James Kirkpatrick
Downton Tennis Club
Wick Lane
Downton, Near Salisbury
Wiltshire
Tel: 07748 483639
email: info@puretennis.co.uk
Welcome...
Downton Tennis Club is a vibrant, friendly club with a full range of adult and junior activities, Located within easy reach of Salisbury, Fordingbridge, Ringwood and The New Forest (click here to find us).
Our aim is to provide everybody with the opportunity to play tennis - non-members are welcome. So whether you have never played before or are used to competing regularly there will be something for you.
Downton Tennis Club and Pure Tennis work closely with the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA - National governing Body of Tennis in England) in order to increase participation of tennis at the grass roots level and improve standards of more performance minded players through the performance programme.
James Kirkpatrick:
Head Coach James Kirkpatrick (CCA, LTA and PTR qualified and licensed) has ten years experience of teaching all ages and abilities and has been a qualified coach since June 2002. He is currently in the final stages of a Sports Therapy MSC specialising in injury prevention and rehabilitation. James is already a certified NLP Sports Practitioner as well as being a Prince Tech-Rep for the South-east of England.
Fred Wells:
Fred is a level 4 senior performance coach with 20 years of coaching experience in UK, Florida, Spain, Portugal and Holland. He has coached all abilities from beginners to the very experienced, including top 100 players. Fred is originally from South Africa. He is available for individual lessons, group coaching and cardio-tennis, and may be contacted through fred@puretennis.co.uk or on 0758 467 8748.
Luke Syddall:
Assistant Coach Luke Syddall is a level 2 LTA coach who joined the Club in 2011. Luke works predominately with the Mini Tennis Programme.
The club is part of the Downton Leisure Centre complex and players are able to enjoy many on-site facilities.

New Back to Basics Course for adults. Limited spaces. Monday evenings (7 - 8.30pm) or Friday mornings (11.30 - 1pm). Email James to book.