Beckenham Tennis Club

Junior sessions run in Term 3&4 2026 and Term 1 2027. Registrations for the season are open. Please see details under Membership here.

Hotshots (Junior Beginner Tennis Programme) 2026/27

Hot Shots : Learning tennis skills, having fun!

Term 3 & 4 dates: 12th September - 12th December 2026

Term 1 dates: 13th February to 3rd April 2026

There will be no lessons sessions on the following dates:

October 4th and 11th 2026 (Term 3 school holidays)

24th October 2026 (Labour weekend)

14th November 2026 (Canterbury Anniversary weekend)

There are 3 sessions for Hotshots held on a Saturday during term time:

RED BALL: 5 to 7 year olds, 9.15am to 10am

ORANGE BALL: 8 to 10 year olds, 10am to 10.45am

GREEN BALL: 10 years plus. 10.45am to 11.30am

Important Dates for Interclub Players

Junior interclub players have one coaching session per week either on a Monday, Tuesday or Friday between 4.30pm - 6.30pm.

Team Trials: Please contact our coach Joelene Feneon at jfeneon@outlook.com for any enquiries.

Junior coaching: Starts week of the 12th October 2026

Restarts week of 9th February 2026 and runs until the week of the 15 March 2027.

Junior interclub starts: 

Pre Christmas 16 - 17 October to 11 - 12 December 2026

Post Christmas 29 - 39 January to 19 - 20 March 2027

Junior Club Champs: Date for March 2027 TBC

Start times for Interclub matches on Saturdays:

8.30am Girls and Boys 10 & under and most 12 & under.

10.30am Girls and Boys 14 & under and Girls and Boys Open.

Membership 2026/27 Season

There are two membership categories:

• HotShots  for younger children aged 5 years + who are just beginning to learn to play
• Juniors  (19 years and under) which covers children / young adults who are capable of playing in teams, and receive one coaching session each week. 

Details of membership fees are here: Membership

The Interclub competition

The club participates as a team in the Interclub competition organised by Canterbury Tennis. Junior and Intermediate tennis are mostly played on Friday evenings/Saturday mornings, at venues around Christchurch. All information on the competition can be found on the Tennis Canterbury website: www.tenniscanterbury.org/

Cancellations

For interclub match cancellations: https://www.facebook.com/TennisCanterbury/

For coaching cancellations visit: https://www.facebook.com/BeckenhamTennisClubNZ

Getting involved

Please go to the Membership page to register.

Access fob for parents

For parents of junior players, the club allows access to the courts for play without requiring a full senior membership. This provides access for one year.

Account name: Beckenham Tennis Club

Account number: 02-0828-0022437-00

Reference: child's name

Annual Cost: $100 Any enquiries to Junior Administrator

beckenhamtennis@gmail.com

Once your payment has been confirmed, your access fob will be left in an envelope on the counter at the Club for you to collect when you next drop your junior off for their session. For times to collect outside of this, there is usually play on a Saturday afternoon from 1 - 4pm or club coaches there in the afternoons and early evening during Term 1 & 4.

Junior Contact