Our
Junior/ Intermediate segment is always
busy and is a vital part of our club. We
currently have around 20 Saturday morning
players (Beginners and Advanced
Beginners,) and 50
Junior Interclub players, making
up 9 interclub teams ranging from 10
and under to 18 and under.
Junior Coaching
We are very fortunate to have two coaches who
have coached and played tennis around the world.
Our head coach is Göran Gerdin. Göran
coaches all our Junior Interclub teams and has a
great deal of input on the direction of our
young players.
Robert Grundy is our Saturday morning coach, he
teams up with Göran at 9.00 am and then takes
the 10.00 am session.
Robert and Göran have introduced
Grasshopper Tennis to our club which has
been a great success. Both our coaches, as
well as having full-time employment
and young families of their own,
play interclub at a Premiere level .
Junior Events
Saturday
Morning Coaching
Kicks off at 9 am with
Beginners. Our Coaches use both
full size courts, and ‘Grasshoppper’
equipment which create a smaller court
area to suit the size and ability of
the younger children. At 10 am
we have an Advanced Beginners session.
These children are becoming quite
proficient and use the full size
courts and a variety of differing
pressured balls.
Interclub Coaching
Interclub coaching happens during the
week, Mon, Tues, Weds and Friday. Each
of our 9 teams has an individual coaching
session for one hour, as well as a second
combined session (with several teams) which
has an emphasis on playing games.
Annual
Events for Juniors/Intermed.
We have some really fun events throughout
the year aimed at our Junior players.
Because interclub is usually held on
Saturdays, our club tournaments
usually occur on Sundays, in the early
afternoon.
The Panaho Cup
Tournament happens Feb/March and is a
wonderful family event . To enter this
doubles Tournament children (junior
and intermediate players) simply need to be
members, they can play with a family member
or any adult (non- club members are fine!)
Or they can enter playing with another
Junior.
Junior/Intermediate Club Championships
Towards the end of summer we have our Junior
/Intermed. Club Champs this
tournament has singles, doubles
and mixed doubles. And is great way to
finish the season! No season would be
complete however, without a Junior/
Intermed.
Prizegiving these are usually held on a
Sunday afternoon when the interclub season
is complete, around the beginning of Term 2.
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