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IiP includes an accreditation process whereby professionals are assessed against eight areas of competence at each of the three levels. These areas are; Equipment, Coaching, Marking, Professional/Player Development, Business Skills, Court and Club Maintenance, Presentation and Events, Health and Safety. For each level, a professional must evidence that they meet the criteria for all areas.

IiP assessment is completed by the assessment panel. This assessment panel consists of an external Level 3 qualified assessor as well as Professionals who have all achieved at least the same level to that which they are assessing. A minimum of two professionals must be involved in each assessment along with the external assessor. An assessment decision is made and feedback is given to professionals which may include any support they can receive from the mentoring or training programmes embedded into IIP.

• Nick Wood – Level 1 and Level 2*
• Ben Ronaldson – Level 1 and Level 2*
• Chris Bray – Level 1 and Level 2*
• Jon Dawes – Level 1 and Level 2*
• Danny Jones – Level 1 and Level 2*
• Josh Smith – Level 1 and Level 2*
• Kees Ludekens – Level 1 and Level 2*
• Tom Durack – Level 1 and Level 2*

Level 2* indicates that the professional has achieved IiP level 2, but they have not been graded against the normal pass, merit or distinction levels available. Theoretically a level 2* may have the capability to be at any of these three standards, but the assessment process didn’t allow for this level of scrutiny. The reason for this was because IiP was bringing current professionals into the system, many of whom had previous qualifications and/or experience as a professional. To take this into account fairly, current professionals that could evidence that they had significant previous qualifications or experience as a Real Tennis professional were able to apply for a special recognised prior learning (RPL) route. This RPL route was a less rigorous assessment process, although it still required a professional evidencing all elements of the logbook. Because this process isn’t the same as the normal route, a level 2* is awarded to clearly show that the professional has achieved level 2 but the further grading system was not able to be applied. A professional at level 2* is able to update their logbook and be re-assessed through the full route at any point if they wish.

Management: (G Tomkinson). 35 experienced professionals were eligible for Level 2 and above, 34 had passed at Levels 2 or above:

• Level 3:(5) J Dawes (merit), D Jones, C Bray, N Wood, C Ronaldson
• Level 2:(25) K King, K Ludekens, S Blaber, J Law, P Paterson, A Lyons, B Ronaldson, B Taylor-Matthews, L Taylor, S Brockenshaw, A Phillips, T Granville, W Burns, A Knibbs, A Davis, C Greenhalgh, M Seigneur, T Durack , R Hall-Smith, A Fowler , B Sayers, C Chapman, J Smith, D Long and A Player
• Level 1: Z Eadle, L Gordon (merit), J Brodie, J Ryan, N Merola, A Flippence, B Bomford

Marking: (N Wood). 23 professionals passed their Levels 2 and above:

• Level 3: (9) A Lyons, A Phillips, M Ryan, C Swallow, C Bray, T Durack, A Fowler, N Wood, D Jones
• Level 2: (15) P Patterson, J Dawes, J Law, B Taylor-Matthews, L Taylor, S Brockenshaw, D Long, W Burns, A Knibbs, C Greenhalgh, B Sayers, C Chapman, B Ronaldson (merit), L Gordon, J Ryan

Coaching: (D Jones). The following have attended the coaching workshop:

• Level 2: (13) K Ludekens, S Blaber, J Dawes, L Taylor, S Brockenshaw, C Bray, M Seigneur, A Davis, C Greenhalgh, T Durack, A Fowler, N Wood, J Smith

Equipment: (S Ronaldson). 22 professionals attended the workshop on advanced techniques.