St. Heliers Tennis Club has an active coaching programme for Adults and Juniors of all ages and abilities, run by Advantage Tennis. Our long time resident coach, Rachel Clark is very experienced in all types of coaching, and is supported by a great team of coaches, bringing a combination of fun, learning and experience to the courts.
Sarah Wardenburg heads our high performance junior programmes, and is the main coach for privates, and bootcamps.
We also welcome onboard fulltime Hilary Woodham, an experienced coach who is involved in all areas of coaching, but will lead the junior programme. She's an awesome addition to provide a more balanced programme.
HEAD COACH: Rachel Clark: 021 503 320
PRIVATES & SQUADS: Sarah Wardenburg 021 255 1396
- our popular adult TENNIS FIT - Mondays/ Thursdays/Saturday
- Adult PointPlay sessions - Mondays and Thursdays 7:30-8:30pm (summer terms only)
- ADULT beginner and refresher sessions every WEDNESDAY NIGHT
- MUMS CLUB – Mondays and Thursdays 9:30-10:30am
- year round popular JUNIOR GROUP SESSIONS
- JUNIOR HIGH PERFORMANCE SQUAD PROGRAMME
- JUNIOR HOLIDAY PROGRAMMES
- TODDLER TENNIS - Fridays
- TEACHER ONLY DAY PROGRAMMES FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS
- individual or shared lessons to fast track your improvement
- proshop for restring service/ grips etc. We have the expertise to fit you into your next racket!
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SUMMER 2024/2025 WEEKLY TIMETABLE (THIS IS TO BE CONFIRMED)
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Rachel leads all the coaching at SHTC, through Advantage Tennis. She has been Head coach and business owner for over 20 years |
Sarah has recently come on board as a full time coach at SHTC after completing her Junior coach development course through Tennis NZ. Sarah heads our high performance junior programmes, is the main coach for privates, and bootcamps. Sarah also spent 4 years living and playing competitive tennis in the USA on a college scholarship and is currently competing at a high level, currently ranked as an S2, D3. Sarah's favourite thing to coach is the serve! |
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Ben has been a coach at SHTC since 2019, starting with holiday clinics, junior coaching, feeding Senior tennis fit and now taking private lessons as well. Ben has also won our Men's Singles Club Champs twice, doubles once and mixed doubles three times. His favourite thing to teach is backhands.
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Alex Started coaching at SHTC back in 2020. She is a legend with our youngest players and likes to coach everything, especially volleys and variations of fruit salad. |
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Connor has been a coach at SHTC since 2018, coaching at holiday clinics and Junior sessions. |
Mike feeds our senior tennis fit. Mike's favoruite drill is short ball coming in. Make sure not to lob on his court. |
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Jordan Roberts Hot shots Coach |
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Rob is our club President, Tennis Fit feeder and an interclub player. Rob's top tip is to move your feet.
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