With the County Championships being cancelled this year, to give players the opportunity to compete, a ‘Return to Tennis’ tournament was organised during what would have been the County Championships week. Matches took place at three venues, West Hants, Victoria Avenue and East Dorset. Well done to everyone who entered, it was great to see […]
News & Updates
County Training American Doubles Tournament to raise money for local hospitals’ Intensive Care Units
Shane Deacon, Dorset County Coach and 11U Performance Manager at The West Hants Club has set up a tournament to raise funds for staff in the Intensive Care units at Bournemouth, Poole and Dorchester hospitals. Some words from Shane……………… ‘After being back at work for several months now and the nightmare possibility of a second […]
LTA Safeguarding & Protection in Tennis and Time to Listen Courses
Volunteers, Coaches and Officials can now book onto LTA Safeguarding & Protection in Tennis courses which are being run virtually via Zoom. This free course covers how to safeguard children and adults at risk by enabling delegates to recognise, respond, refer and record concerns in a tennis environment. The course is 3 hours long including […]
LTA Tennis Awards National Finals
The LTA Tennis Awards National Finals are being held virtually on Thursday, 30th July at 7 pm. GOOD LUCK to Dorset’s three finalists for making it through to the National Finals : Phil Loose – Development Coach of the Year David Sanger – Disability Award Poole Park, Brett Townsend – Community & Parks Award You […]
Return to Managed Play (Updated 21st July)
See the latest updated set of practical guidelines for venues, coaches and players on the LTA website here . […]
Return to Managed Play – Updated Guidance (13.07.20)
Following updated guidance published by the Government for the phased return of sport and recreation, the LTA has developed an updated set of practical guidelines for venues, coaches and players which can be found on their website here. […]
Competition Update
The LTA have made the decision to not run LTA staged and LTA approved competitions (Grade 1 to 5) up to Monday, 31st August 2020, however, from late July onwards (provisional), it is hoped Grade 6 competitions, local friendly matches between clubs and counties, one day/half day events etc will be able to return. Dorset […]
Get Involved – ‘Play Your Way’
Play like no-one’s watching. Hit like no-one’s judging. However and whenever Play Your Way. Play Your Way, a nationwide campaign developed by the LTA launched this week, is an invitation to open tennis up to the nation with the ambition of inspiring people of all abilities, age and background to pick up a racket and […]
Update – Small Grants & Loan Scheme
Dorset LTA are pleased to advise that applications for small grants and loans are now being accepted again following the temporary suspension of the Small Grants & Loan Scheme due to Covid-19. Whilst in the current climate we need to be conscious of finances, we are keen to offer help where we can for new […]
National Volunteers’ Week 2020
It’s National Volunteers’ Week and we would like to say a big thank you to all the amazing volunteers who give up their time to support tennis across the county. Special thanks to all the volunteers at venues in Dorset who have gone the extra mile over the last couple of weeks to get people […]
