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LTA 2023 Award Winners
March 20, 2023
Our 2023 LTA Award Winners.
The annual LTA Tennis Awards highlight the incredible achievements and contributions of people in tennis across Britain.
Launched in 2015 with the help of former LTA President Cathie Sabin OBE, the awards recognise the many thousands of inspirational individuals involved in tennis who dedicate their precious time and energy; 25,000 volunteers, 6,000 coaches and c. 1000 officials. They also highlight the incredible achievements of some 22,000 schools, 13,000 LTA registered venues and over 9,000 LTA-approved tournaments. The contribution of these individuals and venues helps to bring fans and players closer to the game we all love.
LTA Connecting Communities Award Tennis for all (Finsbury Park)
LTA Club of the Year Award Uxbridge LTC
LTA Official of the Year Emily McGuiness
LTA Competition of the Year Award Finchley Manor Open
LTA Tennis for All Award Get Set 4 Tennis
LTA Universities Award King College London
LTA Development Coach of the Year Maria Wisdom
LTA Performance Coach of the Year Mukember Musa
LTA Young Person of the Year Award Lola-Juliet Omran
LTA Volunteer of the Year Award Mark Nolan
LTA Lifetime Achievement Award Valerie Willoughby
LTA Parks Award Rocks Lane - Chiswick
All the county award winners above are put forward for regional awards. Regional winners are then put forward for the national LTA Tennis Awards alongside winners from Tennis Wales and Tennis Scotland.
Winners are celebrated at a national level in the summer alongside other award categories including our players of the year.
In addition to the awards above, the following nominees were highly commended in their respective categories.
- Stuart Wilkinson for LTA Development Coach of the Year
- Gunnersbury Park Sports Hub for LTA Parks Award
- UCL for LTA Universities Award
- Kate Maurici + Queens Club Foundation for LTA Tennis for All Award
- Kay Shepherd for LTA Lifetime Achievement Award
- Julia Ginger for LTA Lifetime Achievement Award
Kay and Julia received Middlesex President's Awards at the Middlesex Awards evening in recognition of their exceptional dedication to developing tennis at their respective venues. Lenny Lawrence also received the Middlesex President's Award with over 40 years of dedication to Middlesex Tennis.
Mike Walesby was awarded the Middlesex Meritorious award for his volunteer work in developing the Middlesex Summer League and role as Regional Secretary for the North-West.
In our League Awards, The Queens Club took the treble in the Middlesex Cup with being crowned champions in the Winter Me'ns and Women's events as well as the Summer Mixed.
The West teams dominated the Premier-League Play offs
Play Your Way to Wimbledon County
In our Performance Awards
Special Recognition
Team of the Year
Captain of the Year
Junior Player
Player
Senior Player of the Year