Over the last 25 years Repton has developed a national reputation for tennis. During this time the School has won the Independent Schools’ Championship (Youll cup) 15 times, the Boys’ National Schools’ Championship (Glanville Cup) 11 times and the Girls’ National Schools Championship (Aberdare Cup) on four occasions and the Independent Schools' Championship (Love Band) for the first time in 2010. Individual players have represented their countries at international level and have won National Junior Championship titles.
The School has a structured programme to cater for players of all standards. During the Michaelmas and Lent Terms there are essentially three groups in operation:
- Top Squad: made up of the best players in the School who train on a daily basis and have International rankings and travel on the ITF and ETA Circuit.
- Performance Squad: composed of players considered to have the potential to become county/ Regional/National standard players, they will train 4 sessions per week and fitness training.
- Tennis Squad: Players of all ages and abilities who wish to train in the winter.
In the Summer Term the Top Squad and Performance Squads continue. Tennis is the main sport for the girls at this time and each year group has a full programme of practices and inter-school matches we currently have 10 Girls' teams. Boys’ tennis is also catered for by Senior and Junior Squads which play matches against other schools. We have at present 5 Boys' teams.
To further compliment the competitive tennis programme, Repton also have U15 girls and boys teams which play in the AEGON Team tennis schools event which is played at county/ regional and national levels throughout the year.
Repton's Tennis programme is committed to providing excellence in tennis training for all ages and abilities, and has been sponsored by Wilson Sporting Goods Ltd for over 25 years.
Facilities include: two heated, acrylic, indoor courts, 12 outdoor, all-weather courts, fitness suite, rest/video room, and a sports retail outlet with re-string service.
Director of Tennis
Nicola Oborn, Mistress in charge of Girls’ Tennis