The Grounds are owned by the All England Lawn Tennis Ground plc and consist of 19 grass courts (including Centre Court and No.1 Court), eight American Clay courts and five indoor courts, two Greenset Velvelux and three Greenset Trophy. In Aorangi Park, there are 22 grass courts for practice before and during The Championships and two green acrylic courts. The total area, including the Club’s car parks, covers over 42 acres. Apart from the grass courts, the courts are used all year round by the Club members and LTA-sponsored players.

The activities of the Club, as a private members’ club, are conducted separately from The Championships. The Club has 375 full members, about 100 temporary playing members, and a number of honorary members, including past Wimbledon singles champions and people who have rendered distinguished service to the game.

The Club was founded in 1868 at the height of a croquet craze as the All England Croquet Club, and held its first croquet competition in 1870. Its original ground was situated on Worple Road, Wimbledon, and the first Lawn Tennis Championships were conducted in 1877.

Funds generated by The Championships, less tax, are used by the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) to develop tennis in Great Britain.

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In 1999 All Star Tennis was established with a vision to be welcoming, professional and affordable tennis facilitators, with a passion for making tennis fun. Our mission is to make this brilliant sport accessible to everyone. We aim to provide the best opportunities and experiences possible for you to enjoy tennis in a friendly environment.

Whether you are 3 or 83 All Star has opportunities for you to play, learn & compete.

• Adult courses
• Social Tennis
• Cardio Tennis
• Pay & play
• Leagues & teams
• Holiday camps
• Junior clubs & squads
• Junior free play
• Tournaments
• Individual coaching
• Drills
• Padel (coming soon)
• All star member plus

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Bridome is the largest supplier of double skin airhalls in the UK. Each airhall is made to measure and the specification depends on the requirements of the client. Visits to these locations can be easily arranged in consultation with Bridome.

One of the most important features of the Bridome airhall is the double-skin, which is unlike other inflatable structures as it is designed to have a double-skin right down to the court surface, which provides optimum insulation properties as well as excellent acoustics.

Various profiles of curvature can be constructed to give maximum usable playing area in restricted dimensions. The dome can be taken down for the Summer period and storage covers provided to protect the membrane. Bridome airhalls have a life expectation of 15-20 years.

Bridome works with all recognised court constructors and is a founder member of SAPCA.

Our most recent installations include:

Reeds School, the leading independent school in Cobham, Surrey – the air supported structure over three courts was constructed within 11 weeks of breaking ground and was opened in November 2014 by Tim Henman, who was a pupil at the School.

David Lloyd Leisure, Newbury – DLL’s prestigious new club at Newbury chose Bridome, the UK premier airhall supplier to provide a new three court airhall in December 2015.

All indoor tennis will be played in the airhall which provides a carefully designed three court area to cater for tennis squads covered playing and competition.

West Hants Club, Bournemouth

A two court double skin airhall was installed at West Hants Club, Bournemouth in September 2016, adding to the first airhall supplied over 10 years ago.

The Bridome double skin airhall supplied to Donnybrook Tennis Club in Dublin in January2017 has now been opened by Government Minister Eoghan Murphy.

The double skin airhall gives Donnybrook three covered courts which will allow their members to play under controlled conditions during the winter months. The airhall has the latest LED lighting giving players glare free high quality consistent lights – at an economic cost.

Bryan O’Rourke from Donnybrook mentioned:

“For many years Donnybrook has been looking forward to covered facilities – it has now happened. The excellent Bridome facility is one of the best in Ireland”.

Stonyhurst College, Clitheroe took delivery of a newly constructed two court double skin airhall in January 2017. The airhall provides two covered courts for the growing tennis academy at the independent school Stonyhurst College, Clitheroe.

“The Bridome airhall had to be constructed to match in with the School surroundings. By clever design and coloration the two court facility blends well with the rural location”. The facility was formerly opened in May 2017.

Corby Indoor Tennis Centre – in January 2018 Corby chose Bridome to replace their current airhalls. We installed two four court double skin airhalls to replace the original ones which were installed in 1991. The new up to date airhalls include our unique LED lighting system and translucent panels.

Bridome has developed a cost-effective solution for providing substantial savings on energy consumption for it courts lighting. The lighting LED panels are hung from the membrane for better overall light dispersal. LED lights normally produce a saving of 70% on energy usage during the year.

In order to improve the daylight inside the airhall, Bridome is also able to offer translucent panels to allow additional natural lights to filter through the roof panels.

The panels can be placed anywhere in the roof of the dome and are particularly effective where LED lighting is used.

University of Reading – a new three court airhall was installed at University of Reading in August 2018 providing fantastic all year tennis facilities for the students.

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The yearly membership fee to join the organisation starts at just £25 with the Bronze level membership and is open to everyone, with benefits such as a subscription to UK Tennis Magazine, access to the BTCA Memberzone, along with discounts from selected suppliers.

The Silver level membership is for coaches only, and has all the benefits of Bronze membership. Additionally this membership allows access to BTCA events and courses, but more importantly, the two day BTCA National Conference, which counts for 12 CPD credits. Coaches with a recognised coaching qualification, including the LTA, PTR, RPT and ITA, are eligible to join, as well as any foreign coach with a recognised qualification from their home federation.

The Gold and Platinum Membership packages are also only available to coaches, and include £10 Million Public & Employers Liability Coaching Insurance, as well as free access to ‘Shotpage’, digital coaching & analysis software. Any tier membership to the organisation also provides professional, career and business advice, a legal helpline, official representation, industry and qualification recognition, networking, workshops and forums.

The BTCA additionally offers Corporate Membership with its UK Tennis Magazine partnership for businesses and companies within the tennis industry.

Royston Kymberly is the National Manager of BTCA. The CEO and founder of The International Tennis Academy UK, Head of Elite Academy UK, and also Executive Editor of UK Tennis Magazine, Royston has been involved in tennis coaching for over 20 years and has worked with players from all levels of the game. He is LTA, RPT, MTCA and Bollettieri Academy qualified and also has extensive experience in IT and Business Management Training as well as being a qualified Tai Chi Instructor and NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) Consultant. Royston has also worked as a consultant to the Gaming Industry and was instrumental in the introduction of many Western Casino Operations into Asia & Eastern Europe.

The Chairman of the association is Paul Braithwaite, an LTA Senior Coach, who has been an active member of BTCA for over 25 years and has worked alongside the Board for much of that time. Very much a ‘people person’, Paul specializes in guidance and mentoring services and currently holds a diploma in youth and community work while coaching at Shambrook Tennis Club in Bedfordshire.

Other BTCA Board members include Mike Lipschitz and Mark Furness.

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Nowadays membership is open to all arms of the media, particularly professional writers, broadcasters and photographers in Great Britain, who cover the sport nationally or internationally.

Membership is divided into two main categories: full members (50 maximum) and associate members. The British Tennis Journalists Association is administered by a committee elected each year at the Annual General Meeting held during Wimbledon.

A quarterly bulletin is emailed to all members and the British Tennis Journalists Association holds occasional on-the-record lunches with key figures in the sport. In addition, since the late 1950s the British Tennis Journalists Association has honoured those who have made a special contribution to British tennis. This is done through the presentation of an award at the British Tennis Journalists Association Annual Awards Lunch, at the end of the season, which also now includes a Player of the Year award.

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The last 3 years has seen the centre improve with a new seasonal 4 court bubble, a new website, new suppliers, new payment systems, new accounts, new telephone system, improved WiFi services and much more to welcome visitors and members.

‘Tennis is a sport for life’ and at Bromley Tennis Centre there truly is as a whole world of tennis activities for players of all ages and abilities is available.

Based at Newstead Wood School in Orpington, Bromley Tennis Centre includes 4 outdoor floodlit courts, with a seasonal bubble, and six indoor courts as well as a gym and fitness centre.

Managed by Sandi Procter and Sarah Langford, it offers trial lessons to tennis newcomers, pay and play opportunities for the local community, and is a 1st4sport recognised centre for LTA level 1, 2 and 3 coaching courses. As a county Disability Hub Site they also offer Wheelchair, Learning Disability and Vision Impaired tennis sessions. Bromley Tennis Centre is also home to a highly regarded performance programme producing some top flight juniors, with two playing at Junior Wimbledon in 2016.

The Bromley Tennis Centre is unique in that it is the only facility in the country that qualifies with the LTA as:

• Performance Centre
• Disability Hub Site
• Coach Education Centre
• Community Tennis Centre offering quality tennis activities for players of all abilities in the local community and the wider area of Kent and the South East.

Anyone can simply book courts and play, or can join as a member to book courts in advance to play with friends.

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The facilities at our Club are constantly expanding and improving, and we now have ten courts, two of which are indoor (six in the winter), a thriving membership and a modern Clubhouse with parking.

We are a not for profit organisation.

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Whether it’s rejuvenating old neglected courts, Colour Coating, Line Marking Top Dressing, or a maintenance programme, Cain Markings make it effortless for you to find the solution that fits your requirements and budget.

To arrange a, no obligation, free site evaluation for all weather artificial turf or hard surfaces please contact:

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Having been established 23 years they are now one of the leading tennis facility contractors in the country and one of only twenty one with Sports and Play Construction Association (SAPCA) “Principal Contractor” status.

With a client base ranging from the Lawn Tennis Association through to clubs, local authorities, schools and private individuals the company’s formidable track record speaks for itself.

Whatever your requirements and regardless of the size and nature of your project the company’s in- house specialists can help.

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