Lawn Tennis Association news

Mark Hewlett, founder of padel tennis operator Soul Padel has told HCM the company is in the process of securing seed investment status, which will ... More

Up to £30m will be invested in refurbishing thousands of public tennis courts in the most deprived parts of the UK. The package, which will ... More

The sport and physical activity sector is mounting a challenge to government plans to shut down the sector during "Lockdown 2", set to come into ... More

More than 100 sport and physical activity bodies have sent a letter to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, urging him to give the sector a ... More

The sport and physical activity sector "hasn't done enough" to tackle persisting inequalities within the industry, according to a statement signed by more than 80 ... More

The new National Tennis Academy at Loughborough University has officially opened its doors to the next generation of talented British tennis players. Developed by the ... More

The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) is embracing augmented reality (AR) to help keep those involved in sport safe. A new nationwide safeguarding campaign, called Safe ... More

Scottish Secretary David Mundell has met with Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) chief executive Scott Lloyd to discuss plans to develop the sport in Scotland and ... More

Tennis Wales has appointed Simon Johnson as its new chief executive. Johnson joins the national governing body having spent seven years at the Lawn Tennis ... More

The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) has revealed plans to set up National Academies and Regional Player Development Centres (RPDCs) as part of its new 10-year ... More

The finalists for this year's ukactive Awards have been revealed. The 2018 award categories have been divided into three groups – business excellence, specialist impact ... More

A £16m community hub and leisure centre has opened in Warrington, Cheshire. Operated by health and wellbeing company LiveWire, the Great Sankey Neighbourhood Hub has ... More

Grassroots sport in the UK has received a cash injection of £125m, as a result of the voluntary code of conduct on the broadcasting of ... More

More women and independent voices in the boardroom have seen 55 of the UK’s national sports bodies pass the first test posed by the sector’s ... More

An £18m (US$23.5m, €20.7m) neighbourhood hub with a state-of-the-art leisure centre is being developed with a focus on being dementia-friendly. The 6,500sq m (70,000sq ft) ... More

Thousands of community tennis courts across the country will be revamped as part of the Lawn Tennis Association’s (LTA) largest-ever grassroots investment. The national governing ... More

Scott Lloyd, founder of the Next Generation gym chain, former CEO of David Lloyd Leisure and son of former professional tennis player and fitness entrepreneur ... More

A grassroots tennis initiative that offers young children a free six-week course and tennis racket has been expanded to accommodate 20,000 youngsters. The Lawn Tennis ... More

Sport England has unveiled its latest tranche of national governing body (NGB) grants, distributing £101m between 25 national governing bodies. Several of the governing bodies ... More

Michael Downey, the chief executive of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), will step down in June after three years in charge to take the same ... More

Sportscotland’s “biggest-ever” capital investment in tennis signifies the body’s intention to put sport front and centre of national consciousness, according to its chair Mel Young. ... More

The Sport and Recreation Alliance and the British Cycling Federation are among the sporting bodies that the Queen will resign her patronage to going into ... More

Sportscotland and the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) have teamed up to launch a £15m (US$18.5m, €17.8m) project to double the number of covered courts in ... More

Tracey Crouch, the minister for sport, has penned a letter to 40 national governing bodies (NGBs) urging them to investigate historic allegations of sexual abuse ... More

British Basketball chair Nick Humby is stepping down as chair of the British Basketball Federation (BBF) after less than a year in the role. During ... More