Tennis Coach Profiles

Roger Manvell ; Tracy Manvell ; Sue Brightman ; Paul Evans ; Laura McKenna ; Ed Percival

Roger Manvell
Roger has 19 years of coaching experience both in the U.K. and abroad. He is qualified to L.T.A. Club Coach, and USPTR, gaining most of his experience in top London clubs and working in Portugal with Great Britain's Davis Cup Captain, Roger Taylor. Roger started his playing career as a junior at the Avenue, later returning as resident Club Coach three years ago. He has developed both junior and adult squads, which have proved to be extremely popular and together with his individual coaching, is successful in raising the standard of play whilst helping to increase club membership. In his spare time he helps Tracy to produce our next Wimbledon champs!!

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Tracy Manvell
Tracy has reached a high standard in playing both squash and tennis, with a resulting career in coaching. At tennis she is qualified to L.T.A. Development Coach Award and has held numerous titles including Hampshire Junior Singles Champion and Hants Senior Doubles Champion. Tracy is one of a few players to represent Hampshire at both tennis and squash.

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Sue Brightman
Sue moved to Portsmouth from Stevenage, Hertfordshire. She has been coaching short tennis for 16 years, at Stevenage Tennis Club and the Gosling Tennis Centre in Welwyn Garden City. She coached her son and daughter with short tennis and both have now reached a high standard; national and regional respectively. She is a regular member of the Stevenage Ladies 1st team and from 1996-2001, the Gosling Ladies 1st team.

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Paul Evans
Paul first qualified in 1994 and since then he has broadened his experience by working in a range of
tennis centres in the south. He is now a fully licenced CCA coach and we are pleased to include him as part of our Academy.

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Laura McKenna
Laura has recently graduated from the University of Greenwich with a first class honours degree in Sports Science linked with a 3 year tennis coaching course with the PTR (Professional tennis Registry). She has represented Hampshire at both junior and senior levels and is a great asset to our Academy.

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Ed Percival
Ed has been a member of our Junior Academy for the past 5 years. His game has developed rapidly and is now playing tennis full time with an active tournament schedule. Now studying to become a fully qualified teaching professional Ed is available for private lessons. You can find Ed assisting with our Junior group coaching or in the pro shop where he re-strings rackets.

Tennis Assistants
We are very lucky to have a number of talented and enthusiastic juniors at the club who have joined the team to develop their skills and help us run the tennis programmes and the Pro Shop. They continue to grow with us and we are very grateful for their help.

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