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 Tennis News
Westway Sports Centre:
Its Wimbledon-time at Westway,
so dust off your
racket!
& imagine you’re on Centre
Court...
Tennis @ Westway
Westway is an LTA High Performance Centre for tennis
but we also have something for everyone. With both professional quality indoor
acrylic courts and outdoor clay courts. Westway offers both the court and
coaching facilities of a top-class tennis Club plus the complete inner-city
community tennis experience for developing junior excellence. From booking a
court, through pay and play coached sessions to beginners’ lessons for all
ages, with performance squads for talented juniors and professional coaching for
adults. The Westway Junior Programme includes our Westway Youth Sports Academy
sessions and has now nurtured several local players to the pinnacle of the
sport.
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE WHAT IS ON
OFFER...
12 tennis
courts...AND:
OUR COURTS CAN BE BOOKED 4 WEEKS
IN ADVANCE!!
ONLINE BOOKINGS CAN BE MADE AT
ANY TIME
~ Just click ‘Book
Online’ button to left, below Menu
PHONE
BOOKINGS ARE TAKEN BETWEEN 10am and 6pm DAILY
– choose the ‘booking line’
option after calling 020 8969 0992
We’re a pay and play centre without members (we just charge users a
one-off registration fee of £3 or £2.50) and so we do get busy at peak
times. We have extended booking times so that if a court isn’t free this
week we hope that you will find something over the next few weeks – this
also means that you can now up to four weeks courts in advance if you
wish.
8 indoor acrylic tennis courts
- our top-quality courts use the same surface as Flushing
Meadow.
PLUS:
4 outdoor clay tennis courts
Westway has the only clay tennis courts in London open to the general
public – our courts use a Canadian fast-dry surface to ensure longer
year-round usage.
COURT OPENING TIMES:
Weekdays:
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8am to 10pm
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Saturdays
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8am to 8pm
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Sundays
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10am – 10pm
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Everyone can play at Westway!
Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned campaigner, play
competitively, for fitness or for fun, Westway has something for you. From
hiring a court, through pay & play coached sessions to tennis courses, kids
academy sessions and individual coaching. Westway has it all in a modern safe
environment with secure underground parking and quality refreshments in the
Crussh café. Westway is 2 minutes walk from Latimer Road tube
station.
Concessionary prices are available to over 60’s,
registered disabled people, students and people receiving benefits, subject to
proof of status.
Prices:
The table below shows prices for court hire and lessons – see below
for our adult and junior programmes, including pay and play sessions from
£4 for juniors (£2 concessions), £6.50 for adults and £3.50
for seniors.
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Adult
Peak
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Adult
Peak Concession
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Adult
Off-peak
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Adult
Off-peak Concession
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Junior Peak
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Junior
Off-peak
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Tennis Courts 1-8
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£22.50
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£13
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£16
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£13.
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£10
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£10
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Clay Courts 9-12
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£9
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£7
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£8
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£5
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£7
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£5
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Indoor Lesson
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£45.50
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£38.50
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£41.50
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£34.50
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£35.50
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£33.50
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Outdoor Lesson
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£35.50
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£28
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£34.50
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£30.50
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£24
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£22
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Tennis hit - indoor
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£35
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£28
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£31
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£24
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£25
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£25
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Outdoor hit
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£24
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£22
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£23
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£20
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£17
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£15
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WYSA (Juniors)
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ALL open & Mini-tennis sessions £4 per child
(£2conc’s)
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Prices are for hour-long bookings: all booking commence on the hour -
e.g. the first court booking slot is from 8am to 9am, then the next is 9am to 10
am, etc. For events and tournament hire contact the tennis team on 020 8968 2635
or email rkelly@westway.org
~ Private lessons should be booked with at least 2
days notice
~ Lessons can be booked up to four
weeks in advance
The coaching team:
All Westway tennis coaches are very experienced and have a commitment
to tennis development, they come from a variety of tennis backgrounds. This
builds a team with very high teaching standards, who use the most up to date
teaching methods to offer the best to everyone. With many different coaches
available, Westway can be confident of matching you with the right
coach.
TAKE A LOOK AT OUR PROGRAMME BELOW:
Junior programme:
There a range of options to choose from as a junior tennis player at
Westway, you can participate in one of the many open Westway Youth Sports
Academy Pay & Play sessions where you just turn up on the day, or you can
book onto a 12-week structured tennis course. Alternatively you can have
individual lessons with the coach of your choice. The centre runs an extensive
and affordable programme for all children from the ages of 4-15 and talented
players are invited to join our Development Squad sessions.
Tennis Performance
Westway is an LTA Performance Centre. We run a comprehensive development
squad programme that encompasses the competition beginner right through to the
experienced county player. Our team of squad coaches run an extensive talent
identification program that operates within the whole junior program leading to
a number of progressive squads.
Pre-school age tennis for 3 and 4 year olds
Monday 4pm – 4.40pm
Wednesday 4pm – 5pm
Price
£4
Ages 5-11: Mini-tennis sessions
Mini-tennis sessions cover 5 –11 year-olds. The descriptions below
apply to these pay & play sessions and junior courses. The sessions are
colour-coded (red is the most basic level, orange the middle and green the most
advanced) and once you know your child’s tennis level they can attend
sessions with that colour code with confidence, or until they progress to a
higher level!
All sessions cost £4
Activity Colour codes - See below to find out who
its for and what is involved:
Mini-tennis RED – Tennis starter sessions aimed
at 5 - 7 year olds
Time: Monday 4pm–4.40pm, & Wednesday 4pm – 5pm &
Saturdays 10am–11am
Fun games and lots of ball and perception
skills
Main focus is on these aspects of tennis, rather than on hitting a
ball over the net. Some work over a mini-tennis net – uses sponge and low
compression balls.
Mini-tennis ORANGE – These sessions are aimed at
7 – 9 year olds
Time: Monday 4.40pm–5.20pm,Wednesday 5pm – 6pm & Saturday
11am-12noon
Focus is still on ball skills and perception but also more
racquet work. Introduction to full court size, initially through a shorter court
(part of the full court) – uses a normal tennis net and low-compression
balls.
Mini-tennis GREEN – These sessions are aimed at 9
– 11 year olds
Time: Monday 5.20pm – 6pm, Wednesday 6pm – 7pm & Saturdays
12noon – 1pm
Mostly racquet and ball work over net using full or nearly
full-size courts. Using normal (full-compression) and mid compression tennis
balls. Some ball and perception skills also included.
All mini-tennis session will have an element of
competition within them – often in a non-tennis format a throwing
competition for example.
MINI-TENNIS COURSES
These are invite-only courses – children will
be invited to join courses by our performance and development coaches or by the
Tennis Manager.
Time: Mondays & Fridays:
Red: Mondays 4pm – 5pm; Saturdays 2pm
– 3pm; Sundays 10am – 11am
Orange: Mondays 5pm – 6pm;
Saturdays 3pm – 4pm; Sundays 11am – 12noon and 2pm – 3pm;
Green: Sundays 12noon – 1pm and 3pm – 4pm
Price: £42 per
six weeks
Content is as for the open WYSA sessions above, although these will
be run over six weeks and offer a more structured environment with a consistent
group of players. The majority of these children will be encouraged to
participate in an award scheme. Sessions also last for an hour rather than 40
minutes
Girls-only WYSA sessions for 8-12 year olds:
Created specifically to help girls learn in a friendly and comfortable
environment with the help of coaches.
Time: Fridays 5pm –
6pm
PLEASE NOTE: All the above sessions include
coordination and physical training which are vital to a child’s tennis.
These sessions are intended as an introduction to the game.
Age 12 and over
Open Starter sessions for 12-18 year olds:
Same as above, for boys and girls with no experience, turn up and pay on
the day and expect to work in coached session designed to introduce beginners to
tennis and be fun and good exercise.
Time: Saturdays 1pm –
2pm
Price: £4 per session (£2 conc’s) Pay and play, not
bookable.
Girls-only Starter sessions for 12-18 year olds:
Same as above, but designed for girls only.
Time: Wednesdays 5pm –
6pm; Saturdays 11am – 12noon
Price: £4 per session (£2
conc’s) – Pay and play, not bookable.
Pay & play session for ages 12-15
Aimed at players who have come through mini-tennis or have other playing
experience. Coached session for all standards
Time: Wednesdays:6pm –
7pm
Price: £4 per session (£2 conc’s) – Pay and play,
not bookable.
Adult Programme
The Westway Sports Centre offers a wide variety of adult coaching
opportunities for the complete beginner, through to the intermediate adult
tennis player. These range from open Pay & Play sessions to structured
6-week tennis courses. Westway also run clinics that are designed to work on
specific areas of your tennis game.
Adult Pay & Play Sessions
Coach-led sessions for one or two hours where you receive some teaching
points but in the main will be put into organised matches. Both singles and
doubles are offered. These sessions are not bookable – just turn up and
play!
Improvers:
Saturdays 4pm - 6pm
Price: £13 (£8.45
concessions)
Adult Pay & Play Mixed Doubles Sessions
Coach organised sessions for up to 16 people – players are put into
4’s and play a set for an hour at a time. This is a mixed ability session
for advanced beginners and upwards. The session isn’t bookable –
just turn up and play!
Time:
Tuesdays 12noon – 2pm - 12 player
session £10 (£6.50 conc’s)
Wednesdays 8pm – 10pm - 16
player session £13 (£8.45 conc’s)
Fridays 12noon – 2pm
- 12 player session £10 (£6.50 conc’s)
Sundays 11am
–1pm - 16 player session £13 (£8.45 conc’s)
Women-only sessions
These are suitable for beginners and intermediates. These are coach-lead,
run twice a week and are not bookable. Just come along and play!
Monday 10am
– 12 noon (16 player sessions)
Wednesday 10am – 12 noon (16
player sessions)
Price: £10 (£6.50 concessions)
Evening
session:
Thursday 6pm – 7pm (4 player session)
Price: £8
(£5.20 concessions)
60+ Tennis session
Time: Fridays 2pm – 4pm
Price: £3.50
Coach-led session
involving a mix of tennis matches and other sport-based exercise. Can be an
all-tennis session if participants wish. Not bookable – just turn up and
take part!
Adult courses
6-session courses that run in a structured environment, once a week. There
are courses for beginners, advanced beginners and intermediates. Activities will
be tailored to players abilities and feature all aspects of the game. All need
to be pre-booked in advance call the booking line for start dates. Places are
limited call the booking line on 020 8969 0992 to book .
Beginners: Tuesdays
7-8pm
Advanced Beginners: Tuesdays
8-9pm
Intermediate: Tuesdays 9-10pm
Price: Six session course £69 (£39
concessions)
Courses are running continuously– so BOOK
NOW!!!
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