Optimal Tennis Leeds

Summer Camps now less than 2 weeks away!

We are excited to jump into a summer of tennis at Richmond House School with 4 weeks of summer camps from Monday 20th July to Friday 14th August.

A finalist in the Mumbler, Healthy and Active Kids Award, our create a high energy fun environment helping children enjoy their holiday whilst improving their tennis and making friends.

Our camps can be booked online at the link below,
https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/optimaltennisleeds/Coaching/Camps

If you need any further information, email [email protected]

Brilliant performances from our Young Guns as they pull off double Steve Backley Silvers.

In Yorkshire Team Tennis our 8 & Under red ball team , Theo, Max, Ralph and Leo competed in indoor sponge and finished an impressive second.

The Orange Ball 9 & Under team competed fantastically with lots of singles wins narrowly missing out on top spot to take a great silver.

Congratulations to orange ball stars Rafe, Sophie and Daniyal (making his debut) who all fought really hard and played some great tennis.

Onwards and Upwards, the future is bright, keep up the great work!

Enjoy Wimbledon!

Watch and learn from the best.

Berry's Squash all before them in the Family Doubles!
On a hot, sunny day at Leeds Trinity University, family doubles teams did battle.
Youngest player Sophie played some amazing tennis well supported by Padel God dad Ric.
Jai and Armadeep showed some great touches in their first outing in the competition.
Isaac and Mickesh played with power and precision narrowly missing out on the top 3.
Alex and Kerstin started slowly but roared back and would have taken the bronze medals if we had them.
Isa and Imran played competed well throughout and were just 2 points off a perfect score, narrowly losing 2 matches 10-9 to just be edged out into second place.
With consistency and placement, team Berry, Jack and Martin registered a perfect score to become Family Doubles Champions 2026.
A fantastic competitive season 2026 for Jack just keeps getting better.
A massive thanks to everyone who took part. A very evenly fought contest and some great tennis.
We are committed to providing as many competitive opportunities for players as possible and if you or your child are interested in starting tennis competitions, please get in touch.

Berry's Squash all before them in the Family Doubles!

On a hot, sunny day at Leeds Trinity University, family doubles teams did battle.

Youngest player Sophie played some amazing tennis well supported by Padel God dad Ric.

Jai and Armadeep showed some great touches in their first outing in the competition.

Isaac and Mickesh played with power and precision narrowly missing out on the top 3.

Alex and Kerstin started slowly but roared back and would have taken the bronze medals if we had them.

Isa and Imran played competed well throughout and were just 2 points off a perfect score, narrowly losing 2 matches 10-9 to just be edged out into second place.

With consistency and placement, team Berry, Jack and Martin registered a perfect score to become Family Doubles Champions 2026.

A fantastic competitive season 2026 for Jack just keeps getting better.

A massive thanks to everyone who took part. A very evenly fought contest and some great tennis.

We are committed to providing as many competitive opportunities for players as possible and if you or your child are interested in starting tennis competitions, please get in touch.

Competition in Tennis- can we help tennis be better than 4%!

A recent Mytenniscoaching podcast revealed the latest LTA figures on tennis participation and competition.

4m (million) children play tennis in the UK annually, between ages 4 to 16.

1.8m play tennis monthly and 0.8m play weekly, this is thought to be regular tennis lessons.

Tennis would therefore appear to be in a very healthy position in terms of participation.

The LTA Tournament website shows 32,500 competitive tennis players in the UK, so roughly 4% of those taking lessons, less than 1% of the 4m. To qualify this figure slightly the data relates to ages 9-16 (4-8 years old are not included) so the number may be slightly higher but probably not by much.

By comparison 5m children play football annually.

The major difference comes in the competition statistics where football has 1.8m regular match players, taking it to 36%, so somewhat better than tennis at 1% or at best 4%.

At Optimal Tennis we strive to place competition and playing the game of tennis at the heart of our coaching programme in a number of ways.

We have extended many of our classes from 60 minutes to 90 minutes to give children more time to play points and matches.

The progression through our system aims to be:
School Tennis - Group Tennis – Internal Competitions – Team Tennis – LTA Graded Events

We now have 7 teams and hoping to increase this in future years, U8, U9, U10, U11 Boys, U11 Girls, U12 boys, U14 boys.

We have 2 upcoming tournaments:

Saturday 20th June – Family Doubles Tournament – ideal first competition for young players

Saturday 4th July – Optimal End of Season Singles Competition

If you would like to get involved in any of these competitions, or would like to discuss your child competing in tennis, please email [email protected] or phone John on 07896636173.

We also encourage children to step into LTA graded competitions. This can be daunting at first as children playing in these often have considerable experience and play regularly. A suggested approach is if we can get a ‘mini team’ of 3 or 4 players to go together, they can encourage and support each other and embrace the experience together.

LTA graded competitions are the gateway to county and national tennis and are a great challenge to anyone wanting to challenge themselves.

The LTA website has filters allowing searches of tournaments within a set radius (eg 25 or 50 miles) as well as the grade of tournament. Grade 1 is the highest level, grade 6 and 7 are the lowest grade so a suggested starting point.

A link to the LTA tournament website is below,
https://competitions.lta.org.uk/find?DateFilterType=0&StartDate=2026-06-06&EndDate=2026-09-10&LocationFilterType=0&PostalCode=LS16+8LJ&TournamentCategoryIDList%5B0%5D=false&TournamentCategoryIDList%5B1%5D=false&TournamentCategoryIDList%5B2%5D=33&TournamentCategoryIDList%5B3%5D=false&TournamentCategoryIDList%5B4%5D=false&TournamentCategoryIDList%5B5%5D=false&TournamentCategoryIDList%5B6%5D=false&TournamentCategoryIDList%5B7%5D=false&TournamentCategoryIDList%5B8%5D=false&TournamentCategoryIDList%5B9%5D=false&TournamentCategoryIDList%5B10%5D=false&TournamentCategoryIDList%5B11%5D=false&page=1&GradingIDList%5B0%5D=false&GradingIDList%5B1%5D=false&GradingIDList%5B2%5D=false&GradingIDList%5B3%5D=false&GradingIDList%5B4%5D=5&GradingIDList%5B5%5D=6&GradingIDList%5B6%5D=7&GradingIDList%5B7%5D=10&Distance=25

Competitions Galore over the next few weeks!

We have 2 exciting upcoming Tennis Tournaments:

Family Doubles Competitions - Saturday 20th June
Optimal EoS Competitions - Saturday 4th July

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Family Doubles Competition - Saturday 20th June

Venue: Leeds Trinity University, LS18 5HD / Entry Fee: £14 per family team

We are excited to have the following Family Doubles Competitions running on Saturday 20th June:

12.30pm to 1.30pm - 8&Under with Adult Family Member(Red Ball)
1.30pm to 3pm - 10&Under with Adult Family Member(Orange Ball)
3pm to 5pm - 16&Under with Adult Family Member (Full Ball)
Format will depend on level of entries.

This is a popular event and a great opportunity for children to play in their first tennis competition supported by an adult family member in a fun environment against other family teams.

For more regular players (particularly in higher age groups) it is a good chance to play with a family member and get some doubles match practice.

Please enter by email to [email protected]

If you need any further information, please contact John on 07896636173 or email [email protected] if you need any further information.

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Optimal EoS Competitons - Saturday 4th July, Leeds Trinity University

The Optimal EoS (End of Season) are our Summer Championship open to all those who come to our classes or camps.

Timings are as follows:

10am to 11am - 8&Under (Red Ball)
12.30pm to 2pm - 16&Under
2pm to 5pm
-------12&Under (Yellow Ball)
-------10 (Orange Ball)

How Do I Enter?

Entries can be made via email to [email protected]

If entering by email, please make payment of £14 per team or £12 individual child (for Optimal Tennis Cup) into the following account, John Moore, Account Number 42202697, Sort Code 40-47-31.

If your child has not played a tournament with us before and/or does not take classes with us, please provide the following information for them:

Name of the Child:

Date of Birth of Child:

Emergency Contact Name and Number:

Any Special or Medical Requirements:

If you are unsure about any of the above, please get in touch.

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Great first outing for Red Ball (8&Under) Team

Well done to Theo, Max, Ralph and Leo for their performance in the Red Ball (8&Under) team event at Queens, Halifax on Saturday.

Some great wins from all players and lots to be positive about as well as things to keep improving.

Well done boys, hopefully the first of many team tennis events for you all.

Izaiah and Alex - Queens of the court in Halifax

Izaiah and Alex had a clean sweep of both singles and doubles in an impressive win at Queens, Halifax.

Fantastic to see the team players learning and improving in their team matches across Yorkshire.

Well done boys, keep up the great work!

Summer Camps On the Way!

We are at Richmond House School for 4 weeks of summer camps over July and August.

Our camps are high energy, fun and friendly. Our teaching is always game based and crams the maximum amount of tennis tuition and play into each camp session. We want all children to be improve their tennis, play matches and games and develop and improve a wide range of skills every time they hit the court.

For further details, please see the link, https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/optimaltennisleeds/Coaching/Camps

We hope to see you on the court this summer!