St Ann’s Tennis will host a number of LTA sanctioned junior tournaments in April, May, June & July 2022. The first of six Mixed Singles Matchplay tournaments for players aged 11-18yrs will take place on Saturday 2nd April, 2pm start. Standard: Grade 6.
“Parents take note! These Grade 6 competitions are local tournaments, for boys and girls, aimed at players who are just starting out on their competitive tennis journey,” says St Ann’s Tennis Head Coach Jimmy Smith.
St Ann’s Tennis will also be hosting two higher level (Grade 4) LTA junior competitions for boys and girls in May and July. Both will use a Compass draw format following Fast4 rules (best of two sets and a match tie-break to 10 points, if needed).
LTA Grade 4 Tournament: Under 16s Boys Singles: Sat 14 May
https://competitions.lta.org.uk/tournament/9001aebf-9f1d-407f-96de-1407095dd8b2
LTA Grade 4 Tournament: Under 14s Girls Singles: Sat 02 July
https://competitions.lta.org.uk/tournament/c72fa831-3847-4dcd-901a-62829356972c
See provisional schedule of forthcoming tennis competitions at St Ann’s Tennis on our new Tournaments Calendar: Click here
“There is a general shortage of tennis tournaments for juniors in the Brighton & Hove area,” says Conrad Brunner. “Despite growing numbers of children learning tennis in our city, there are not enough accessible competitions for aspiring young players, most of whom have to travel long distances to find suitable sanctioned tournaments. There’s a lack of basic tournaments from entry-level right up to elite county/national level. So St Ann’s Tennis is delighted to help out, and to be offering these tournaments to young tennis players in Brighton & Hove,” said Conrad Brunner.
“We have been in discussion with Tennis Sussex, and we hope these LTA sanctioned events – eight, in total – will help establish St Ann’s Tennis as a popular venue for junior competitions. Our excellent coaching team will, of course, be encourage to give local young players from the St Ann’s area a chance to compete.”
“As well as LTA sanctioned junior tournaments, St Ann’s Tennis will stage its own development tournaments for young players, as we did in 2021.”
