Chris was first appointed Professional at Petworth in June 1988, after being trained from September 1982 by the late Brian Church at Cambridge, and then by Peter Dawes at Seacourt (Hayling Island), where he was Assistant Professional.

Chris's time at Petworth included magnificent tournament achievements during which time he became variously Open Singles Champion of Australia, France, the USA, and Great Britain, one of only 3 or 4 players to have achieved that. He was also Professional Singles Champion of Great Britain and the USA, and on top of that amazing haul, he accumulated 14 Open Doubles titles across the world. He was in the mix for the challenge on the world open singles title on numerous occasions between 1995 and 2005, and he was ranked
world no 2 to Rob Fahey for that period. He was also GB no1 ranked player from 1997 to 2005.

He is a dedicated teaching Professional who sets a high standard of technique and etiquette amongst his 400 or so members, and he is enthusiastic for their success at all levels of play. During his time at Petworth, court usage regularly exceeds 90% throughout the year.

Whilst at Petworth, Chris has trained as Assistant Professionals Adam Phillips (1990/92), Fergus Jenkins (1993/94), Martin Jones (1994/96), Mark Coghlan (1996/98), Nick Garnett (1998/2000), Tom Durack (from 2000), Lee Andrews (2004/5), and most recently Josh Dodgson (2009).

In July 2005, Chris decided to change direction after a very long stint at Petworth, and he joined a company which ran courses for European youngsters who wanted to come to England to learn how to play English sports.  His place at Petworth was taken by Holyport's Professional, Nick Wood. In March 2008, Nick was invited to become Head Professional at The Royal Tennis Court, and Chris quickly moved to fill his old position.

In his second period of office, now as Head Professional, Chris is no longer pursuing a career as a top level competition player. His main role at Petworth is the day to day management of the club, overseeing the maintaining and indeed improvement of the general playing standard of the membership, managing improvements to the fabric of the court and its ancillary facilities, working closely with Tom Durack (the club's Senior Professional).

Another important role is to develop a strong and vibrant youth sector.  Over the last three years, Chris has introduced four local preparatory schools to regular real tennis coaching. Several pupils and parents have already joined the club. This new club policy is seeing excellent results with several promising young players coming through; Charlie Braham has already become National Under 14 champion.

In May 2011, Chris began spending part of his time overseeing the day to day operations at Holyport. In order to maintain full Professional cover at Petworth, Josh Dodgson, who was already working part- time, was brought in to work full-time.

The combination of Chris's and Tom's experience, and Tom's and Josh's  potential as top players for the future presents members at PHTC with a well balanced team at the helm. It is our intention that PHTC members and visitors from all round the world will always receive a warm welcome and enjoy playing on one of the best courts in the world.