About the Poynder Tennis Coaches
Jane Poynder
LTA Professional Coach
Jane is an LTA Professional Coach and has been involved in tennis ever since, coaching pupils as well as being involved as a coach education tutor for the Lawn Tennis Association.
She is now an LTA Master Tutor. She divides her time between tutoring around the country and coaching tennis in Malvern and the surrounding area.
Nicola Hall
Nicola is an LTA Professional Coach and a Director of Poynder Tennis. A former Worcestershire county player, she coaches tennis in Malvern and at her home in Whitbourne. She is also a Reflexologist and runs the Bayly School of Reflexology.
Daniel Thorp
Performance Consultant
Daniel started his tennis coaching career in Malvern with Poynder Tennis and became a coach education tutor for the Lawn Tennis Association.
He is now a Director of Pro Tennis Solutions but still acts as a Performance Consultant at Manor Park.
Chris Skinner
Chris started his tennis coaching career in Droitwich and joined Poynder Tennis in 1998. A Herefordshire & Worcestershire county player, he has a degree in Politics from the University of Portsmouth and is joint partner in Malvern Tennis Academy.
Neil Devereux
Neil started his tennis coaching career in Malvern with Poynder Tennis, moved to Bristol and then to Tennis Midlands at the Nottingham Tennis Centre.
He qualified as an LTA Performance Coach in 2006 and returned to Malvern in 2008. He has played county tennis for both Herefordshire & Worcestershire and Notts.
Elizabeth Veal
Elizabeth came from Boston in Lincolnshire and represented that county at both junior and senior level. She gained a degree in Sports Science at the University of Worcester and joined Poynder Tennis in 2000
Keith Pratt
Keith was a pupil at Manor Park and joined the coaching team when he left school in 2007 and spent his gap year coaching tennis.
He gained a place at UWIC but decided to make tennis coaching his career and qualified as an LTA Development Coach in 2008.
