Norfolk went into their remaining match, home to Sussex, knowing that a win would secure promotion and duly delivered.  Yet again the singles were hard fought affairs, with Andrew Devaney this time losing on a champions tie break, 6-4, 4-6, 0-1 and Gary Keens coming through 6-2, 4-6, 1-0, winning the champions tiebreak 13-11.  The doubles matches were a bit more straightforward with Stuart Hunter & Mark Nicholls retaining their unbeaten record by winning 6-2, 6-2 and 6-2, 6-3 respectively and Devaney and Keens winning 6-2, 7-5. As result of these emphatic wins Norfolk comfortably ..read more

U12 County Cup Report – U12 County Cup – 16th/ 17th September 2023. Last weekend Norfolk U12 boys competed in division 2a their annual county cup. The boys were playing at a home venue of Easton College on the clay courts. U12 Captains were Ben COllingwood and Alex Watkinson  The counties in group 2a were; Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Bedfordshire. After a good run at Lionel Cox event back in April the boys were keen to build on their momentum as most will be moving up to U14s age group in the new year. First up Norfolk were scheduled against Oxfordshire, wins from ..read more

Match report – away v Avon – Sept 16th 2023 The men’s over 60s tennis team played their final match of the season away against Avon at the weekend. For good reason Avon have topped the table in this group, adding a 5-0 win to their impressive list of wins against all the other teams. Although the scoreline was quite one-sided, each match was very competitive and drawn out. Unfortunately, Cornwall had to concede their final match against Norfolk due to player injury, so at least the Norfolk squad can claim one win this season!         The Norfolk over 60s team who played ag ..read more

Girls U12 County Cup – Whitney, Oxfordshire 16th & 17th September The girls team of Amelia(1), Zoe(2), Jemima(3) and Christine (4 & her debut) set off to Oxfordshire to compete against Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, and Sussex. An opening day blessed with blue skies and sunshine saw us ending the morning 1-3 down to Oxfordshire, a close 3 set loss for Zoe, but Amelia giving us hope in the doubles by winning her singles. A tactical split of the pairings provided hope as Amelia (1) and Jemima (3) won thier match, but unfortunately Zoe and Christine couldn’t get ..read more

The LTA Tennis Awards celebrate the achievements made by outstanding individuals and venues in tennis throughout the past year. They present us all with a great opportunity to say “thank you” to the amazing 25,000 volunteers, 4,672 coaches and 975 officials. They also highlight the incredible achievements of some 22,000 schools, 2,768 clubs and over 9,276 LTA approved tournaments. The contribution of these individuals and venues helps to bring fans and players closer to the game we all love. Winners are judged from over 2,500 public nominations and are first judged by 38 County Associations, r ..read more

Please see job listing: Permanent self-employed tennis coach at David Lloyd Norwich. https://www.simplyhired.co.uk/job/JchquGYj5s9vEIpO-DD2YZl5xZc5N3c1oBm-8xehR_szUgiQFFIPOw The post COACHING VACANCY AT DAVID LLOYD, NORWICH appeared first on Norfolk LTA ..read more

Take part in Norfolk LTA Autumn Venue Forums. Tuesday, 10 October, 7pm – Great Massingham Village Hall Monday, 16 October – 7pm – Easton College There will be no formal agenda, but the topics we are expecting to cover are as follows: > * How to get the best out of the LTA County Comms hub & Toolkit; > * The relationship between clubs & coaches; > * Promoting club tournaments and how they feed into the County Champs; > * Club participation in local leagues; > * Safeguarding update, issues and tips; > * Clubs will be invited to share good practice Contact ten ..read more

 Norfolk Coach Forum, which will be held at Easton Tennis Centre on the 20th October (9.30am-1.30pm). – Book Now This Forum organised in partnership between Norfolk Tennis, WimX Learning and the LTA will explore doubles drills on-court, using the attacking and defending phases of play, co-written with Louis Cayer and taken from the British Tennis doubles system to support you in your delivery of doubles to grassroots players through to your team players. In addition to this you will have the chance to network with other coaches and benefit from off-court discussio ..read more

Sunday 10th September, one of the hottest days of the year, saw tennis balls flying speedily across nets at Gorleston Tennis Club in Orde Avenue as finals were played in our annual Club Championship. The event was well attended by members, friends and family plus Mike Walker, the President of the Norfolk LTA and Hilary Kerrison past Championship winner, coach and supporter of GLTC. Spectators were privileged to watch an Exhibition match between two Norfolk County Men players – Alex McNaughton and Alex Watkinson. A light lunch and afternoon tea was served during the day. Trophies were presented ..read more

Riya has enjoyed a great success over the Summer 2023 Tennis tournaments winning 6 Grade-3 tournaments and being runner-up or third in another 3. After a tough start to the summer in Grade-2 tournament, Riya worked tirelessly on her Tennis with her Coach Ben Collingwood and pro-hitter Scott Whiting with remarkable improvements in her groundstrokes and serves. Please click on the link below to read about Riyas’s summer of tennis: Riya’s Tennis Journey Riya also volunteered to be one of the umpires for the U/8s event at The Norfolk County Closed for which we are very grateful for! Well done Riya ..read more