If you are keen to learn more about the great game of tennis, find yourself a club and a coach.
Before you know it you will be ready for Junior Interclub, and if you work hard and want to challenge yourself, play your first tournament and get yourself on New Zealand’s tennis ranking system.
Tennis WBOP JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT Pathway:
Tennis Western BOP’s mission is to create a nurturing junior pathway that provides opportunities for a junior player in the Western Bay of Plenty to play, compete and be successful in both tennis and life.
Top juniors in WBOP get the opportunity (by invitation) to join the Tennis WBOP Junior Development Pathway programme. The programme consists of 15 sessions per term – Development Squads, Representative Squads, and Fitness Conditioning Squads to uplift their tennis skills and exposure to match play. There are 8x Development Squads, 3x Representative Squads, 8x Speed & Conditioning sessions per term. This term’s development squads calendar for 2026:
| DAY | DATE | SQUAD | VENUE |
| Monday | 2 Feb | Development | Papamoa |
| Thursday | 5 Feb | S & Conditioning | TGA Domain |
| Sunday | 8 Feb | Representative | Papamoa |
| Monday | 9 Feb | Development | Papamoa |
| Thursday | 12 Feb | S & Conditioning | TGA Domain |
| Monday | 16 Feb | Development | Papamoa |
| Thursday | 19 Feb | S & Conditioning | TGA Domain |
| Sunday | 22 Feb | Representative | Papamoa |
| Monday | 23 Feb | Development | Papamoa |
| Thursday | 26 Feb | S & Conditioning | TGA Domain |
| Monday | 2 Mar | Development | Papamoa |
| Thursday | 5 Mar | S & Conditioning | TGA Domain |
| Monday | 9 Mar | Development | Papamoa |
| Thursday | 12 Mar | S & Conditioning | TGA Domain |
| Sunday | 15 Mar | Representative | Lawn TC |
| Monday | 16 Mar | Development | Papamoa |
| Thursday | 19 Mar | S & Conditioning | TGA Domain |
| Monday | 23 Mar | Development | Papamoa |
| Thursday | 26 Mar | S & Conditioning | TGA Domain |
JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT – GIRLS SQUADS:
WBOP GIRLS squads are FREE fun-orientated tennis get-togethers allowing girls/parents to get to know each other and build a supportive girls’ tennis community. Girls get 6x free squad sessions with one of our performance coaches, Luis Luna, in terms 2 and 3.
The Girls Squads sessions for Terms 2 & 3, 2026, will be listed here at a later stage.
Tennis Western BOP Junior Player Pathway (PDF version).