article_snippet: Chief Michael Downey finally unveiled Chief Michael Downey vision for the governing body, and in budgetary terms the big winner will be those people involved in marketing the sport and trying to get more people playing the sport.
article_snippet: Chief Michael Downey reaffirmed the LTA's laudable, broad policy of building the game from the bottom up by concentrating on participation and talked through a range of worthy and sensible measures to help achieve this.
article_snippet: Not that Chief Michael Downey, the former head of Tennis Canada who was appointed 18months ago, pulled all of his punches in presenting the latest of what have hitherto been doomed long-term plans for the British game.
article_snippet: Chief Michael Downey has unveiled Chief Michael Downey long term strategy to rejuvenate the British game . '
article_snippet: Downey asserted that Downey was looking at the 'meat and potatoes' issues, rather than eyecatching initiatives.
article_snippet: Downey was unrepentant about cuts to the performance side of the game and funding for lower ranked players, pointing out that the average entry age into the world's top 100 is 21 for men and 20 for women.
article_snippet: (Downey presented his ideas to his in Glasgow two weeks ago and was impressed by his interest.).