Meet the Coaching Team

Established in 2012, our team is made up of qualified tennis coaches & assistants.

Join our team

Head Coach & Founder

Gemma Wiltshire

RPT National Master Professional | LTA Level 3 | Bsc Professional Practice in Tennis Coaching Management | PTR Adult Coach | PTR Performance Coach | ERPT Tutor

Senior Coach

Ian Bicknell

LTA Level 4 | Former Travelling Coach | 
​Smash Sports Tennis Development Manager | ERPT Tutor

Lead Coaches

Our Level 3 + coaches lead our venues, teams, groups & offer 1-2-1 lessons.

• Archie Dodds | PTR Coach​
• Ava Cushing | PTR Coach 

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Group Coach

Our Level 2 Instructors lead our youth & adult groups.

• William York | LTA Instructor | Uni student ​
• Allan Kettles | LTA Instructor studying​​

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Assistants

Our Level 1 + RPT assistants work alongside our instructors & coaches.​

• Benjie Samuel-Gilbert | LTA Level 1 | Uni student​​​​ 
• Jack Redwood | RPT Assistant | College student
• Amy Barton | LTA Level 1 | College/Uni student
• ​William Greasley | LTA Level 1 College student
• Abi Lawrence | LTA Level 1 | College student​

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Tennis Leaders

Our Tennis Leaders assist the coaches instructors & assistants.​​

• ​​Alex York | Secondary student​​​
• Ioan Price | Secondary student
• Alex Finch | Secondary student​​​
• ​Sam Turney | Secondary student
• Oliver Eaton | Secondary student​​​
• George Eaton | Secondary student​​​​​​
• ​Ewan Chisnall | Secondary student
• ​Connor Young | Secondary student​​
• ​George Headey | Secondary student
  
• ​Dylan Keightley | Secondary student​​​​

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Next Gen 

Our next generation of tennis leaders / assistants working towards their 1st qualifications.

• Zoe Chisnall | Secondary student
• ​Joseph Lawton | Secondary student
• Pippa Greasley | Secondary student
• ​Ryan Lochhead | Secondary student​​​​​​​​​​

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New Coaches, Assistants or Leaders

If you are interested in joining the coaching team, mentoring on your qualification or getting advice on how to become a tennis coach please email Head Coach Gemma: [email protected] or check out our job advert page