General Meeting 18 th October 2012 Gavin Masterton

General Meeting 18 th October 2012 Gavin Masterton – Herts LTA President Leo Tutt – Tennis Development Manager Natalia Ilkow – Talent and Performance Co-ordinator Jennifer Keates – P 2 T Co-ordinator Janet Corrie – County Teams Co-ordinator

Herts Tennis - Overview • 81 Registered Places to Play (P 2 P) • 1 International High Performance Centre – Gosling • 1 High Performance Centre – Batchwood • 3 Performance Clubs: Harpenden, Legends, Letchworth • 29 Clubmark Clubs • 5 Community Beacon Sites • 1 Disability Hub – Gosling/Potters Bar • Over 16, 000 members of registered P 2 P

Herts Tennis - Overview • 62 indoor Courts / 207 Floodlit Courts • 163 Licensed / 63 Registered Coaches • 3 Players with an ATP World Ranking Ed Corrie (506), David Rice( 607), George Coupland (1, 152) • Both Ladies and Men’s Teams National Champions • 9 Juniors with ITF 18 U World Ranking Including: Katy Dunne (64) and Lewis Roskilly(375) • 4 Juniors with Tennis Europe 14 U Rankings • 3 Juniors holding National Titles

Key Targets 2011 -12 1. Competing Juniors (6+ Matches) 2. Competing Juniors (20+ Matches) 3. Club Membership 4. British Tennis Membership

Junior Competition – 6+ Matches • 1 st Oct 2011 = 2, 412 • 30 th Sept 2012 target = 2, 592 • 30 th Sept 2012 actual = 2, 714 An increase of over 300 and 4 th highest in country Achieved by: Ø Implementation of Timed Tennis into club coaching programmes (Clubmark Criteria) Ø Year 3 and 4 Schools Games Competition (363) Ø Junior County Leagues and club competition programmes

Junior Competition – 20+Matches • 1 st October 2011 = 743 competitors • 30 th Sept 2012 target = 833 • 30 th Sept 2012 actual = 833 An increase of 90 over the last year Achieved by: Ø Increased opportunities to compete throughout the year Ø Improved promotion and entry to events (online) Ø Supporting clubs to produce an annual competition plan

British Tennis Membership • 1 st Oct 2011 = 17, 589 • 30 th Sept 2012 target = 19, 179 • 30 th Sept 2012 actual = 21, 301 Increase of over 3700 and the 4 th highest growth in the country Achieved by: Ø Easier sign up process – Bulk sign up Ø Improved promotion to players in schools events

Club Membership • 1 st Oct 2011 = 15, 817 • 30 th Sept 2012 target = 16, 134 • 30 th Sept 2012 actual = TBC Initial figures indicate growth in line with national increase of 13% Achieved by: Ø More accurate and regular updates from clubs inputting membership numbers into Places to Play self service Ø Better resources to support clubs with targeted membership campaigns eg Market Segmentation Tool

Supporting Measures Facilities Target = Create 10, 000 new playing hours Actual = 13, 140 new playing hours New P 2 P Target = Increase registered P 2 P from 75 to 77 Actual = 6 new P 2 P (81 in total) Beacon Sites Target = Support existing community sites and increase by 1 Actual = 1 New site accredited at Harpenden Sports Centre Clubmark Target = Support 1 additional P 2 P to achieve Clubmark and improve quality of output form existing Clubmark programmes. Actual = No new sites accredited. Regular F 2 F meetings held

Local and New Projects 1. Girls Project – Aim to attract more girls into tennis. Successful pilot run at St. Albans LTC. Festival Day/Girls Squads. Development of the female coaching workforce. 2. Active Universities Project – Introduce tennis to students via delivery of Cardio Tennis and Tennis Xpress. 3. Hertford Regional College – established an annual plan introducing tennis into the college curriculum and developing the student workforce (Tennis Leaders, Competition Organisers, Level 1’s). Oaklands 2012 -3 4. Disability Tennis Programmes – Work with the Regional Disability Officer David Hardman to establish a hub site for disability tennis within the county (Gosling/Potters Bar). County Questionnaire

Focus 2012 -13 Key Focus: 1. Increasing Participation Strategy to be defined in the Whole Sport Plan for Tennis 2013 -17 to include: Ø Working with both traditional and non-traditional tennis providers Ø More focussed approach in designated areas Ø Adopting a participant focussed approach to ensure programmes meet the needs of the local population

Talent and Performance Coordinator for Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire TPC – Update 1. Regional and National players 2. Regional and National Talent ID Days 3. County Talent ID 4. Competition review 5. Performance Landscape - update

Regional and National players We have 11 Regional and National players in 10 and under category in our county. 7 players achieved National standard and 4 Regional coming from clubs including Batchwood, Gosling Sports Park, Berkhamsted LTC and Langley Tennis Club We support the players with regular player visits, regional training camps that take place every 8 weeks as well as attending as many of their tournaments as we can.

Regional and National Talent ID Days Regional and National ID days took place in September. A Matrix player is a player identified as a performance player through several physical and tennis tests as well as competition results. They are awarded with some funding to go towards developing their tennis 11 players from Hertfordshire from 8 U , 9 U, 10 U are awaiting to hear if they have been chosen as a matrix funded player.

Talent ID structure Next County Talent ID day will take place on the 13 th January 2013 at Letchworth Sports and Tennis Club 7 U Players on Red Court 8 U Players on Orange Court • • • We are looking for coaches to nominate players that have: Good athletic base: speed, agility and coordination Tactical skills and game instincts Technical potential Mental abilities including: determination, competitiveness and focus

Competition • Oliver Tarvet – won a grade 2 at Bournemouth and 4 grade 3 tournaments • Sophia Underwood – won a grade 2 at Bournemouth and 10 grade 3 tournaments • Indianna Spink – won the grade one Summer National Tour Finals and came runner up in couple of grade 2 tournaments • Joshua Ben – won a grade 2 at Solihull and came runner up in Nottingham

Performance Landscape 2012 – update TPM Talent Performance Manger TPC Talent Performance Coordinator Batchwoood HPC 15 Gosling Sports Park IHPC 4 Letchworth Sports and Tennis Club PC Harpenden Tennis Club PC Legends Tennis Club PC Mainly focused 12 -17 year old players programmes High Quality 11 Under Programme Mainly developing golden quality 11 and under programme

Main Focus for Performance Centres • Golden quality 11 and under programme includes: • S&C programmes • Talent attraction (good quality school links) • Systematic talent identification system • High quality planning and delivery • High coach to player ratio • High awareness of standards

LTA Support • Performance Workshops in October • High Performance Centre in March (mainly focusing on 12 - 17 year old player programme • Workshops for Performance Centres in April delivered by the Team mainly focusing on 11 and under programme.

PATHWAY TO TARBES Hertfordshire County Talent Identification and Development Programme o Partnership between Herts LTA and Batchwood Tennis Centre and Gosling Tennis Academy o Inclusive programme involving Hertfordshire Clubs and Coaches Year 6 o 82 players on the programme o Oldest players on the programme born 2002 o Youngest born 2007

PATHWAY TO TARBES Success o National 10 and under Champion – Indianna Spink o Winner and runner up at two Grade 2 events o 6 National Matrix Players o 9 Players invited to Regional Training Camps (10 U) o Players born 2005 or later are too young to be assessed

HERTFORDSHIRE MINI TENNIS WINTER TEAM LEAGUE - October 2011 to March 2012 Results: Red League Winners Runners Up Letchworth Red Lobbers Batchwood Red Bulls Orange League Winners Runners Up Batchwood Orange Bulls Langley Orange Green League Winners Runners Up Green Gosling Letchworth Green Lobbers Statistics: 79 teams entered 1. 402 players competed 2. 1400 matches played

TEAM SUCCESSES MENS SUMMER COUNTY CUP WINNERS

TEAM SUCCESSES LADIES SUMMER COUNTY CUP WINNERS

TEAM SUCCESSES MENS & LADIES SUMMER COUNTY CUP WINNERS

TEAM SUCCESSES MENS AND LADIES WINTER CC CHAMPIONS 2012

TEAM SUCCESSES 18 U COUNTY CUP GROUP 2 WINNERS

TEAM SUCCESSES 14 U BOYS & GIRLS COUNTY CUP NATIONAL FINALS BOYS 2012 TEAM GIRLS 2011 WINNERS

TEAM SUCCESSES 12 U BOYS & GIRLS COUNTY CUP NATIONAL FINALISTS 2012

TEAM SUCCESSES LIONEL COX CHAMPIONS 2012

TEAM SUCCESSES 9 U WINNING TEAMS

TEAM SUCCESSES 8 U BOYS & GIRLS INTER COUNTY WINNERS

INDIVIDUAL SUCCESSES ED CORRIE ACHIEVES CAREER HIGH SINGLES RANKING OF 494 & DOUBLES RANKING OF 260

INDIVIDUAL SUCCESSES DAVID RICE CURRENTLY ATP SINGLES RANKING OF 607 & DOUBLES RANKING OF 209

INDIVIDUAL SUCCESSES KATY DUNNE CURRENTLY ITF 18 U SINGLES RANKING OF 64

INDIVIDUAL SUCCESSES HERTS TOP RANKED JUNIORS ARE: LEWIS ROSKILLY ITF 375 CHARLIE BROOM TE 98 FINN BASS TE 193 GEORGINA AXON TE 46 GEORGIE WALKER TE 331

INDIVIDUAL SUCCESSES ROAD TO WIMBLEDON SINGLES & DOUBLES WINNER 2012 EMILY ARBUTHNOTT

INDIVIDUAL SUCCESSES AEGON NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 10 U GIRLS – INDIANNA SPINK 12 U BOYS – FINN BASS