Tennis
Tennis or lawn tennis is a racquet sport. It enjoys a long and proud history.
An Overview of Tennis
The game has evolved - it's now an Olympic Sport. The rules of the modern game are easy to learn. It's played between either two players (singles) or two teams of two players (doubles). Players use the racquet to this the ball over the net into the opponent's court.
Serve, volley, backhand, forehand, deuce, 40-love, advantage - so many terms in tennis that may confuse those of you who have never played. But the aim of the game is pretty simple, hit a tennis ball over the net with your stringed racquet and inside the designated lines.
National Governing Bodies
Lawn Tennis Association
- Contact Name
- General Information
- Contact Email
- info@lta.org.uk
- Contact Telephone
- 020 8487 7000
Disability Sport Worcester
Disability Sport Worcester specialises in creating and running sporting events, clubs and activities for children and adults with disabilities.
Cripplegate Park Tennis Courts
5 Tarmac Tennis courts with Floodlights. Available for pay and play, annual household passes for £65 and Concessionary rates including free courts.
Bookable
Gheluvelt Park Tennis Courts
2 brand new Tarmac tennis courts. Available for Pay and Play, Annual household passes for £65 per year and concessionary rates including free courts.
Active Communities Worcester
Freedom Leisure’s Active Communities team work on developing a range of sport, play & physical activity programmes to get the local community active!
Pershore Tennis Centre
Five all-weather outdoor courts (four of which are floodlit) plus three indoor courts means tennis at Pershore truly is an all-weather, all-year round sport.
AU Sport & Education
A sports coaching partnership offering school sport provision, specialist cricket coaching and school holiday sports.
Barnt Green Badminton/Tennis
Barnt Green Badminton Club welcome all ages and abilities of badminton. They have 3 men's teams, 2 ladies teams and 2 mixed teams. As well as this provide coaching for social badminton and juniors.
Aegon Classic Birmingham tennis tournament
The most prestigious annual women's sports event in the region. The Aegon Classic Birmingham attracts the best women's tennis players from around the world and is played at the Edgbaston Priory Club in June each year. This year's tournament runs 17th-25th
SASP Sport Welfare Officers Forum
A online meeting for Sports Club Welfare & Safeguarding Officers based in Somerset.
You're invited to attend our club welfare forum for anyone involved in sport and physical activity in Somerset, but in particular those in your clubs who hold the role of 'club welfare officer' or 'safeguarding lead'.
If you're the Safeguarding or Welfare Officer at your Sports Club, please join Tracey Sweetland, Somerset Sport Welfare Officer at SASP to learn about local support and opportunities to assist you in your volunteer role.
LTA - The Community Tennis Fund
Any registered venue that can demonstrate the ability to grow community participation through tennis facility development. This fund will be allocated throughout the year.
LTA Quick Access Loan Scheme
The LTA's mission is to grow tennis and padel by making them accessible, welcoming, and enjoyable. Ensuring local communities have access to quality facilities is critical to attracting and retaining more players.
LTA Foundation Grants
We want to partner with other tennis charities and a wide range of organisations across the ‘sport for development’ and third sectors more broadly to improve lives through tennis.
