Potential sites for new British Tennis Academy?

[Caley Shaun]

I seen an article on BBC Sport website on Friday stating that Leon Smith is resigning as head of Tennis Scotland due to the fact that Stirling is one of the bids being considered for the new British Tennis Academy site, the same article says that "Bath is among the English cities being considered" but it doesn't say where the other contenders are based so do any of you peeps know :)?

[cazza99]

I seen an article on BBC Sport website on Friday stating that Leon Smith is resigning as head of Tennis Scotland due to the fact that Stirling is one of the bids being considered for the new British Tennis Academy site, the same article says that "Bath is among the English cities being considered" but it doesn't say where the other contenders are based so do any of you peeps know :)?


Not heard anything about this. Found the article on BBC Scotland

BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/43526743)- Tennis: Leon Smith steps down as Scottish performance director

[cazza99]

Found a paragraph at the end of this article with a bit of googling

Telegraph (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2018/03/23/liam-broady-shows-flaw-lta-plans-revealing-will-not-play-new/) - Liam Broady shows flaw in LTA plans by revealing he will not play new hard-court Challengers


Meanwhile, the LTA have announced a selected shortlist of tennis centres that have applied for the new National Academy role. They are Loughborough, Bath, Stirling, Culford and Bisham Abbey. One or perhaps two centres will be chosen to implement the new programme, which will charge parents of children aged 14 and over no more than £5,000 per annum while delivering a detailed programme of coaching, fitness training and physiotherapy worth around £35,000.

[Hawkeye]

Surely Loughborough will get it. Not that I think it should.

[themass15]

Found a paragraph at the end of this article with a bit of googling

Telegraph (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2018/03/23/liam-broady-shows-flaw-lta-plans-revealing-will-not-play-new/) - Liam Broady shows flaw in LTA plans by revealing he will not play new hard-court Challengers

They will come unstuck if Andy doesn't play in them either.