Padel @ West Worthing Club

Tom Pocock

Tom is an LTA Level 4 Senior Performance Coach and plays for the Sussex County Men’s 35+ team.

Tom has represented Great Britain at every age group and travelled extensively across the world competing in both junior and senior events as as teenager.

Notable highlights of Tom’s playing career include winning a Gold Medal at the U18 Commonwealth Games, becoming National Junior Doubles champion in 2002 and twice reaching the semi finals of the boy’s doubles at the Australian Open. Tom has competed at three of the four junior Grand Slam events and achieved a career best ITF Under 18 world ranking of 45 in singles and 4 in doubles in April 2002.

Matt Bunn

Matt is a qualified Tennis Coach holding qualifications as an RPT International Professional and Level 3 LTA Accredited+. He also has qualifications with the Professional Tennis Registry (PTR), International Coaches Institute (ICI) and Professional Tennis Coaches Association (PTCA).

Matt has been coaching for over 20 years working with juniors and adults throughout club level. He joined West Worthing in 2019.

In addition to tennis, Matt played football at semi-professional level, is a novel writer and chess player. He has an extensive knowledge when it comes to racquet and stringing technology. He has a coaching sponsorship with Babolat.

Matt is a qualified LTA Padel Instructor and delivers our group padel and tennis coaching as well as private 1:1 lessons.

Kelly Eastment

Kelly has a wealth of experience coaching both squash and racketball to individuals and groups ranging from ages 4 to 75+. Kelly is a UKCC England Squash Level 3 Coach and has achieved a highest ranking of No. 3 in England.

Kelly’s dedication to the sport is evident through her extensive playing career, representing Sussex at every level from Junior to Ladies.

She has also been recognised for her coaching excellence, winning the England Squash Coach of the Year Award.