Chris Trickey was appointed Chief Executive of SAPCA on its formation in 1997. As the head of the Association's administrative team he has a wide-ranging role across all areas of SAPCA's activities and development, working closely with SAPCA's elected Board of Directors.
A graduate of Birmingham University, Chris previously worked for ten years at The Lawn Tennis Association. As the Technical & Research Manager, he was responsible for the LTA's technical guidance, standards and consultancy services in support of the national facilities development programme, which included investment in affiliated tennis clubs, schools, counties, public tennis centres and tournament venues.
In this role Chris worked in close collaboration with the tennis court construction industry, in particular with the Tennis Court Constructors' Federation (TCCF), which had been formed in 1986 as a new trade organisation to raise standards of tennis facilities. Chris led the LTA's research work on the development of performance standards for tennis surfaces, and on the "speed of the game", in cooperation with Wimbledon, Slazenger and the ITF.
Chris is a Fellow of the Institute of Association Management, and represents SAPCA as a member of UK Trade & Investment's Global Sports Projects Sector Advisory Group.
Outside work, Chris is a Governor at Telford Junior School in Leamington Spa, and enjoys tennis, cycling and trying to keep fit. In 2005 he ran the London Marathon in support of SAPCA's official charity, ParalympicsGB.
