Balmacewen Tennis Club

Mixed Doubles Club Champs:

Entries need to be in by 5pm on Friday 12th April 2024 and then we will have a draw. You will have 10 days to play your round either at the club or Edgar Centre by arrangement with the first pair drawn having responsibility to arrange. It will be seeded based on average rankings if you have one. It will be best of three sets with the third a super tie breaker, first to 10 points but 2 clear.

You can register yourself and a partner will be found for you. It's all about having fun plus being competitive.

Entries please to Rick by email: rickscoaching@yahoo.co.nz 
Entry is now free. Just need to supply your own balls. Door charge fee applies at the Edgar Centre.
Closing date for entries is 5pm 12th April 2024.

Senior Club Champs. Held on Saturday the 3rd and Sunday the 4th of February 2024. 33 matches played. Click here for the finalists and winners.

Junior, Student and Adult Coaching.  Click here for more information

Mixed Social Student and Adult combined 

Winter Social Tennis

Starting Tuesday 16th April until 24th September 2024. Tuesdays 6-8pm Edgar Centre and Sundays from 3-5pm at the club. If wet it maybe at the Edgar Centre. Door charge fee applies at the Edgar Centre.

Organised Doubles play for Adult and Students Combined. Interclub and Beginner players combined and balls are provided. Bar open.

Organised on the night with balls included. Bar open afterwards. We will try to arrange those who are there in combinations so that players of different abilities have good competitive matches.

Please come along and play before you decide to join or you can contact Sarah Stevenson info@balmactennis.co.nz , phone 034640378. Good tennis skills are needed.

Join our WhatsApp Social Tennis Messenger.  App Store and Android. The Group is called Balmac TC Social Tennis. Receive updates on Social Tennis. Ask for the link.

Pickle Ball

Run on Sundays 1:30pm at the club through the winter. $10 per session. Organised by Mat Mc Cutcheon  with all gear provided. Come along and join in the fun.

matpickleball91@gmail.com

Club Captain & Coaching Captain

The Balmacewen Tennis Club needs your help if possible. Sarah Stevenson has decided, after 11 years of great service as the Club Administrator and Coaching Coordinator, to step down from the role. I'm sure you will agree Sarah has done a great job and we thank her very much. Sarah will still be helping the Club in other ways.

Starting in July, there are still two important roles that need to be filled at the Club, for which training will be provided. We are very lucky to already have volunteers looking after the Club's other important roles.

Two more volunteers are needed.

Club Captain: this involves, on average, four hours a week during the season and one hour per week off season. They are the Contact for the club. They will be familiar with the Membership options and liaising with all who help run the club.

Coaching Captain: this involves on average four hours a week during the season and one hour a week pre-season. They will be the Coaching Contact for the club. They help set up Coaching Groups, liaise with the Head Coach, and others who help run the club.

Benefits include meeting many different people, including the Club Committee, Club Members, Tennis Otago as well as the business and general community.

It is a worthwhile volunteering role in the community and a way of giving back, helping our Club.  Skills gained will be a useful addition to anyone's CV.

If you are interested please contact me at peter@balmactennis.co.nz in confidence. I have a more detailed Job Description I can send you.

Thank you

Peter Dick

Club President

Here are the current Committee Members

Court Information April 2024

The top Astroturf courts can be slippery after heavy rain, especially the BMW court far end where all the water drains away.  Sunshine dries them out quickly and then they are no longer slippery, but we haven't had much sunshine which is unusual. We are having all three courts professionally groomed in April.

The lower Plexipave hard courts have been cleaned but not completely. It is a big job and many voluntary hours have been spent so far on getting this far, thanks Peter E.