Introduction

UEL Tennis offers a full range of tennis for everyone, from performance players seeking to represent their country, to sessions for children, young people and recreational players. We offer weekly training sessions for staff and students close to both the Stratford and Docklands Campuses and have a men’s and women’s team who compete in BUCS league competitions.

The programme is headed up by our LTA funded Tennis Co-ordinator, Tony Brown. Tony is a qualified tennis coach and his versatile coaching style brings a level of enjoyment and variation to sessions for all abilities. His extensive experience in coaching children through to adult tennis sessions, enables him to cater for beginners and the elite sports scholarship students.

We are currently linking with WimX, an east London based tennis academy to help provide a performance tennis package for aspiring professionals. Our attractive sport scholarship programme provides financial and sports science support and academic flexibility to aspiring and accomplished tennis players, making UEL one of the best places to study and play tennis.

Our tennis teams play in weekly BUCS league and cup fixtures, and students also have the opportunity to play in the annual BUCS individual Championships. There are also regular staff and student tournaments run on campus. Home games are played at the conveniently located West Ham Park.

There are also opportunities for individuals from outside the university to get involved, and we are currently setting up mini tennis sessions for local young people in the newly opened SportsDock

Contact

For more information email Tony- tennis@uel.ac.uk or p.a.brown@uel.ac.uk

UELSports – ‘Get Involved, Learn, Participate, Train, Compete, Enjoy’

Becoming an annual member of UELSports is a simple process, simply Login to UELDirect click on 'My Clubs'' and sign up to your chosen club there.

For only £35 for students and £70 for staff, annual membership of UELSports gives a range of benefits throughout the year, including:

• Choice of over 22 Sports Clubs
• Access to National Governing Body (NGB) coaches
• Weekly training sessions
• The opportunity to compete and represent your University on a weekly basis
• Insurance cover whilst participating with the Sports Clubs
• Significant discounts at the Sports Injuries Clinic
• Access to various National Governing Bodies of Sport’s coaching and refereeing courses.

Membership is compulsory for students and staff to participate in the Sports Clubs.

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Scholarships

Tennis is one of University of East London's focus sports. With the support of Tennis Foundation, tennis players will receive a financial Players will also have individualised strength and conditioning sessions, annual physiology and nutrition monitoring and will receive physiotherapy and sport psychology support when needed.

In addition to the above, and thanks to the support of Tennis Foundation and UEL, players will receive a financial contribution towards their tennis and academic costs.  These scholarship packages are available at three levels:

Gold (International player currently holding a senior world ranking) – A maximum £3,000 bursary.

Silver (Players competing regularly on British Tour and at senior world ranking events) – A maximum £2,000 bursary.

Bronze (Players who have attained at least a top 50 junior national ranking) – A maximum £1,000 bursary.

All awards are per annum and individuals need to reapply before the start of each academic year. Achieving the criteria does not guarantee selection.

Applications can be made here