Junior Tennis

Hamilton Tennis Club has a strong and well established junior section, expertly led by coaches Brent Horobin (Head Coach), Di Burdett, (Performance Club Coach) and Laura Morley (Mini programme/Schools Coach). Our coaches are all fully  LTA qualified, licensed and CRB checked.  Our Junior section  is currently about 140 strong, and caters for juniors aged from 5 to 17 years. Our aim is to encourage as many youngsters as possible into the game and to equip them with the knowledge, skills and enthusiasm to achieve their tennis potential.  We reach out to juniors in the community through our annual Open Weekends and also run sessions at the local Primary Schools, together with a Schools Tournament for the primary age group.

All juniors receive ten weeks of Saturday summer coaching  and additional coaching is provided through week-long Coaching Camps, held four times over the year.  For our young starter Mini's, we run sessions in the Melton Leisure Centre. These sessions are ideal for anyone starting out and are always `FUN FILLED'. Children learn all the skills needed to play tennis, including movement, balance and coordination, in a warm and safe environment. We are also an LTA Mini & Junior Satellite accredited Club and run Junior Performance Squads throughout the year for our more committed Mini's and Juniors.

Sunday evening matchplay sessions from 5-7pm, supervised by the coaches, give the juniors valuable experience of more competitive tennis and develop their skills and understanding of the game. These popular sessions are open to all juniors from Orange Ball onwards and are the equivalent of the senior clubnights.

All our youngsters are encouraged to participate, along with their friends and parents, in most events on our Calendar, including Fun Days, Sports Days, Quizzes, Parent and Child Tournaments and our Annual Junior Tournament. Juniors are also free to practise when courts are available.

Each year we enter teams in the National Junior Club League to give our juniors the opportunity to enjoy competitive play. Currently three boys' teams are entered in the age groups 14,16 and 18 years and two girls teams in age groups 12 and under, and 18 and under. In addition, two teams are entered in the Junior Doubles league at 12 and under, and 15 and under.

For more information about the annual junior programme click here.
View/ download club rules and etquette (pdf file).

For any information or queries relating to our Mini / Junior section please contact:
Head Coach                                           Brent Horobin   07903046086
Performance Club Coach                    Di Burdett          07841380410 
Mini programme/Schools Coach       Laura Morley     07742249807.  
or call in to collect a membership form trom the Club during opening hours.

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