NTU Tennis is large mixed sports club at NTU and currently competes in BUCS (British Universities and Colleges Sport) championship league. Teams compete in a range of leagues from tier 2 to tier 3. NTU tennis also compete in cup and individual BUCS events each year. In 2017 NTU tennis will be competing in varsity against University of Nottingham. The club has recently had a brilliant new tennis centre built on the grounds of Clifton campus.

Club information

NTU tennis currently has 4 teams, 2 men and 2 women, with all these teams competing in BUCS. There is also an opportunity to play tennis socially, which is open to all standards during our ‘Play for Fun’ sessions. To be a part of this great sport society an affiliation fee of £50 must be paid at the start of the academic year, this payment gives all students an opportunity to join any sports society at NTU. Competitive teams compete on a Wednesday afternoon during first and second term. In third term the season is finished off with varsity.

Facilities

All sessions are based at the University’s Clifton Campus in our brand-new tennis centre, which consists of four high performance acrylic courts. These courts are have been painted in the colours of the iconic NTU pink and navy blue.

 

Coaching:

All team squad sessions are taken by NTU Head of Tennis, Callum Chivers. Callum is a LTA Level 4 Senior Performance Coach with 9 years coaching experience, and has had playing experience at County through to International level. Matt Lambert is the Tennis Development Officer here at NTU and is a LTA Level 3 coach. Matt Lambert oversees the play for fun and development sessions, and has over 10 years coaching experience.

 

Local Club Links:

Nottinghamshire boasts many good local clubs for NTU students to become affiliated to. We have excellent contacts with multiple clubs all within a short travel distance. For more information, contact Callum or Matt.

 

Squad Training:

Those who compete for NTU in the BUCS leagues, are expected to train 3 times a week. Those sessions are Monday 7:30-9:30pm, Tuesday 6pm-9pm and Friday 6pm-8pm.

 

Play For Fun Tennis:

We have 3 play for fun social sessions a week, which anyone is welcome to come and join in. These sessions run on Monday’s 5:30pm-7pm, Wednesday’s 12pm-1pm and Sunday’s 1pm-2pm.

 

Development Sessions:

We currently have 3 development tennis sessions a week which runs on Monday’s 6:30pm-7:30pm, Thursday 6pm-7pm and Friday 5pm-6pm. This is aimed at players who have just missed out on making the teams. Given the high demand for this type of session, there will be further development sessions added to the programme in the future. For more information, please contact Matt.

 

 

Training/session times

Squad training
Clifton campus tennis centre, Monday 7:30-9:30pm, Tuesday 6-9pm, Friday 6-8pm.

Play for Fun
Clifton campus tennis centre, Monday 5:30-7pm, Wednesday 12-1pm, Sunday 1-2pm

How to join

Come along to our trials and taster sessions during Welcome Week.

You will need to purchase an NTU Sports Club Affiliation in order to join this club. Additional fees per session apply on top of this.

Missed Welcome Week trials and tasters? Contact the club directly via the links below to find out how to join.

 

Club Contacts:

Head of Tennis – callum.chivers@ntu.ac.uk

Tennis Development Officer – matt.lambert@ntu.ac.uk

Tennis Club President – Henry Hillyard

Secretary – Richard Byle
Treasurer – Sam Clarke
Social and Wellbeing officer – Harrie Cundy, Joe Matta

 

Please view our performance leaflet here
Term 3 Timetable here

 

Twitter: @NTU_Tennis

Facebook: NTU Tennis 2017/18

Instagram: @ntutennis