Our purpose is to support clubs, venues and coaches across our area in the delivery of top quality tennis, accessible to all. We work with the LTA to deliver its vision of Tennis Opened Up, increasing participation in our wonderful sport by making it relevant, accessible, welcoming and enjoyable.
We hope you will find what you are looking for on these pages. If not, or you still have questions, please contact us at admin@dclta.org
We are delighted to announce that Hannah Murdy (known to many of you as Hannah Jeffrey) has joined the County team as our County Development Partner.
With her County hat on Hannah will focus on delivery of the County’s key objective in growing tennis across the County – more people playing more tennis in more places. Her immediate priorities…Read More
Congratulations to the Great Britain Boys team of Max Hodkinson, Tomas Gabor and Cameron Rae on their scintillating victory at the 12U Winter Cup Internationals at Sunderland Tennis Centre. The weekend saw tennis of the highest standard played by Girls and Boys teams from 14 different European countries. Well done to our Girls too, who lost two tight matches before securing a good win against France.
YOUNG PERSON’S WELFARE AMBASSADOR
Last year we piloted the Young Person’s Welfare Ambassador (YPWA) programme with 23 children and young people across England, Scotland and Wales.
With it’s success the application window for the 2025 YPWA programme is now open until 30th November 2024.
An Ambassador’s role is to:
We have set up a map with all the current coaching vacancies.
The blue icons are LTA Registered Venues in Durham & Cleveland, and also Northumberland. Yellow icons are current vacancies.
Please use Safari or Chrome to open on your mobile phone.
Play Your Way to Wimbledon, powered by Vodafone, returns in 2025 and we want to get as many players enjoying competitive tennis at their local venue as possible. Start by competing locally at an event taking place at a local club, park or school, with the winners progressing through to the County and/or Area Finals, and then onto the National Finals at Wimbledon.
Venue Stage – For players that want to compete in a fun, Wimbledon-inspired competition with other players from your local area.Read More
Who’s ready to Level Up? LTA Youth Start is for kids aged 4-11 years who are new to tennis. We’ll help teach kids new life skills, developing them as both players and people.
Safe to Play is an innovative safeguarding awareness campaign to help keep those involved in sport safe. Its purpose is to ensure all parents, players and coaches are aware of the signs of abuse, how to report a concern and how to keep themselves, children and at-risk adults safe.
Durham & Cleveland is delighted to have the support of its sponsors and we are very appreciative of their commitment. It enables us to support our many activities and programmes.
We would welcome other businesses or individuals wishing to sponsor Durham & Cleveland Tennis. Please contact our Chair, Tony Pensom via chair@dclta.org.uk who will be pleased to discuss the opportunities available and the benefits we can offer.