Coaching
Taking tennis lessons allows you to meet new people, further develop your game or start from scratch if you are brand new to the sport. Tennis lessons are available for non-members for £42 per hour and discounted for members for £37 per hour from our qualified LTA coaches. As our hard-working coaches are often busy on court an email or text is usually better than calling them.
Please note that you cannot book individual lessons through the website. You must contact the coach you want to arrange anything with directly. Our contact details are listed below. We also coach non-members especially during off-peak times.
Our after school squads for Autumn 2024 will begin on the week of September 9th and run until the week of December 9th with a break for half term on the week of October 28th. They have been built on this site and are available to book now. The full list of squads are detailed in the Junior Squads sub menu of this section of our website.
Dave Watts, Head Coach
Dave has been coaching at Spencer for 20 years and is now concentrating on daytime adult lessons as well as organising the junior after-school squads, adult socials and half-term/holiday programs. Feel free to contact him with any queries.
07812 130015
Email: headcoach@spencertennis.com
Seb Wray
Seb is a performance coach and 1st team player who takes adult lessons of all abilities as well as team tennis coaching sessions and performance junior squads
07958 100192
Email: sebastianwray@yahoo.co.uk
Giampiero Bitarelli
Giampiero (or GP for short) has just joined the team but has been playing at Spencer since he was a young boy. He is also a performance coach and 1st team player who takes adult lessons of all abilities as well as team tennis coaching sessions and performance junior squads. He will be setting up and running a series of adult mid-week group sessions so get in touch directly if you're interested in joining one of these.
07533364384
Email: giampierobittarelli@gmail.com
Joe Nicholson
Joe is a high level team player who mainly takes junior after-school squads as well as the fun junior social at 4.30pm on Fridays. He is also available for daytime adult lessons and juniors of all abilities.
07710003773
Email: prieb733@gmail.com
Junior squads
At Spencer we offer a wide range of junior squads after school for those aged from 4 – 17 years old. The sessions cater for all standards with some squads focusing on introducing new players to the game and others, such as team training sessions, for those that are looking to play more competitively. With sessions focusing on all aspects of tennis, Spencer is a great place for juniors to have fun whilst developing their tennis skills. You can book on, check availability or find pricing information for squads by scrolling to the bottom of this page. Squads run alongside the school term time and are booked in advance.
Junior socials
We run junior socials every Friday during term time, with mini tennis from 1630 - 1800 and from 1800 - 1930 for children over 11. You do not need to be a member to join these sessions. Just turn up and pay cash on the day. It's £5 for members and £10 for non-members.
Junior holiday programme
We run junior tennis programmes for 5 - 16 years during the school holidays. These are run every half-term and at the end-of-term school holidays and from July to the end of August during the summer. Our coaches make these sessions fun and enjoyable and children can improve their tennis and develop life-long skills that will give them confidence in whatever they do. You can find full details and sign up to camps by clicking here
Our school holiday tennis programmes are extremely popular. You should give your children drinks and snacks for the day or they can buy drinks at the Clubhouse. If the weather is dubious, the coaches will make a decision by 9.15 am and you can text the Head Coach, Dave Watts on 07812130015 for confirmation or ring the Clubhouse to check on 020 8874 2717.
Booking online
You can book all our courses online but first you, as an adult,have to register with the LTA as a parent/guardian. It's free to do this and only takes a few minutes. Then, just choose the date, then choose the price according to whether you want to book single day (or days) or the whole week. If you child is a member of Spencer Tennis Club then choose the discounted price.
Safeguarding
At Spencer LTC we follow the LTA's recomended guidance on safeguarding and other important issues. You can see our full list of policies here