Coaching at the club is undertaken by David Smith, Bev Woodcock, Craig Amison-Smith and Jeremy Wood. Bev and Craig on run the beginners and returnee courses for adults. Jeremy has undertaken one-on-one advanced coaching and group coaching to mixed pair team players. David, with the assistance of Craig Amison-Smith, is the main club coach for the junior coaching programme, but also offers coaching to adult improver groups and one-to-one for individual s.
For details, costs and bookings, please contact David
The courses are open to both members and non-members. Each course will
have a minimum of 4 and maximum of 8 players.The cost is £5 for
children and £7 for Adults payable in advance for courses of 6-7
lessons. Non-members need to add £1 visitors fee to the cost.
For bookings, please contact David Smith.
David Smith will be running two Summer holiday tennis camps for juniors. The dates for the camps are
The times for each age group are as follows:
| Time |
Course |
Age Group |
| 2-3 pm |
Mini-Red | 5-8 |
| 3-4 pm |
Mini-Orange/Mini-Green | 8-11 |
| 4-5 pm |
Juniors | 12+ |
The courses will be held at Abingdon Tennis Club, Lambrick Way. Click here for directions to the club.
The courses are open to both members and non-members. Each course will
have a minimum of 4 and maximum of 8 players. The cost is £5 per
person per day, payable in advance. Non-members need to add £1
visitors fee to the cost.
For bookings, please contact
David Smith.
For more information call the Abingdon Club Coach David Smith Tel: 07790 813710 or 01235 768204 or email him at coaching@abingdontennisclub.com .
Craig Amison-Smith, the club junior coach, will be at the courts 10am to 12 noon each Saturday morning (weather and club matches permitting) to give junior members the opportunity to play tennis with their peers, and with Craig, in order to put into practise the skills they learn at the coaching lessons, or just to play and enjoy tennis.
For more information on Saturday morning play, contact Craig on 01235-534039 or email him at craig@abingdontennisclub.com. Alternatively, turn up on Saturday mornings and speak to him at the club.
The next Beginners/Improvers Course is scheduled for 16th April-4th June inclusively. These courses are held 7:30-9:00 pm on successive Friday evenings. If you know anyone who would like to take up tennis and who would like to have some help getting started, then tell them to contact Bev. The course is open to both members and non-members, with course fees £56 for non-members and £32 for members.
After the course has finished, Friday evening coaching will continuing on a pay-and-play basis for the rest of summer and into autumn. Contact Bev or Craig for more information.
If anyone is interested, then they are welcome to come along. For more information, contact Bev Woodcock Tel:01235-530904, email: bev@abingdontennisclub.com .
Jeremy Wood and Bev Woodcock can offer advanced one-on-one coaching to club members. If you are interested, then contact Jeremy by email on jeremy@abingdontennisclub.com or Bev, Tel: 01235-530904, email bev@abingdontennisclub.com.
David has over 30 years playing experience and currently represents
the local club Wantage in the Wilson league and Thames Valley League
teams. Prior to tennis coaching David was involved in the sales and
marketing of consumer goods to national retail chains. He has two
children.
David has been coaching at 3 Oxfordshire clubs for the past 8 years and has recently upgraded his LTA to "Club Coach" level 3 on the new LTA's coaching pathway. David works at various Primary and Secondary state schools plus St Helen's and St Katherine's school in Abingdon and Radley College during the summer months for a company called Discovery Summer.
David has built up strong Junior and Adult coaching programmes at beginner and intermediate levels and is continuing to developing his coaching further at Abingdon LTC.
David offers one-to-one coaching and the following coaching courses:
If you want to contact David about coaching at Abingdon, then either email him at coaching@abingdontennisclub.com or phone him on 07790-813710.