- Essex Men and Ladies in action at the LTA Summer County Cup Event 2021
- Summer Open at the Connaught Club 8 – 14 August
- LYNN O BRIEN, EXECUTIVE OFFICER
- Essex Junior Championships at Thorpe Bay LTC – online entry now open
- Womens’ One Day Doubles Events – 25 July The Grove Club Chelmsford
- Congratulations to our Essex 2021 LTA Award Winners
- FREE Online Autism Awareness Training for coaches in Barking, Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge
- LTA Tennis Awards Regional Winners announced. Essex winners now go through to the National Finals!
- Essex Tennis Financial Bulletin May 21
- The LTA Essex Open 2021 Billericay LTC Entries open 9 June
- LTA publish new Inclusion Strategy for Tennis in Britain
- Safe to Play is relaunching 29/30 May
- Seniors Tennis GB Participation Grants 2021 now available
- Sign up now open for the Essex U8s County Trials
- Step 2 Guidance for return to play from Monday 12 April
- French Open postponed by one week in hope more fans can attend
- Following Dunlop League AGM Updated information on Essex Cups and Leagues
- Sport England funding available for flood hit venues
- Crowd funding support for clubs and organisations with Sport England
- LTA – Latest Covid update
- Coaches – Virtual LTA Validation Checks now available – Find out more
- Due to recent Government guidelines Essex Tennis staff working remotely
- Keep up to date with club news on our Facebook and Twitter pages
Welcome to Essex Tennis
TENNIS IS A GAME FOR ALL AGES, ABILITIES AND BACKGROUNDS
Essex Tennis is a voluntary ‘not-for-profit’ organisation. Our aim is to support and safeguard tennis providers, coaches, players and parents. We assist voluntary clubs to develop facilities and increase membership creating the opportunity for more people to play tennis.
Essex News
Essex Men and Ladies in action at the LTA Summer County Cup Event 2021
Essex Ladies and Men are again in action this week 19 – 23 July. The Men’s county team are looking forward to being back on the Eastbourne grass courts in division 1 next week. They are up against the best counties in the country and looking forward to the challenge. Essex Ladies will be playing in division 2 at Great Gloucestershire Park, Cheltenham. We wish both teams the best of luck. Go Essex!
Teams
MEN
Captain – Tom Higgins
Team – Henry Patten, Dave Wright, Marshall Tutu, Joel Cannell, Rob Carter, Ed Pudney, Rich Wire, Alex Groves, Tom Higgins and Si Harston.
LADIES
Captain – Nigel Parsons
Lucy Dawson, Claire Dixey, Ellie Blackford, Mandy Wainwright, Denis Soyer, Nyah Kauders, Helen Parish, Iva Saric, Tyra Whyte , Evie Smart
Find out more as County Week returns to celebrate its 25 Anniversary
Groups and Venues
Draws and Results
Essex Men v Cambridge University Tournament
The Annual Friendly County Match between Essex & Cambridge University was played on the excellent Grass Courts at Cambridge University. This is an fixture which is played to help Essex Tennis & Cambridge University in their respective preparations for the LTA...
Essex Men prepare for Summer County Event with the Leo Lyle Annual Invitational Tournament
The Annual Essex Tennis Leo-Lyle Trophy Men’s Doubles Invitation Tournament was held successfully at Thorpe Bay LTC, the home of the event for the 12th year, on Saturday 10th July 2021. Read more below: Leo Lyle Event 2021 Report Players Group Results Playoff Results...
Summer Open at the Connaught Club 8 – 14 August
Hosted by The Connaught LTC, Events range from U8 - Ladies/Mens Vets. Entries Open now. See the link below for more information. Enter online via the LTA website http://www.lta.org.uk or by contacting Celia Edwards Summer Open at the Connaught Club July 21
LYNN O BRIEN, EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Unfortunately we have to say goodbye and good luck to our great friend and colleague Lynn O Brien who left Essex Tennis on 16 July and was part of the Essex Tennis team for 25 years. Through her liaison with LTA, clubs, coaches, players and many others her...
Essex Junior Championships at Thorpe Bay LTC – online entry now open
This August sees the return of our Essex Junior County Championships, being hosted again at Thorpe Bay LTC. This tournament is a LTA Grade 3 event and brings together Juniors and Minis from across the county. Entry is online and this link will take you directly to the...
Womens’ One Day Doubles Events – 25 July The Grove Club Chelmsford
Providing women with more competitive opportunities across the UK. The competitions will be one day events across the UK either daytime midweek or weekends for a range of levels aged 18 and over. The competition will provide women the opportunity to take part in a...
Essex Tennis Inter Club Summer Cup Finals
The finals of the Essex Summer Cups were held on Sunday 4th July 2019. Unfortunately due to Covid restrictions each event had to be held at separate venues. Nevertheless excellent tennis was played and enjoyed by all. 2021 SUMMER CUPS FINALS REPORT...
Tennis Volunteer Community
This is a community group for anyone who volunteers within a tennis venue including tennis clubs, parks, universities and schools and is a friendly, safe and open platform to share ideas, knowledge and best practice and to ask and answer questions relating to the...
Spotlight on…
NEW - Adult Sportch Ladders
Sportch is a unique platform which revolves around a modern and automated ladder competition. Sportch run ladders in multiple locations across Essex and clubs can setup their own dedicated internal ladder to be hosted and managed on the platform. There are lots of interactive, engaging and social features which bring players together for friendly competition.
