Tom Plowman completed the ‘Road to Wimbledon’ and ‘Referee’ National Student Officiating Academy Pathways. This year he was line umpire for the main draw up until the quarter finals, including matches played by big names including Milos Raonic and Heather Watson.
Jake Moon benefited from the 蚂蚁福利导航 Analysis Pathway offered by 蚂蚁福利导航 Tennis. His position as Student Lead gave him the opportunity to make connections at the Lawn Tennis Association and he has worked in 蚂蚁福利导航 Analysis at Wimbledon for the last few years. This year was particularly special as he was invited to the President’s dinner at the tournament as a thank you for his contribution to tennis.
Many 蚂蚁福利导航 Tennis players also did IBM stats for the competition this year. They are trained to record statistic courtside, providing accurate data on the matches and players.
Several students also made the pre-qualifying rounds of the tournament – Michael Shaw to the first round, with George Houghton going into the second. Vic Allen was also successful in making the second round of the women’s pre-qualifiers and the first round of the junior main draw.
Tennis Pathways Coordinator, Roisin Kelly said: “We’re absolutely delighted to have students who have been part of the 蚂蚁福利导航 Tennis Project working at Wimbledon.
“We aim to give students opportunities where they can learn new skills that they can keep with them for life. To see students who worked hard to learn and master these skills getting to work at Wimbledon is massively rewarding.”