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Tennis Scotland is the official governing body of tennis in Scotland. [7] ... Tennis Scotland is governed by a board of directors who review, monitor and support the ...
Murray was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to tennis, women in sport, and charity. [12] She is a trustee of the Judy Murray Foundation, a registered charity under Scots Law, with the object of improving access to tennis opportunities across Scotland. [13]
Andrew Douglas Millar Cotter (born 20 July 1973) is a Scottish sports broadcaster working primarily for the BBC, covering mainly golf and rugby union, but also tennis, athletics and The Boat Race. [2] [3]
The conclusion to Tennis Scotland's season will be shown live by BBC Scotland from Scotstoun Community Indoor Tennis Centre.
Tennis in its earlier forms was introduced into Scotland from France in the Middle Ages. It was traditionally known as "caitch" or "cache" in Scotland, and is an ancestor of the better known form of tennis. James IV of Scotland played tennis with the Spanish ambassador Pedro de Ayala at Stirling Castle on 10 April 1498. [4]
Colin Fleming [1] (born 13 August 1984) is a British retired professional tennis player who specialised in doubles.. As part of the Davis Cup team, he won eight successive doubles matches to help Great Britain into the World Group.
He has focused on elite players since 1998, and became national performance officer for Tennis Scotland that year. Two years later he helped set up a tennis academy at the Next Generation club in Edinburgh. He rejoined Tennis Scotland as LTA academy coach, and became national training coach for Scotland in 2004. [4]
He was also already an accomplished tennis player, having achieved a very high national standard during the time he lived in Scotland. Spiers joined the staff of the BBC in 1970, [ 1 ] working as an assistant floor manager and later a production assistant , before eventually working his way up to become a director and producer.