OC Fitness Sponsored Athlete
Paul Knox- Real Tennis
Tournament Round Opponent Result Quarter Finalist Seigneur, Marc, Woodman, David 4/6 6/5 6/5 Quarter Finalist Sayers, Bryn 6/2 6/2 6/1 Winner Weaver, Tom 6/5 6/3 Finalist Dodgson, Josh, Weaver, Tom 6/3 6/3 Winner Chapman, Chris 6/1 1/6 6/2 Last 16 McNaughtan, Rod 3/6 4/6 6/2 4/2 ret. Last 16 Woodman, David, Jones, Dan 6/2 6/4 0/6 6/5
OC Fitness is proud to announce they are officially sponsoring Real Tennis player Paul Knox. Some of you may not be familiar with the game of real tennis, or court tennis. For more information on the game please look at http://www.irtpa.com where you can find all the information about Paul and the other professionals of the game.
Paul started playing the game at school aged 13 but it was not until 16 when he started to take the game more seriously. He then went to University at Loughborough and turned professional after University where he took up his first post under Chris Ronaldson, 3-time world champion, at Radley College.
He stayed there for a year and since then Paul has been working in Bordeaux in his first head-professional post. An experience no one could turn down, he is now returning to the UK to concentrate on his playing career and will come under the training guidance of Ollie of OC Fitness and Chris Ronaldson
Paul is British Under 24 open champion who has also made it on numerous occasions into the top 8 in the men’s Open tournaments. In the coming 18 months his aim is to make it to his first senior Open final and to cement his place in the top 4 of the world rankings. In partnership with OC Fitness this dream could become a reality. Paul’s improvement in fitness levels and strength became apparent in 2009, when after 3 months of solid training with OC Fitness he made it to the quarterfinals of the US Professionals Singles 2009. He narrowly lost out on a place in the semi-finals. In that tournament everyone was commenting on his strength and fitness on court and how he looked ‘different’. His body had changed and his game had vastly improved.
Over the coming months Paul will be training with the World Championships in mind in 2012. He will focus on his strength and his ability to endure the sometimes 2 hour (often longer) games; it’s not an easy sport to train for due to the technical and mental elements which makes the game unique. As his training goes on we will update you on his progress and his tournament results. This exceptionally talented sportsman has big ambitions and with OC Fitness behind him he will succeed!
For more information on how you can become a sponsored athlete or for more information on sport specific training please contact OC Fitness:
Email: Ollie@ocfitness.co.uk
Mobile: 07779 991354
Landline: 01235 548565
For information on Sports Therapy at OC Fitness please contact:
Emily@ocfitness.co.uk
