As a direct result of a grant received from NZ Community Trust and some hard work by our coaching team Huatoki Tennis Club has achieved everything we had anticipated and more.

We provide group coaching for adults and juniors at our own club and at 5 other, mainly small country clubs around Taranaki. We offer all the Tennis NZ national coaching and fitness programmes as well as individual coaching lessons. We also run squad training for our more advanced players.

We have taken Tennis-in-schools to 10 schools throughout Taranaki with more scheduled for later in the year; these have been very well received and have contributed to the increase in membership experienced by the clubs we work in. Many of these new members, both adult and junior, are totally new to tennis. Our own club alone has seen an increase in membership of approximately 30%.

We have also hosted several community groups including Whanau Pakari, YMCA children and a Girl Guides NZ Brownie pack; these have been enjoyed by all with very positive feedback received.

We are running a winter coaching programme which we have never been able to do before and this is proving very popular with adults and juniors alike.

Our coach has managed very successful tournaments in both North and South Taranaki and will be coaching and travelling with Taranaki players leading up to and during the next tournament season.

 Huatoki Tennis Club acknowledge and thank New Zealand Community Trust for the support and funding provided to us, without which many of these very successful outcomes would not have been possible.