Tennis Wales Awards 2025, Sponsored by Veygo Winners
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Last Saturday we celebrated the inspirational individuals, programmes, clubs and venues involved in tennis in Wales throughout 2024 at our Tennis Wales Awards. The awards sponsored by Veygo welcomed members of our Welsh tennis family to a heartwarming ceremony held at the Mercure Holland House Hotel in Cardiff.
The event, hosted by Welsh Broadcaster Catrin Heledd, celebrated the dedication, achievements and successes of those that have helped ensure that tennis can be accessed, played and enjoyed by anyone in Wales. We were delighted to be joined by many guests including our key event sponsors Veygo. James Armstrong from Veygo commented on the evening “It was such a wonderful evening celebrating all of the nominees and winners. Veygo was proud to be the headline sponsor for this year’s awards and to play a part in celebrating the remarkable individuals and organisations who give back and contribute to communities across Wales. A huge congratulations to everyone involved.”
Our winners included:
- Club of the Year sponsored by Floodlighting and Electrical Services*: Llandybie Tennis Club
- Coach of the Year sponsored by Dragon Signs *: Will Croft, Llantrisant Tennis Club, Cardiff Wheelchair Tennis Club and Tennis Squad
- Performance Coach on the Year*: Luke Simeone, Swansea Tennis Centre
- Player of the Year: James Story
- Junior Player of the Year: Elizabeth Evans
- Tennis Opened Up Award Sponsored by Watkins and Gunn*: Women Connect First
- Competition of the Year*: Newport Tennis Centre Visually Impaired Tennis Tournament
- Park of the Year*: Corwen Community Tennis Courts
- Volunteer of the Year*: Ed Wilkins, Bridgend
- Young Person of the Year sponsored by Veygo*: Carys Hughes, Wrexham
- Team of the Year: Wales Junior Wheelchair Squad
- Club Team of the Year: Bridgend Tennis Club Ladies 1st Team
- Official of the Year*: Tcherina Vaughan-Griffiths, North Wales
- School of the Year*: Abertillery Learning Community
- University of the Year*: Cardiff Metropolitan University
- Lifetime Achievement*: David Baker, Merthyr Tennis Club
- President’s Award*: Wales Junior Wheelchair Squad
As previous, winners from some of the above categories (*) will be put forward for consideration for an LTA Award. Last year we saw the highest number of Welsh winners being shortlisted to receive the national award, with Cardinal Newman being crowned the winners of the LTA School of the year award.
Maria Rees, Tennis Wales Operations Manager said “Every year I am blown away by the outstanding nominations we receive for the Tennis Wales Awards. I am proud to play a small part in helping to recognise the amazing achievements of our community”.
“Thank you for everyone who took the time to submit a nomination and to celebrate with us at our ceremony and good luck to our winners for the LTA Awards being held later in the year!”
