PDHSports Tennis Ambassadors!

Ben Obong is an LTA Level 5 qualified coach and has been coaching tennis for almost 30 years. He coaches all ages and all abilities at Aughton Lawn Tennis Club, either in group sessions, or on a 1-2-1 basis. In the past Ben has represented his county and specialised in coaching young ‘performance kids’ who had a defined goal to succeed at competition level.

Alice Robson is an LTA Accredited, Level 4 Senior Coach. Alice is motivated by helping players along their tennis journey. She enjoys seeing players enjoy the game and being passionate about seeing an improvement in their technical and tactical game. She has been coaching for over 12 years and is a now a Yorkshire County Coach working with the U9 Girls Team. Alice has reached an LTA rating of 5.2 and competed for the women’s 1st and 2nd team when she was studying at Leeds Beckett University. She continues to compete within the Yorkshire League Division 1 and local Grade 3 events. Alice has been a Head Coach in Yorkshire since 2018. She is privileged that she can be part of the development of tennis. She has found it very rewarding seeing clubs and coaching programmes grow and the impact it has on players lives and tennis journeys. In 2019/20 Alice was awarded LTA National Development Coach of the Year for her work in the community and at Ackworth Tennis Club.

Gavin is a Lead Coach accredited to LTA Level 4 standard working from Newport Pagnell Tennis Club, working with players of all ages and abilities enabling them to reach their highest standard. He oversees the programmes and delivers excellence on and off court. He has a wide experience of playing on the LTA Tour in both singles and doubles, winning LTA events all around the country. He has achieved an LTA rating of 3.1 to date through competing across all age groups with great success. His claim to fame is that he competed & successfully beat Jamie Murray 6-1 6-1 in a LTA event. His fastest recorded serve is 127mph.

Charlie is Head Club Coach at Chesterfield Lawn Tennis Club and is qualified to LTA Level 5 Master Coach level. He has previously had a successful spell managing the adult coaching programme at Nottingham Tennis Centre. Charlie has vast experience across all areas of coaching and oversees the core coaching programme at Chesterfield. Charlie won LTA Midland's Development Coach of the Year in 2022.