But then it came up again and I looked at some of the data around tennis and I just thought that, well, tennis is never going to be as big as rugby, or cricket or soccer for obvious reasons, I just believe that tennis was a sport with such huge growth potential.”. However‚ the fan base is a lot more transformed than people may think‚" he said. 12:24 12/02/2020. Read more at the SA government's online coronavirus portal or use the 24-hour public hotline: 0800 029 999, Tennis SA appoints former Arsenal FC administrator as new CEO. When Glover took over as TSA CEO in 2016, he came with a wealth of experience in the sports industry, having worked both locally and internationally. “I actually studied journalism many, many years ago at Rhodes University. They have to make some hard decisions in the coming weeks, whether they continue to focus on tennis coaching as their profession, or whether they try and move into something else to try and, you know, survive.”. I think it's been really severe, and I give one example is tennis coaches.”, Glover explains, “There are hundreds and hundreds of tennis coaches across the country who currently can't earn a living under the current Level Four regulations and some of them are in a very, very tough situation. “The financial side is always the biggest challenge because without money you can't really do anything or your options and the programs that you can run are very, very limited. What I'd call entry-level international professional tournaments to SA, so that our young up and coming stars can really have that advantage, because the harsh reality is at the moment is, if there was an SA Open and when we talk about SA Open, it’s an ATP or WTA high profile event, how many South Africans would actually play in it? But I do worry about the damage to, what I call, our wider tennis ecosystem. Upon his return, Glover worked for Cricket South Africa and was involved in setting up a sports marketing agency called Frontiers Sport and Entertainment. “I'm probably the worst tennis player in the world”, says Richard Glover, but what he lacks on the court, he certainly makes up for in experience, off it. Why Kaizer Chiefs' appeal against their Fifa transfer ban is taking so long to ... Chiefs coach Hunt braces for Sundowns: 'We’ve got Manyama‚ Katsande and ... Komphela's arrival has strengthened Sundowns‚ says Chiefs coach Hunt. I gradually moved on to the business or commercial side of sports in the UK.”. “I think the reality is that we will probably be set back a year or two financially. When Glover took over as TSA CEO in 2016, he came with a wealth of experience in the sports industry, having worked both locally and internationally. Richard Glover, CEO of Tennis South Africa explains his thoughts on the current restrictions regarding tennis and the plans forward for the sport in SA. Glover says one of the questions he gets asked most often as CEO is, when will the SA Open make its return, but he says the timing is just not right. “He has a deep understanding of sport marketing‚ both locally and internationally‚ and I believe he will help to uplift South African tennis and bring some of the glory days back to the sport.”. Tennis SA CEO Richard Glover is satisfied that TSA and BNP Paribas will sponsor the mentorship programme. “What we need to do now is we need to bring more. 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So, our focus has been really about trying to build that pathway from the bottom up in terms of big international Junior tournaments.”. These are strong foundations from which to build.”. Sports federation worldwide have felt the financial impact of COVID-19 and TSA is no exception. “I think like a lot of South Africans, I had this sort of perception of tennis and I had this negative perception of it. Richard Glover, CEO of TSA added they are busy rebuilding their high performance pipeline and a key aspect of the project is to give the country’s talented juniors the opportunity to work with the best South African coaches, locally or abroad. It is critical for the sport both from a moral and sustainability perspective. “What we need to do now is we need to bring more. ”. They have to make some hard decisions in the coming weeks, whether they continue to focus on tennis coaching as their profession, or whether they try and move into something else to try and, you know, survive.”. “I think like a lot of South Africans, I had this sort of perception of tennis and I had this negative perception of it. So basically, my parents were horrified. “Our vision is really about growing the sport and making the sport more accessible to more communities in South Africa.

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