At Priory Tennis Club, all of our coaches are LTA qualified tennis coaches with vary amounts of experience in coaching. Head Coach Jonathan Seville has recently taken over coaching at the club and is delivering a variety of group lessons and one-to-one private coaching alongside a team of assistant coaches.
Jonno is an assistant coach at Priory and is involved in adult coaching and runs Junior Social.
Brad is an assistant coach at Priory and helps run a range of coaching sessions.
Andy is the Head Coach at Priory and leads up the entire coaching programme at the club.
Andy joined us in 2010 with a wealth of experience having worked at a variety of clubs over the last 20 years. From coaching 5 juniors who have since played at Wimbledon to working with disabled children in local schools, he has experience of working with a vast range of abilities.
Since starting at the club he has established strong club/school links working with around 10 local schools throughout the year. He has also expanded the coaching programme offered and increased participation in all areas of coaching.
Andy also provides a 1st class racquet stringing service.
Jonno joined Priory as a junior and has assisted Head Coach, Andy Perry’s coaching programme since 2015. Within the last couple of years, he has achieved both the LTA Level 1 & 2 Tennis Coaching Awards. Jonno has also built up a lot of match playing experience over the last 6 years by representing the club in both the Cheshire and Manchester Leagues working his way up to playing on the Men’s 1st Team. In addition, he’s also represented his University tennis team at Huddersfield.
In his role as Level 2 Assistant Coach, he reintroduced and runs a Junior Social Session at the club on Sunday afternoons giving juniors a regular time slot to play tennis on a weekly basis.
Jonno has now taken over the coaching programme at Priory Tennis Club and is pleased to be delivering a range of tennis lessons for players of all ages and abilities.
Brad started his tennis coaching in 2012 as an Assistant Tennis Coach working with Priory Tennis Club Head Coach, Andy Perry for three years before he went to the University of Chester to study Sports Coaching.
During his Sports Coaching Course, he gained valuable work experience by coaching people with disabilities which was something he had not done before. He did this for the Warrington Wolves Charitable Foundation and carried this out across multiple sports coaching sessions every week.
Following achieving 3 University qualifications over 4 years in addition to an LTA Level 2 Tennis Coaching Qualification, Brad has continued to do some coaching with people who have disabilities in football for the Stalybridge Celtic Foundation. He is also working for an LTA (Lawn Tennis Association) company, First Advantage coaching at different tennis clubs including Saddleworth Tennis Club and Hazel Grove Tennis Club.
