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went into the development squad when I was 17 and got selected
to play for the Great Britain team by the time I was 22. I have stayed
in the
Deaf Tennis Team ever since.
I have
played in two Deaflympics each time winning a bronze medal.
I have also won the Dresse and Maere cup with the Ladies team (this is
equivalent to the Davis Cup Tennis where have two single matches and
one
Doubles match) and have also won a silver medal in the European
Championships.
Tennis
has also enabled me to realise my passion for travel and
have played tennis in Austria, Italy, Spain, Holland, France,
Switzerland, and
Australia. I am now in training for the Deaf European Champs in
2008 in
Romania and the next Deaflympics in 2009 in Taiwan.
I
attended Stafforshire University and graduated in 2000 with a Sport and
Leisure Degree. Since then I coached Tennis in the USA and went
on a Camp
America Private Camp where I coached tennis for 4 months which was
great
fun. After that I went on to travel the states which was amazing.
On
returning to the UK I have continued to work as a tennis coach. I
coached in
Cheshire and then in North Wales Tennis Centre where I stayed for 4
years and
achieved my DCA. I am a licensed coach and maintain my CRB checks
so I can
work with children. I also hold a first aid certificate and go on
regular courses to update my LTA license.
Currently
I am working in
Holbury, Southampton where I am Head Tennis Coach of Waterside Tennis
Club. I am also working on my CCA qualification and I hope to
achieve the
qualification next year.
At Waterside I am striving to gain new members
and make the club a thriving success. The Waterside Tennis Club
and I,
are in the mists of trying to achieve funding to get the existing six
tennis
courts resurfaced and additionally install floodlighting.
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