Tennis Programme

The comprehensive tennis programme at Connaught provides a range of competitive and coaching opportunities for adults and juniors of all levels. The programme has created a thriving community of players eager to learn, watch, support and play more.

Club Coaching Programme

The Club coaching programme is run and managed by 'WimX', a team of top quality tennis coaches so named after their joint playing experiences at Wimbledon. The team have been at the Club since January 2005 and within 2 years of arriving at the Club they rose the average junior rating from 9.2 to 6.2.

They have achieved satellite performance accreditation from the LTA and are recognised as a top training academy for juniors in the region. WimX are continuing to improve standards and as of October 2008 are now running a full programme for the adults at the Club too.

For more detailed information on WimX please visit Wimx website

Adults

Timetable Tennis (9.30am -10.30am Tues -Fri)

Matchplay Groups

Drill & Doubles

Mixed Groups

Start Up Tennis

Individual Lessons

Juniors

Full Time schedule management

Combined tennis and education program

Day time Squads

Performance Squads

Club squads

Individual lessons

Mini tennis programme

Fitness

Psychology

Nutrition

For more information on the coaching programme please email the WimX Administrator, Nicola on nbastick@wimx.org.uk

Club Competition Programme

The Connaught has a large number of adult and junior teams that compete in most of the available competitions such as, NCL, JNCL, Essex Cup and league matches. The club has also devised a number of internal competitions such as 'The ZIles league' for adult fun through the year and the junior 'Bandwagon' which offers grant winning opportunities for all standards.

The club hosts a number of tournaments throughout the year including Mini Tennis Competitions, a grade 3 junior event, County cup events and a number of matchplays. Additionally the club has its own adult and junior Club Championshiips.

Tennis Social Programme

The tennis section of the Club has a full social calendar allowing new and old members to mix and mingle regularly both on and off court.

On the first Wednesday of every other month the Club organises a ladies social morning. Members and non-members are welcome to attend for a couple of hours of social doubles play followed by lunch. Club Afternoon runs every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday from 1 – 3 p.m. which are supervised sessions that all members are welcome to attend. American tournaments are run for both adults and juniors.

In addition the tennis section has the following social activities for off the court:

Annual Dinner dance

Christmas Party

Annual Junior Awards dinner

Various PCA (Parent Coaches Association) events fundraising for the junior programme.