General Meeting 18th October 2012 Gavin Masterton – Herts LTA President Leo Tutt – Tennis Development Manager Natalia Ilkow – Talent and Performance Co-ordinator Jennifer Keates – P2T Co-ordinator Janet Corrie – County Teams Co-ordinator

Herts Tennis - Overview 81 Registered Places to Play (P2P) 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 P2P

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 18U World Ranking Including: Katy Dunne (64) and Lewis Roskilly(375) 4 Juniors with Tennis Europe 14U Rankings 3 Juniors holding National Titles

Key Targets 2011-12 Competing Juniors (6+ Matches) Club Membership British Tennis Membership

Junior Competition – 6+ Matches 1st Oct 2011 = 2,412 30th Sept 2012 target = 2,592 30th Sept 2012 actual = 2,714 An increase of over 300 and 4th highest in country Achieved by: Implementation of Timed Tennis into club coaching programmes (Clubmark Criteria) Year 3 and 4 Schools Games Competition (363) Junior County Leagues and club competition programmes 5

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

British Tennis Membership 1st Oct 2011 = 17,589 30th Sept 2012 target = 19,179 30th Sept 2012 actual = 21,301 Increase of over 3700 and the 4th highest growth in the country Achieved by: Easier sign up process – Bulk sign up Improved promotion to players in schools events 7

Club Membership 1st Oct 2011 = 15,817 30th Sept 2012 target = 16,134 30th Sept 2012 actual = TBC Initial figures indicate growth in line with national increase of 13% Achieved by: More accurate and regular updates from clubs inputting membership numbers into Places to Play self service Better resources to support clubs with targeted membership campaigns eg Market Segmentation Tool 8

Supporting Measures Facilities Target = Create 10,000 new playing hours Actual = 13,140 new playing hours New P2P Target = Increase registered P2P from 75 to 77 Actual = 6 new P2P (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 P2P to achieve Clubmark and improve quality of output form existing Clubmark programmes. Actual = No new sites accredited. Regular F2F meetings held 9

Local and New Projects 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. Active Universities Project – Introduce tennis to students via delivery of Cardio Tennis and Tennis Xpress. 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 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 10

Focus 2012-13 Key Focus: Increasing Participation Strategy to be defined in the Whole Sport Plan for Tennis 2013-17 to include: Working with both traditional and non-traditional tennis providers More focussed approach in designated areas Adopting a participant focussed approach to ensure programmes meet the needs of the local population 11

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 12

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. 13

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 8U , 9U, 10U are awaiting to hear if they have been chosen as a matrix funded player. 14

Talent ID structure Next County Talent ID day will take place 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 Next County Talent ID day will take place on the 13th January 2013 at Letchworth Sports and Tennis Club 7U Players on Red Court 8U Players on Orange Court 15

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 16

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

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 18

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. 19

PATHWAY TO TARBES Hertfordshire County Talent Identification and Development Programme Partnership between Herts LTA and Batchwood Tennis Centre and Gosling Tennis Academy Inclusive programme involving Hertfordshire Clubs and Coaches Year 6 82 players on the programme Oldest players on the programme born 2002 Youngest born 2007 20

PATHWAY TO TARBES Success National 10 and under Champion – Indianna Spink Winner and runner up at two Grade 2 events 6 National Matrix Players 9 Players invited to Regional Training Camps (10U) Players born 2005 or later are too young to be assessed 21

HERTFORDSHIRE MINI TENNIS WINTER TEAM LEAGUE - October 2011 to March 2012 Results: Red League Winners Letchworth Red Lobbers Runners Up Batchwood Red Bulls Orange League Winners Batchwood Orange Bulls Runners Up Langley Orange Green League Winners Green Gosling Runners Up Letchworth Green Lobbers Statistics: 79 teams entered 402 players competed 1400 matches played 22

MENS SUMMER COUNTY CUP WINNERS TEAM SUCCESSES MENS SUMMER COUNTY CUP WINNERS 23

LADIES SUMMER COUNTY CUP WINNERS TEAM SUCCESSES LADIES SUMMER COUNTY CUP WINNERS 24

TEAM SUCCESSES MENS & LADIES SUMMER COUNTY CUP WINNERS 25

TEAM SUCCESSES MENS AND LADIES WINTER CC CHAMPIONS 2012 26

TEAM SUCCESSES 18U COUNTY CUP GROUP 2 WINNERS 27

TEAM SUCCESSES 14U BOYS & GIRLS COUNTY CUP NATIONAL FINALS BOYS 2012 TEAM GIRLS 2011 WINNERS 28

TEAM SUCCESSES 12U BOYS & GIRLS COUNTY CUP NATIONAL FINALISTS 2012 29

TEAM SUCCESSES LIONEL COX CHAMPIONS 2012 30

TEAM SUCCESSES 9U WINNING TEAMS 31

TEAM SUCCESSES 8U BOYS & GIRLS INTER COUNTY WINNERS 32

INDIVIDUAL SUCCESSES ED CORRIE ACHIEVES CAREER HIGH SINGLES RANKING OF 494 & DOUBLES RANKING OF 260 33

INDIVIDUAL SUCCESSES DAVID RICE CURRENTLY ATP SINGLES RANKING OF 607 & DOUBLES RANKING OF 209 34

INDIVIDUAL SUCCESSES KATY DUNNE CURRENTLY ITF 18U SINGLES RANKING OF 64 35

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 36

INDIVIDUAL SUCCESSES EMILY ARBUTHNOTT ROAD TO WIMBLEDON SINGLES & DOUBLES WINNER 2012 EMILY ARBUTHNOTT 37

INDIVIDUAL SUCCESSES AEGON NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 10U GIRLS – INDIANNA SPINK 12U BOYS – FINN BASS 38