City of Peterborough Tennis Club pair win LTA awards

Head coach Max Lambert has won the prestigious LTA county ‘Coach of the Year’ award and Alice Craig has won the LTA county ‘Young Person of the Year’ prize.

Both Max and Alice are actively involved in delivering coaching programmes at the club and in local schools.

Max’s nomination recognised the extraordinary amount of work he has put into the club both on and off court and cited in particular his efforts to get new adult and juniors playing the game.

On court Max delivers 17 hours of group coaching a week, runs several successful junior teams, organised the Club Championship (with 148 entries), runs the very popular Wednesday night club session, and ran two ‘Team Challenge’ tournaments with about 50 players competing in each.

Off court Max manages the club’s social media pages, co-ordinates fundraising activities with other sections of the club, helped decorate the clubhouse and sometimes serves behind the bar!

Alice completed her Level 1 and 2 coaching awards this year and now supports six hours of coaching a week in a local school as well as coaching at the club including kids camps and running her own coaching sessions for two hours a week.

Alice also helps run a coaching session for children with physical disabilities that the club runs weekly in conjunction with Peterborough’s Child Development Centre.

Alice is very popular with the children and acts completely selflessly to support the club and school she coaches at.

City of Peterborough Tennis Club is part of Peterborough Town Sports Club based at Bretton Gate and boasts two indoor and three outdoor courts.

The LTA Tennis Awards were launched in 2015 to celebrate outstanding achievement in the sport.