Coaching Team

Seb Deery - Head Coach and Club Captain

Seb is the Head Coach at MTC and leads the coaching programmes; an Accredited+ LTA level 3 coach, also qualified to the Professional Tennis Registry's (PTR) highest 'Professional' grading across adult, junior and performance certifications and has the Spanish (RPT) Registro Profesional de Tenis's Instructor 1 certification plus has recently qualified with the LTA as a Court Supervisor and Tournament Referee. Seb also has a joint honours degree in Law and Sociology from Warwick University.

Seb is the club's teams' captain and has played tennis all of his life, with  a real passion for the game, something he is always passing on to others in all of his sessions plus he loves coming to social tennis with all the members. If you need to know anything about MTC then just get in touch with Seb.

Hourly coaching: £35 (discount available for block bookings)

Email: sebdeery@aol.com

Phone: 07825232403                   


Janine Brecknell - Coach and Ladies Captain

Janine is a very active and experienced tennis player and has played for clubs since she was a teenager. Janine runs our ladies team and can be often seen on the courts during the week and Saturday afternoons with our ladies squad!

Janine is available for individual lessons and group lessons. 

Hourly coaching: £30

Phone: 07552454141    


Fred Barnett -  Coach

Fred is currently ranked in the top 100 British players in men’s tennis, is competing on the British Tour, a professional circuit for players in the UK and hopes to join the ITF circuit soon. Fred is an accredited LTA Level 2 tennis coach and he is excited to share his knowledge, experience and advice with the members at MTC. He really enjoys helping others to improve their tennis and can’t wait to get started at MTC; he looks forward to seeing you all on court soon.

Hourly coaching: £25

Email: fbarnett7914@gmail.com

Phone: 07496326877


Chris Drewe -  Coach

Chris is an experienced LTA Level 4 Accredited Coach. He has been head coach at four clubs in Essex and enjoys teaching players of any level. Chris has coached several junior national standard players and Essex junior county champions.

Chris is also an LTA National Level Official and referees many tournaments per year. He also used to work as an on-court official and was a line umpire in four Wimbledon singles finals. During Covid Chris retrained and now also works for the NHS as a Customer Services Operator.  Chris enjoys playing doubles for the MTC’s teams.

Hourly coaching: £35

Email: chrisdrewe@hotmail.com

Phone: 07709433116