and Senior level.
• Lesley has coached for over 40 years including being the Tennis Manager/coach at West Bridgford Tennis Club, Nottingham where she was responsible for organising 60+ coaching sessions per week.
• Lesley works for the LTA as their Learning Disability Advisor and coach and has been coach to numerous GB Teams at International competitions.
• Lesley has written Coach Education courses for the LTA and the ITF and is an LTA Competition Organiser and Referee at Regional and National level.
• Lesley is the International Sport Director/Technical Delegate for Virtus Sport the global organisation that governs, advocates, organises and promotes elite level sport for athletes with an intellectual impairment and is a founder member of the International Paralympic Committee.
• Lesley has won numerous LTA awards for coaching successes and as an official over her career.