1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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
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

11. Focus 2012-13 Key Focus: Increasing Participation
Strategy to be defined in the Whole Sport Plan for Tennis 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. Performance Landscape 2012 – update
TPM
Talent Performance
Manger
TPC
Talent Performance Coordinator
Mainly focused 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

18. 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

19. LTA Support Performance Workshops in October
High Performance Centre in March (mainly focusing on year old player programme
Workshops for Performance Centres in April delivered by the Team mainly focusing on 11 and under programme. 19

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

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

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

25. TEAM SUCCESSES
MENS & LADIES SUMMER COUNTY CUP WINNERS 25

26. TEAM SUCCESSES
MENS AND LADIES WINTER CC
CHAMPIONS 2012 26

27. TEAM SUCCESSES
18U COUNTY CUP GROUP 2 WINNERS 27

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

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

30. TEAM SUCCESSES
LIONEL COX CHAMPIONS 2012 30

31. TEAM SUCCESSES
9U WINNING TEAMS 31

32. TEAM SUCCESSES
8U BOYS & GIRLS INTER COUNTY WINNERS 32

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

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

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

36. 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

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

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