Legends
Achieving Legends Status
Legends awards are made to Coaches who:
- Hold or have held a PTAV / TCA qualification of Advanced or equivalent (Diploma of Tennis Coaching, Certificate of Qualification, Club Professional) or higher. Each will have made significant contributions to the TCA and tennis coaching for a period in general of 40 years or more
- Have been previously inducted into the TCA Hall Of Fame
- Have fulfilled a broad spectrum of requirements, including having made significant achievements in areas such as tennis teaching and coaching, business, education and volunteer work
- Live in the memories of, and are revered and respected by their students, peers, and colleagues alike as true legends of the TCA and tennis coaching
TCA Legend status together with Life Membership represents the ultimate recognition by our Association for a lifetime contribution to coaching tennis and to administering our Association respectively.
Introducing our TCA Legends
TCA currently has five esteemed coaches who have been elevated to the status of legend.
Ian Barclay 2016, Will Coghlan 2019 and Cheryl Hewitt 2023 are our most recent inductees. Their bios are being updated currently.
Ian Occleshaw