A Schools Tennis Competition Framework has been developed to provide simple, inclusive and progressive schools competition opportunities. There are two categories of Schools Tennis Competitions, National and Local, and there is a strong emphasis on Team Tennis across all events.
Download the Schools Tennis Competition Framework.
AEGON Team Tennis Schools is a programme of three nationally organised competitions, which provides Secondary School and Further Education pupils with the opportunity to play regular competitive tennis and to represent their school. All competitions begin locally and culminate in a national final. Responsibility for organising these competitions lies with the LTA and The Tennis Foundation.
The three competitions are:
View the AEGON Team Tennis Schools area
The priority for local schools competition is to increase the amount of local, entry-level competitive tennis opportunities available through schools. There are many different types of inter and intra school competitions that can be run in schools and the School Games Tennis Toolkit has been developed to assist in making this as easy as possible. Download the School Games Tennis Toolkit
Working closely with the Youth Sport Trust, our priority competition for primary schools in England is the Year 3&4 Mini Tennis Red Competition.
The Tennis Foundation / LTA are delighted to invite schools participating in priority Mini Tennis Red Schools Competitions to apply to receive free tennis equipment.
We are also pleased to be able to provide 10,000 young people with a free Babolat Mini Tennis Racket & Ball Set, across Great Britain with the aim of inspiring them to play more tennis, more often – in schools and their communities at a local place to play tennis.
School Reward – Each school entering a team into a Mini Tennis Red Schools Competition will receive 30 x Mini Tennis Red Felt Balls, 30 x Mini Tennis Red Sponge Balls and 1 x roll of barrier tape, limited to the first 3,000 applications.
Player Reward – Each school entering a team into a Mini Tennis Red Schools Competition is eligible to apply for four of their pupils to receive a free Babolat Mini Tennis Racket and Ball Set, limited to the first 10,000 applications. Please note: Current British Tennis Members are not eligible to receive the ‘Player Reward’.
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Reward Packs are available to schools once they have participated in / entered a local priority Mini Tennis Red Schools Competition. Reward Packs are available from your local Tennis Development Manager and in some cases your local School Games Organiser (England) or Local Authority Sports Development Staff (Scotland / Wales).
More detailed information and further guidance notes, on both Rewards, are contained within the Reward Packs. If you have any queries regarding the Mini Tennis Red Schools Competition Rewards, please contact your local Tennis Development Manager; contact details can be found www.lta.org.uk/in-your-area
Join 50,000 people who’ve helped raise over £2m in the last 20 years and hold a tennis tournament for Save the Children. It’s up to you how serious or silly, big or small you want your tennis tournament to be. It’s just people getting together on the court for a good cause. Anyone can play, whatever their age or ability and pupils, parents, teachers and alumnae all get involved. For those wanting something more structured, the Save the Children Tennis Cup offers the winners of school tournaments entry into a nationwide doubles competition for boys, girls, men, women and mixed doubles with the Finals at the National Tennis Centre at Roehampton, London.
Download your Tournament Guide here or find out more details here.
Find out more about the AEGON Team Tennis Schools competitions and how you can get your school involved.
The School Games Tennis Toolkit is an interactive CD-Rom, which has been designed to make the process of running Schools Competition as easy as possible. In 2011, it was distributed to all 450 School Games Organisers in England.Download the Toolkit
Alternatively, you can order a copy of the School Games Tennis Toolkit by completing an order form.
Fill out an order form
The Guide to Schools Tennis 2012 provides an overview of all the resource and support available to schools, from the Tennis Foundation and LTA.Welsh language version
If you need any additional support or guidance, please contact your local Tennis Development Manager.