Our Management Team

Next Annual General Meeting March 2026

Management Committee – 2025

This structure is not fixed nor are the roles and activities within it other than President, Secretary and Treasurer.  Roles and activities will change as the organisation develops. Changes may be made and approved at any time by the Herts Management Committee.

Leadership – President, LTA Councillor, Director, Bridie Amos

Core activities: Chair management committee meetings; Strategic planning; Safeguarding; Recruitment; Succession planning.
Additional activities: Coaching and Workforce; Governance & Finance; New initiative development.

Administration – Honorary Secretary, Director, Helen Elliott

Core activities: AGM documentation; Herts Management Committee meetings agendas and minutes; Action Log; Conflict of Interest policy and management.
Additional activities: Volunteer Engagement & Recognition lead; Events.

Finance – Honorary Treasurer, Director, Toby Bentall

Core activities: Budget and forecasting; Banking processes/procedures; Payments; Receipts; Cash flow; Reserves policy; Reports; Accounts; Independent inspection; Risk register; Venue loans; Contracts; Payment of wages; Governance and associated activities.
Additional activities: Performance; 200 Club.

Community – Director, Stuart Foster

Core activities: Engage with Local Authority Sports Development Officers; Major facility development; Parks Redevelopment Project; Padel.
Additional activities: Venue Engagement; Beach Tennis; Pickleball.

County Safeguarding Officer (LTA role, Part-Time Employed) – Tessa Terry

Core activities: Promote safeguarding culture; Implement safeguarding strategy at county level; Safeguarding Policy/Procedure management; Event safeguarding compliance; Safeguarding case management; Escalation and record keeping; Attendance at LTA Safeguarding Conference/Forums.
Additional activities: Venue Engagement; Volunteer Engagement & Recognition; Volunteer Co-ordinator; Equity, Diversity & Inclusion.

Performance – Mark George

Core activities: Oversee county training/events/tournaments/activities/trips; Performance coach education and development; Junior, Open and O35 County teams; Pathway to Tarbes programme management; HITS Network management; LTA Player Pathway; Parent liaison; Player awards and County Colours; County Championships.
Additional activities: New initiatives development.

Participation – Matt Willcocks

Core activities: Creating opportunities for those who are not members of clubs to play tennis through partnership. Specific focus on schools, players with disabilities, welcoming in people that have never played and welcoming back those who have not played for a while.
Additional activities: Communications, New initiatives development.

Office and Community Manager (Employed) – Carole Draper

Core activities: Coach/Venue support; Coach/Venue forums; LTA venue registration support; Record keeping and GDPR compliance; Day to day finance; Facility development and loans scheme; Insurances; Website; Social Media; County clothing; Newsletter; Herts Schools Association support; Event support; Support for County Cup teams; County Championships support; Play Your Way to Wimbledon support; County centre management and County court hire.
Additional activities: Equity, Diversity & Inclusion lead; Venue Engagement lead; Club Community Coaching & Coach Education; Governance & finance; Participation/Herts Tennis Foundation; Safeguarding; Volunteer Engagement & Recognition; Women and Girls Tennis Development; 200 Club.

Jamie Broomfield – Competitions

Core Activities: Competition management including competition plan/dates/review and recruitment/support of comp lead roles; Officials; County Championships.

Kirstie Caneparo – Governance

Core Activities: Governance and compliance; Risk management
Additional Activities: Communications.

Darren Hopkins – Partnership

Core Activities: Partnership relationship management; Partner recruitment and communications.

You can contact the Herts Management Committee by emailing HertsTennisCommittee@gmail.com
and a member of the committee will get back to you.