Ken Caudrelier

Ken is married to Val and has two daughters Louise [25] and Stephanie [18]. He has been a member of Farnham Common Sports Club for 25 years.  He joined the club in the first instance to play hockey which he continued to enjoy until 2003 when his tennis coaching commitment prevented him from continuing to play on a regular basis. He played an active role in developing the hockey section becoming a member of the Hockey committee in 1982, first as Men’s captain [3 years] and then as section secretary [2 years].

Tennis has always been one of Ken’s favourite sports and he has played at all levels within the club. He is at his happiest when playing in a friendly 4 on a Saturday afternoon providing it finishes with enough time to enjoy a few drinks with his friends.

Ken became Men’s Captain in 1998 and was soon responsible for introducing additional teams so that more members could play shield tennis. He handed this responsible job over to Bob Milne in 2003 but remained on the Tennis committee until 2004. During his time on the committee he was also responsible for reintroducing the seasonal newsletter entitled On Court – Off Court and was responsible for the creation of The Farnham Common Junior Winter League.

He won the Men’s Doubles [2002 & 2003] club championship with Gerrit.

Michael Steadman

Michael qualified as a professional tennis coach this summer – Congratulations Mike – a great achievement. He is at John Hampden Grammar School studying for his A levels. He was for a number of years our Junior Boys Captain and now represents the club as one of our strongest players in our Men’s First Team.

Michael will take over from Seb and will continue to develop his coaching skills and knowledge by coaching our Beginners and Intermediate players.  

Seb Koewius

Seb will be away in Dubai for the next 2 years as he has chosen to join his Father who is working for a major hotel group in Dubai.

Seb qualified as a professional tennis coach in the summer of 2006. In 2006 he reached the finals of the Men’s Singles Club competition. He is a valuable member of our coaching team and we all wish him well whilst he is in Dubai.

Darren Montiero

Darren is currently working at Mars in Slough. He is very popular with the younger children and continues to develop his skills as a tennis coach. One point that the children really like is his prizes for trying hard during a lesson - A Coconut!! 

He has recently taken up the great sport of Hockey and now regularly plays for one or more of the club’s hockey teams. 

Chris Milne

Chris was studying Biomedical Sciences at Southampton University but has now moved onto studying Medicine, which is what he really wanted to do. He is happy to play for any of our Men’s Teams when he is at home. 

Stephanie Mortimer [Trainee Coach]

Stephanie joined the coaching team in 2006 as a trainee coach. She is very popular with the children and has taken to coaching very well. She is currently studying for her A’ levels at Newlands Girls School in Maidenhead.

Becoming a Professional Tennis Coach

There are two main paths you can follow if you wish to become a tennis coach in the UK. You can apply to the LTA who have a coaching program you can follow. It is very time consuming and requires considerable financial commitment.

Alternatively you can go on a one-week course run by the PTR UK which is exceedingly good and will then allow you to start gaining the experience you need to develop your coaching skills. If you would like any further information please speak to Ken who will be only to pleased to talk you through the various opportunities available.