JUNIORS

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.

JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT:

Top juniors in WBOP get the opportunity (by invitation) to join the Junior Development Pathway programme. The programme consists of 15 sessions per term – Development Squads, Representative Squads, and Cardio Squads to uplift their tennis skills and exposure to match play. There are 8 Development Squads, 3 Representative Squads, 8 Cardio Squads this term. Term 2’s development squads calendar for 2025:

DAYDATESQUAD VENUE
Monday28 AprilDevelopmentPapamoa
Thursday1 MayCardioMount
Monday5 MayDevelopmentPapamoa
Thursday8 MayCardioMount
Monday12 MayDevelopmentPapamoa
Thursday15 MayCardioMount
Sunday18 MayRepresentativePapamoa
Monday19 MayDevelopmentPapamoa
Thursday22 MayCardioMount
Sunday25 MayRepresentativePapamoa
Monday26 MayDevelopmentPapamoa
Thursday29 MayCardioMount
Thursday5 JuneCardioMount
Monday9 JuneDevelopmentLawn
Thursday12 JuneCardioMount
Monday16 JuneDevelopmentPapamoa
Thursday19 JuneCardioMount
Sunday22 JuneRepresentativePapamoa
Monday23 JuneDevelopmentLawn

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 following Girls Squads are scheduled for Term 2, 2025:

  • Sunday, 4 May
  • Sunday, 8 June
  • Sunday, 22 June

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. Tennis Western BOP implemented the new Junior Player Pathway in Term 1, 2022.