Western Tennis Academy

Dianne Smith

Director/Coordinator/Coach

Tennis in the Smith family was the number 1 sport.

As a junior, Dianne was Association Junior and Open Champion at the age of 14 and held the title for four years. As Dianne achieved success in different sports, she hung up her tennis racquet for a Scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra for Netball.

Her passion and talent for a variety of sports and recreation became her career path - designing and coaching programs for tennis, soccer, netball, SCUBA Diving, Kayaking, sports development and health & fitness, for children and adults throughout Australia and Overseas.

Dianne has worked in Recreation Management for more than 20 years, in SA, QLD, Indonesia and Egypt.

She now contributes to the Western Tennis Academy as the Coach of the “Little Tackers”, and acts as administrator for the business.

Josh Weston

Senior Coach

Tennis has been a passion for Josh as long as he can remember. It has provided him with success as a past pennant player, and in tournaments around Australia. Josh has been most fortunate in playing competition and coaching in Germany, fuelling his love of the game and diversifying his skills.

Over the past decade Josh has coached many players of all ages and levels. He enjoys being instrumental in a player’s progress, development of tennis skills and their love for the sport, just as the learning of tennis gave so much to him.

Josh has studied Sports Management at university and completed a Tennis Australia Qualification.

Josh is a much-loved coach at the Western Tennis Academy by both colleagues and students, bringing fun and variety to the court.