Tennis

Cranleigh boasts a wealth of tennis courts, with 12 recently-surfaced hard courts, and 12 courts on one of our Astroturf surfaces. In the Summer term, the Tennis Club provides opportunities for squad players to benefit from focused training sessions run by a team of professional coaches. Every Saturday there are extensive inter-school competitive fixtures, for boys and girls of all ages. As well as the normal boys’ and girls’ doubles matches, mixed doubles matches are arranged for the senior pupils. The boys’ teams take part in the Independent Schools League, and teams are entered in the two national schools’ competitions, the Glanville and Abedare Cups, as well as the Surrey knock-out competitions, the Rootham and Branston Shields. At the end of term, our best players take part in the Independent Schools’ Tournament held at Eton. Many players take advantage of pre-season coaching and practice during the winter terms also.

Coaches:

Jamie Bartlett was a nationally ranked junior before going on to play for Cambridge University from 1996 – 1999, and captaining the team to ‘varsity success in his final year.  In 1999 Jamie was selected to represent England in the ‘Home Nations Championships’ held in Glasgow.  Since then he has continued to play at senior county level for Devon as well as playing in the National Club League for Sutton LTC.  Jamie enjoys coaching players of all ages.

Carolyn Nicholls has represented Oxford University and Surrey, gaining a Full Blue in three successive years, and is a long-established coach at Cranleigh School. She has served on the Independent Schools’ Tennis Association Committee and has been a key organiser of events in and around Surrey. She is also an accomplished Real Tennis player and recently won the Senior British Masters event.

Steve Batchelor is an Olympic Gold Medallist, and founder of the SJB Academy, a sports club offering hockey and tennis coaching for children aged 4-16. 

For further queries, please contact the Head of Tennis, Mr Jamie Bartlett: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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