Sonay Kartal stars in the Liverpool Junior International Tournament Nov 2018 reaching the final

Sonay Kartal is one of the country’s top junior girls tennis players. The International ITF tournament held in Liverpool  was Sonay’s first ITF tournament since Junior Wimbledon due to a training block in August and then British Nationals. Unfortunately she had to overcome a few challenging hurdles through September – …

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Sussex Closed County Championships 2018

The annual Sussex County Closed tournament was held at the Southdown Club in Lewes at the end of the summer and all our players did Pavilion & Avenue Club proud with some performing excellently to become County Champions (and runners up) in various events ranging from 8&U up to adult…

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Sonay’s Summer Progress in 2018 and representing Great Britain

Sonay’s Summer Report 2018 “I had an amazing summer this year, In April I won my first ITF tournament which was held in Nottingham. That boosted my under 18 world ranking from being around 1000 in the world to 400.   I then travelled to Czech Republic and had an…

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Pav & Ave awarded LPDC status

The LTA has recently changed the Player Performance Pathway for individuals looking to maximise their potential with the eventual goal to become tennis professionals. There will now be 2 National Academies and 11 Regional Centres nationwide. Pav & Ave applied to become an LPDC (Local Player Development Centre) and we…

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New Box League starts from Oct – Nov. 2018

A new Box League has started featuring four divisions. In total thirty four players have signed up to play singles matches with promotion from each of the three lower divisions and relegation from the top three.  The format is based on the best of two tie break sets with a…

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Sonay wins her first ITF 18 & U International Title at Nottingham

Our Club’s junior girls enjoyed one of their most successful weeks when 3 of our home grown players, Sonay, Tiana and Alicia, who’ve all grown up playing at the Club and first started competing at mini red ball 8&Under, travelled up to Nottingham (with Martin the first week and then…

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Ladies First Team win their first two matches with a bit of help from Julie

The Ladies 1st team have  made a great start to the summer season winning both matches in consecutive weekends. Firstly on Sunday April 15th the team of Gill, Judy, Lesley-Ann and Suzi played away at Horsham and managed a 3-1 win with Lesley-Ann and Suzi making a great comeback from…

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Mark Petchey trains Neilson Holiday coaches at Pavilion & Avenue

Neilson Holidays offer a wide range of activity holidays in Italy, Sardinia, Croatia and Greece. Popular with clients are a wide range of tennis holidays suitable for many standards including beginners to team and tournament standard. Head of the coaching programme  and brand ambassador is Mark Petchey who is an…

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Coaching Squad Dates – April

Coaching Squad Dates After school Junior Squads, the Adult Monday Beginner / Improver session, Monday Mens Training, Thursday Cardio and the Adult Friday Intermediate squad will recommence on the outdoor courts the week beginning 16th April. Saturday Junior Squads will recommence on the 21st April and will continue running during the half term and up until the summer holidays.

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