West Heath tennis centre

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West Heath is a tennis centre dedicated to the development of Junior Tennis. It is accredited by the Lawn Tennis Association as an LTA Performance Centre and an LTA Mini-Tennis Centre. We cater exclusively for children in the age range 5-16.

The Centre started as a coaching programme established by Hélène Jackson at her own home in 1991. Two courts soon proved insufficient, and Hélène developed her programmes at Edenbridge Golf and Country Club. Then in January 2000 she moved again, this time to West Heath School in Sevenoaks where she established the West Heath Tennis Centre (WHTC).

WHTC runs coaching programmes and competitions at West Heath School, the Sennocke Centre at Sevenoaks School, and at Sevenoaks Lawn Tennis Club; and also provides coaching at five primary schools in the Sevenoaks area. It has 250 children in regular weekly coaching, including over 50 children in the more intensive Performance Programme, designed to develop future County and National players. The Centre is highly rated by the LTA for the numbers of children who go through to County, Regional and National Talent ID Sessions, and plays a significant role in Kent tennis. In 2008 West Heath entered 18 teams in the Junior National Club League and the West Kent League, winning various divisions of the West Kent League and the U12, U14 and U16 girls divisions of the National Junior Club League. West Heath’s Mini-tennis teams have won gold or silver medals at all levels in Kent competitions during 2008/9.

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In 2009 West Heath TC was endorsed by the LTA Tennis Clubmark Programme as achieving standards of excellence in the development of junior tennis - this covers both on-court activities and the overall management of the centre, including the crucial issue of the protection of children. Centres participating in the Tennis Clubmark programme have a set of policy documents giving details of procedures in all areas of the programme. WHTC’s policy documents are held in a file at the Sennocke Centre, which parents are welcome to examine. Further details of the Tennis Clubmark programme are given on the LTA website - please click on the link above!