Two families taking part in a parent and child doubles fun challenge

What’s On

Easter Holidays 2024

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Learn to play Pickleball with your friends (ages 12-17)

Wednesday 10th April, 10-12:00

Pickleball is one of the fastest-growing sports in the world and is a fun, accessible sport played with paddles and plastic balls in a smaller court. There is no overarm serve and matches are played in doubles format. On the day, we will set up temporary Pickelball courts and will run a quick-fire mix-around event, with young people playing against each other on rotation. There will be the opportunity for them to play with and against their friends.

We hope that they enjoy this opportunity to try out a new sport, which is similar to tennis, but also has some key differences. We will teach them the rules of the game.

Cost – £16

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Tennis Leaders Course – fantastic leadership and volunteering opportunity (ages 12-17)

Friday 12th April, 10-14:00

LTA Youth Tennis Leaders is an exciting leadership programme for young people aged 12 to 18, whatever their tennis ability. The benefits are huge: many tennis leaders have gone on to enjoy careers in tennis or sport and improved their life skills; parents have fed back that their children have grown in confidence, made friends, found their voice and discovered a love for teaching. As a coach, knowing you are supporting the development of young people is a commitment to be proud of.

The programme is accredited by the Leadership Skills Foundation who have worked with the LTA to ensure the core leadership skills of communication, self-belief, teamwork, self-management and problem solving are embedded throughout the learning. The programme is an excellent leadership pathway for tennis, sport and beyond.

Tennis leaders receive a certificate for completing the course and a workbook to refer back to. Everyone who attends the course is encouraged to follow up their learning by volunteering within our junior coaching programme. Many young people have followed this route and have ended up with a paid Saturday / school holiday job as a result.

Cost – £25

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Fun Days (ages 6-12)

Thursday 11th April, 10-12:00 and 13-15:00

Children are welcome to attend either or both sessions. Fun Days are a great way for the children to play the games that we generally don’t have the time for during the regular coaching programme, e.g. Prisoners, Around the World, Skittles, Tennis Cricket and Tennis Volleyball!

Cost – £16 per session

Tennis Leaders’ Course

Friday 12th April, 10-14:00

LTA Youth Tennis Leaders is an exciting leadership programme for young people aged 12 to 18, whatever their tennis ability. The benefits are huge: many tennis leaders have gone on to enjoy careers in tennis or sport and improved their life skills; parents have fed back that their children have grown in confidence, made friends, found their voice and discovered a love for teaching. As a coach, knowing you are supporting the development of young people is a commitment to be proud of.

The programme is accredited by the Leadership Skills Foundation who have worked with the LTA to ensure the core leadership skills of communication, self-belief, teamwork, self-management and problem solving are embedded throughout the learning. The programme is an excellent leadership pathway for tennis, sport and beyond.

Tennis leaders receive a certificate for completing the course and a workbook to refer back to. Everyone who attends the course is encouraged to follow up their learning by volunteering within our junior coaching programme. Many young people have followed this route and have ended up with a paid Saturday / school holiday job as a result.

Cost – £25

Solent Cup 2024

Saturday 13th April, 11:00

Come along and watch as the Ladies’ and Men’s winning teams from the Southampton and Portsmouth Winter Leagues compete to become the Solent Champion. 

Club Championships 2024

From May, our popular annual Club Championships will be held, with events for Men’s and Ladies’ singles and doubles, as well as mixed doubles. Entry is open to all members aged 16+ and entries close on 21st April.

Finals will take place over the week of 21st and 22nd September. The singles finals take place on the Saturday afternoon, with doubles staring from the Sunday morning.

Play your way to Wimbledon

Saturday 20th April, 13:00

Play Your Way To Wimbledon gives players an opportunity to follow in their heroes’ footsteps and compete for the title at Wimbledon! The first event is held locally with us, with the winners progressing to the county finals, held in Southsea. The winners of that event then get the chance to play in the national finals at Wimbledon!

Booking is easiest via the Customer Portal / App. Direct links are available as follows:

Girls’ Singles 14 & under (born 2010-14) – https://www.thinksmartsoftwareuk.com/ocr/lesson_booking.php?t=eCcT8SxQN3kLV2E1FFY91A%3D%3D&u=gp%2BBNYHO8JWbO0GTFMcx2w%3D%3D&p_id=6&c=413
Boys’ Singles 14 & under (born 2010-14) – https://www.thinksmartsoftwareuk.com/ocr/lesson_booking.php?t=eCcT8SxQN3kLV2E1FFY91A%3D%3D&u=gp%2BBNYHO8JWbO0GTFMcx2w%3D%3D&p_id=6&c=414
Boys’ Doubles 18 & under (born 2006-09) – https://www.thinksmartsoftwareuk.com/ocr/lesson_booking.php?t=eCcT8SxQN3kLV2E1FFY91A%3D%3D&u=gp%2BBNYHO8JWbO0GTFMcx2w%3D%3D&p_id=6&c=415

All events can also be seen in one place here – https://www.thinksmartsoftwareuk.com/ocr/schedule_view.php?c=602ECD996437D&p_id=6&t=tennisbiz&set=yes.

For the Boys’ Doubles event, participants will need to already be in a pair. Please enrol as an individual, but include a note under student’s details with the name of their partner.

Cost – £15 per event

Entry deadline – 14th April