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Ioan Evans (L.T.A. Licensed CCA, level 4 MTCA Coach)

MAIN ROLES:- Director of Tennis at the Riverside Sports & Leisure Club and Founder and Head Coach of Tennis Plus.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:-
2003 – present: Director of Tennis Coaching at the Riverside Sports and Leisure Club.

I operate under my own banner “Tennis Plus”. The Riverside sports and leisure health club acts as the main base for the Tennis Plus Academy's Performance Squads. Feeding into the squad program there are mini tennis satellite centres based in Highnam and Quedgeley which are supported by an extensive after school club program. There are currently 100+ juniors/adults enrolled on our programs with a further 150+ juniors playing at our outreach after school clubs. The Tennis Plus Programme caters for all ages and abilities of juniors allowing promising players to develop through the squad structure. Our team of coaches incorporate the Wegner method of modern tennis instruction into their coaching lessons.To compliment our coaching programme Tennis Plus arranges ample competitive opportunities both team and individual for our juniors. In addition to entering our juniors into the National Junior Club League (representing Gloucester LTC)
The “Tennis Plus” junior programme began at the Riverside in 2003 with less than 20 juniors, so the increase in Junior Tennis activity has been extremely encouraging. Furthermore our program has already helped develop a number of top county players and champions.

2002 – 2004 County Coaching. Assisting the CPO (County Performance Officer)

I coached both the boys and girls county training groups at under 18 and under12 ages.

2002 – present District Coach

I coached the under 10s District group with players from the Tennis Plus Club representing the district.

2002 – 2003 Riverside Sports and Leisure Club & Glevum Tennis Club.

Head Tennis Coach At Glevum Tennis Club and Riverside Sports And Leisure Club, Gloucestershire

QUALIFICATIONS:-
Development Coach Award (DCA) 5th October 1997
Club Coach Award (CCA) 16th December 2000
MTI LEVEL 3 2008
MTI LEVEL 4 2008

LANGUAGES:-

I am fluent in both English and Welsh having taken my Primary education through the medium of Welsh.

OTHER INTERESTS:-

* Weight Training

* Music Played piano up to grade 6

* Music Production and Dj’ing

* Golf (recently this has become my new vice, taking up far too much of my time)

* Food, I love nice restaurants

* Travelling. I have been to Yugoslavia, U.S.A., Canada, Gran Caneria, Amsterdam, Paris and Ibiza

FUTURE OBJECTIVES:-

I feel my strengths lie in developing young junior tennis players into performance players along with the setting up of the correct infrastructure at a venue for this to happen.

Jonathan Richardson (L.T.A DCA, level 4 MTCA Coach)

MAIN ROLES:- Squad Assistant and Lead Mini
Tennis Coach.

PROFILE:-
Since leaving Bishopston Comprehensive School, Swansea in 1995 I have been totally involved in coaching Tennis.
From an early age I played tennis and competed in tournaments around South Wales.
Coaching has always been the career that I wanted to pursue. Since the completion of a tennis leaders course at Morfa Tennis Centre, Swansea in 1995 I have coached tennis to various age groups and standards while continuing to obtain my DCA qualification. Since moving to Gloucester in 2002 I have been club coach at Cam & Dursley Tennis Club and since 2003 assistant club coach for Tennis Plus at the Riverside Sports & Leisure Club.

QUALIFICATIONS:-
Development Coach Award (DCA) May2001
MTI LEVEL 3 2008

OTHER INTERESTS & HOBBIES:-

-Golf
· Rugby – Represented School & played for Mumbles Rugby Club
· Cricket – Represented School (Won Welsh Cup) & Swansea C. C.
· Football – Represented the School.
· Like to travel:- USA (6 times), Canada & around Europe.
· Music – played bass guitar.
· Health & Fitness

FUTURE OBJECTIVES:- Continue to develop career as a Tennis Coach and work towards achieving L.T.A. CCA Qualification and MTI Level 5

ASSISTANTS

JOSEPH JAMES(Mini Tennis)- Coming Soon

BEN GRIFITHS(Squads)- Coming Soon