EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
John Feaver | Hon President
Brian Cooley | Chair / O60s Men's Captain
Atit Parab | Hon Treasurer
Nick Chapman | Hon Secretary and Chair of Performance Committee
Sue White | Safeguarding Officer
David Lloyd | Chair of Participation Committee
David Walrond | LTA Councillor / Chair of Competitions Committee
Annie Mitchener | Member / O60s Ladies Team Captain
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Annie Smith | County Administrator
Rob Booth | 12 and Over County Performance Coach
Phil Loose | 11 and Under County Performance Coach
Paul Nation | Men's O70s Team Captain
Stuart Turvey | O80s Men's Team Captain
OTHER KEY VOLUNTEERS
David Sanger | Dorset Open Court Lead
Harry Lund | Dorset Coach Representative
Karen Adams | Dorset Padel Representative / O35s Ladies Captain
Richard Irwin | O35s Men's Captain
Men's County Captain | Vacant
Ladies County Captain | Vacant
Boyd Brackstone | Men's Seniors Captain
Jenny Watts | Ladies Seniors Captain / Ladies O75s Team Captain
Cleo Skilton | Ladies O40s Team Captain
Peter Jarvis | Men's O50s Team Captain
Helen Crawford | Ladies O65s Team Captain
Paul Nation | Men's O70s Team Captain
Nina Crane | Ladies O70s Captain
Stuart Turvey | O80s Men's Team Captain
SAFEGUARDING COMMITTEE
To ensure that the County's activities comply with standards of
good safeguarding.
Sue White | Chair
Nick Chapman
Annie Smith
PARTICIPATION COMMITTEE
To support clubs, venues, volunteers, coach and officials with a view to increasing participation in tennis.
David Lloyd | Chair
Nick Chapman Richard Henshaw
Harry Lund Annie Smith
David Sanger Sharon Heeley/Beth Bingham - Regional LTA Team
Steve Davies
PERFORMANCE COMMITTEE
To support performance tennis and performance players in the
county from aged 8 to 80, county teams, training and
development and in competitions.
Nick Chapman | Chair
Annie Smith Annie Mitchener
Rob Booth Jenny Watts
Phil Loose Boyd Brackstone
COMPETITIONS COMMITTEE
To promote competitions throughout the county to encourage players of all standards to take part.
David Walrond | Chair
Steve Davies Sally Revell
Annie Smith Moe Kochar
Annie Mitchener Kieran Staniford
Sarah Wood
Annie MItchener
PADEL COMMITTEE
Coming soon
JUNIOR COMMITTEE
To provide vital junior input into all Dorset Tennis activities.
Thomas Windsor | Chair
Lola House Olivier Paris
Nancy Taylor Ruen Comins
Iraja Nigam Toby Twitchen
Erik Fraser David Walrond
Aidan Hewitt Annie Smith
Executive Committee Members
John Feaver - President
John played tennis for Dorset, both junior and senior teams. Between 1970 and 1983 he competed in the Davis Cup, Grand Slams and on the Tour. He played in 42 countries and enjoyed the travel as well as the competition. John worked at the LTA for 20 years in Events and Sponsorship and sat on the Main Board for 4 years. He represented Europe on the ATP and WTA Boards as well as the Committee of the All England Club and The Championships, Wimbledon.
John is now President of the International Club of Great Britain and Chairman of the Advisory Board of StreetGames, a national charity, as well as Chairman of the Trustees of Performance Plus Sport.
He is passionate about Dorset Tennis and is open to new ideas of how to get more players playing and enjoying the game at all levels.
Brian Cooley - Chair
Brian has always enjoyed racquet sports and has played tennis in Dorset for the last 20 years. Currently supporting Seniors tennis as Captain of Dorset 60's squad he is a keen advocate for the dynamic game of Padel and is focused on helping to develop the infrastructure inside the LTA.
He has worked in multiple business sectors both in Europe and the USA as a CEO, CFO and COO in private and public companies and brings a diverse set of skills to help drive the agenda for Dorset Tennis. He is currently leading on sponsorship initiatives for Dorset Tennis and if anyone has fund-raising ideas at club or County level, Brian is always open to meet and chat things through.
Contact Brian | treasurer@dorsetlta.co.uk
Nick Chapman - Secretary
Nick has played tennis in Dorset since he moved to the county 30 years ago and has been a member of Sherborne Tennis Club since then. He was born and brought up in Kent, where he played his junior tennis, representing Sevenoaks School. He has represented his club in Dorset, Yeovil and District and national leagues, and latterly has represented the County at in the 55’s and 60’s.
He has been involved with the running of Sherborne Tennis Club for many years, and has been its Chair since 2016. Nick worked for the NHS for 33 years, as a Hospital Chief Executive in Dorset, and in Somerset, and then in national roles. He is married to Philippa and has a son, a daughter and a grandson.
Contact Nick | secretary@dorsetlta.co.uk
David Walrond - LTA Councillor for Dorset / Chair, Competitions Committee
David has been involved in tennis in Dorset since 1987 when he moved to the county as a teacher.
He played in the Dorset Leagues up to a few years ago and organised many school events which led on to him helping Betty Booth with the 12U County matches until the mid 1990’s. He became a Club Chairman at a local club before getting co-opted onto the Executive Committee in the 2000’s to help with Competitions and went on to get his Referee qualifications so that he could run the County Championships after the previous referee decided to step down from the role. He is now a R3 referee and helps to organise and run several Dorset Grade 3 tournaments as well as other weekend tournaments including County Cup events and the 2024 Dorset Padel Championships.
In 2022, David stepped down from the role of Chair, Competitions Committee to take on the role of LTA Councillor for Dorset from 2023 onwards. He is keen to promote participation and competition for all ages and abilities in Dorset.
Sue White - Safeguarding Officer
Short bio to follow
Contact Sue| safeguarding@dorsetlta.co.uk. M | 07350 744601
David Lloyd - Chair, Participation Committee
David hails from Birmingham, learning his tennis in the local park before joining his first club at the age of 13. Since then he has been passionate about promoting tennis and supporting the various clubs he’s belonged to in many roles from being men’s captain, committee member, and at Springfield tennis club in Birmingham back in 1980, as Chairman heading up a major development. He represented Staffordshire as County Veterans Captain for several age groups before moving to Dorset In 2009 where he currently Captains the O75 County men's
team.
In his role as Participation Chairman, David has enjoyed visiting clubs in Dorset to meet their volunteers and to see what help his committee can give by way of grants and advice to increase participation and wellbeing in the County.
Annie Mitchener - Sits on Competitions and Performance Committees
Annie has played tennis all her life having been encouraged to do so by her parents who believed if you can play an average game of tennis, you'll always find a tennis club and friends wherever you are in the UK, Europe or the World! She has always been keen on fitness and does strength training as well as High Intensity training as an addition to help her tennis. Annie plays tennis most weekdays with matches at the weekend and now sits on the Exec as well as the Performance and Competitions committees to give back to tennis. Annie organises the club championships, box leagues and various competitions at David Lloyd Poole.
Annie Smith - County Administrator / Volunteer
Annie works part time as County Administrator supporting the volunteers and the various Committees. She also volunteers her time for Dorset LTA and represented the County as LTA Councillor 2020 to 2023.
She has a real passion for the sport having taken it up later in life when her children started playing. She was Secretary at a local club for almost 10 years years during which time she became a Dorset LTA volunteer on the Competitions Committee. She has worked within tennis for the LTA, Somerset LTA and Dorset LTA since 2009! She enjoys keeping active in her spare time playing tennis, padel and getting out on her bike.
Contact Annie - annie.smith@dorsetlta.co.uk M | 07392 551493
Phil Loose - County Performance Coach, 8U - 11U
A former ATP tour player and a representative of Great Britain, Phil has also represented Dorset as a junior and for the Open and 35+ levels. As a coach, Phil has successfully established a thriving community-based club in Wimborne and a tennis academy that has helped develop and support players to achieve success at county, national, and international levels.
Rob Booth - County Performance Coach, 12U - 18U
Bio to follow
