Title >
Tennis Coach – Performance

Date and Place of Birth >
1933, Coventry

Athletes Coached >
Mark Hilton
Mike Walker
Nick Gould
Lucie Ahl

Biography >
It’s fair to say that John has done a fair bit in his career!

His first sport as a player was football. He played for Coventry City FC (by choice as an Amateur), and later for both Banbury Town & Atherstone FC.

He played Group 1 National Tennis for 3 different Counties: Warwickshire, Cambridgeshire and North Wales.
He moved into Tennis Coaching in the 1960’s, and soon it became clear that this was his passion and strength.
He worked his way up through numerous positions and became Great Britain U16 Coach in 1989.

For 11 years John worked both on the practice court and on world junior tour with pretty much every top British player out there including Tim Henman, Miles Maclaglen, Andrew Richardson.

During the 90’s he started to build his own squad at Wrexham. He became individual coach to Mark Hilton, Nick Gould and Mike Walker (all Davis Cup squad) and Lucie Ahl (Fed Cup); and his players won at least 15 National Junior titles. John passed this squad on in 2004/5 to work for the LTA once again with the U18 National Girls Squad based at Queens Club.

John is married Jan in 1966, and has two children and three Grandchildren. He lives in Calne.

Sport/Event >
Team Bath Tennis Academy

Date and Place of Birth >
1995, Avon, UK

Height > 154 cm

Weight > 42 kg

Coached by >
Ian Macdonald

Date Arrived at Team Bath >
September 2007

Biography >
Winner South Glos Championships
Semi Finalist County Closed
Winner 2 Ariel County Events 2008

Sport/Event > Tennis

Date and Place of Birth >
1990, Oxford, UK

Biography >
The diminutive teenager who views Saltash in Cornwall as home but is now based largely in Boca Raton, Florida has merited the highest profile of any British junior with the exception of Andy Murray for the past couple of years. Coached by step-father Jason Spence and managed by the influential agents IMG, the right-hander insists her ambition is to become the best tennis player in the world.

In 2005 her ITF junior combined ranking rose from 211 to 74 but she has yet to make an impression at any of the game’s majors. However, she recently managed to reach the third round of the United States Tennis Association’s Spring Championships in Carson, California and the quarter-finals of the Austria Spring Bowl.

Looking to gain invaluable experience she has spent much of the last year playing women’s tennis. After the Australian Open she spent another month Down Under, reaching a quarter-final in Wellington, New Zealand and qualifying for a $25,000 tournament in Sydney. Her 16th birthday saw her standing at No.838 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour world rankings and this summer she intends to combine tennis with her GCSE exams after continuing to work on a correspondence basis with her school in Plymouth.

Competitive Record >
2006
Juniors
Reached the quarter-finals of the International Spring Bowl event, Austria
Reached the semi-finals of The Sportastic Junior Open Wels doubles event with Naomi Cavaday (GBR)
Reached the final of the German Junior Open doubles event with Lykina (RUS)
Reached the doubles final of the 27th International Spring Bowl in Austria with Katerina Kramperova (CZE)
Reached the doubles quarter-final of the 14th International Junior Tournament Citta’ Di Prato, Italy with Dominice Ripoll (GER)
Won the doubles title of the USTA International Spring Championships, USA with Jillian O’Neill (CAN)
Reached the doubles semi final of the 28th International Casablanca Junior Cup in Mexico with Mihaela Buzarnescu (ROM)

Women
Reached the quarter-finals of $10,000 event, Wrexham
Reached the quarter-finals of $10,000 event, Wellington, New Zealand
Reached the quarter-finals of $10,000 doubles event, Wrexham, with Julia Bone (GBR)
Reached the semi-finals of $10,000 Herceg Novi doubles event, Serbia and Montenegro with Cunha (BRA)
Reached the quarter-finals of $10,000 Wellington doubles event, New Zealand with Kramperova (CZE)

Profile sourced from LTA website.

Title >
Head T Iron Dolls – Female Bodybuilding Secrets ennis Coach

Biography >
Former British International player and world ranked top 200, John coached for the Dutch Tennis Federation for 2 years working with their top 10 senior Women players, both in Holland and at tournaments worldwide.

He moved on to work for the LTA Women’s Training Department as U16/U18/Senior National Coach, training, captaining and traveling internationally with players. After 5 years for the LTA, he became Head Coach running the Scholarship Programme at Sevenoaks School, which under his leadership became the top UK tennis school, winning the British Schools’ Championships and Public Schools’ Championships several times between 1992-1996.

Joining the University of Bath in 1997 at the commencement of the LTA Tennis Scholarship Programme, he has guided the Men’s and Women’s Teams to great success, winning the British University Men’s Championships in 1998/99/00/01, and the Women’s Championships in 2001/02. Additionally, he has been Men’s Coach for the British Team at the World University Games in Palma (1999) and Beijing (2001), and Team Manager in Korea (2003) and Izmir, Turkey (2005).

Sport/Event >
Team Bath Tennis Academy

Date and Place of Birth >
1994, Berkshire, UK

Height > 161 cms

Weight > 49kg

Coached by >
Barry Scollo

Date Arrived at Team Bath >
September 2007

Clubs >
Team Bath Tennis

Occupation >
Student at Monkton Combe School

Biography >
Chris is currently in his 1st year at Team Bath Tennis Academy. He is an intelligent baseliner who is also very comfortable at the net. Chris has made substantial changes to his game this year but nonetheless continues to challenge right at the top of the U14 national group.

Competitive Record >
Great Britain U14 Selection for Antwerp Trophy, Belgium, March 2008
Ariel U14 Masters Semi Finalist 2008
Ariel U14 Grand Prix Semi Finalist
Top 6 U14 Ranking

Sport/Event >
Team Bath Tennis Academy

Date and Place of Birth >
1993, Kent, UK

Height > 182 cm

Weight > 70 kg

Coached by >
Ian Macdonald

Date Arrived at Team Bath >
September 2007

Biography >
Competing in ITF Events in 2008
Top 15 National Ranking
SF U16 Indoor Series

Title >
Strength and Conditioning Coach

Sport/Event >
Team Bath Tennis Academy

Date and Place of Birth >
1992, Dorset, UK

Height > 187cms

Weight > 84kg

Coached by >
James Andell

Date Arrived at Team Bath >
September 2005

Clubs >
Team Bath Tennis

Occupation >
Student at the Ralph Allen School

Biography >
Chris is currently in his 3rd year at Team Bath Tennis Academy, making real progress in terms of his game and ITF ranking position. An excellent competitive mind set coupled with a steely determination to improve make Chris a very tough opponent to face.

Competitive Record >
Semi finals National Championships under 16
Final ITF Grade 4 Sweden
Semi Final ITF Grade 4 Portugal
ITF ranking of 783
Quarter Finalist in ITF South Africa December 2007
Quarter finalist ITF Holland February 2008
Ariel U16 Grand Prix Quarter Finalist 2007
Finalist Ariel U18 Indoor Series

Sport/Event >
Team Bath Tennis Academy

Date and Place of Birth >
1992, Cheshire

Height > 180cms

Weight > 72kg

Coached by >
Barry Scollo and Ian Macdonald

Date Arrived at Team Bath >
February 2008

Clubs >
Team Bath Tennis

Occupation >
Full Time Player

Biography >
Ashley joined Team Bath this winter, having previously been working out of Taunton. He is coming off the back of an excellent competitive domestic Winter season and looking to strengthen his Junior ITF world ranking.

Competitive Record >
#5 ranked U16 in Great Britain
U16 Masters Quarter Finalist 2008
Ariel Grand Prix U16 Finalist December 2007

Sport/Event > Tennis

Date and Place of Birth >
1979

Height > 6ft 2

Course of Study >
Foundation Degree – Sports Performance

Graduated >
BA Economics (Bath) 2001

Biography >
Left-hander with an aggressive all-court game, Simon returns to Bath having graduated with an economics degree in 2001.This time he is combining studying the Sports Performance degree with his aims of climbing higher up the World Rankings.

Simon was instrumental in helping the Bath men’s team to remain undefeated winning 8 BUSA titles between 1997-01. During that period, he was BUSA Doubles Champion and represented the BUSA GB Team.

Following graduation, he coached some of Britain’s top juniors, but still found the time to notch up several notable successes including wins over Alex Bogdanovic and Nick Weal, winning the British Tour event at Frinton, and making finals at Paddington and Tunbridge Wells, as well as playing a prominent part in the Essex Senior County team.

Now back on the tournament trail with a vengeance, Simon qualified and reached the final of the recent ITF $10000 in Jersey, beating in the process Jamie Baker (ATP 380) and Conor Niland (ATP 510).

Competitive Record >
His current ATP ranking is 840 and his GB ranking is 2.1