"My vision for next year is to continue working hard and to encourage more Junior participation at the Club outside of just tennis lessons...

As we know, the world has changed. Gone are the days where Juniors are so thrilled to become a member of a 'Tennis Club' that they spend every waking hour on the courts. We're now competing with the iPhone, Tablets, after-school clubs, gaming and much much more. We need to give our Juniors reasons to come down and get involved in this healthy sport.

To that end, I have 5 ideas to introduce to the Club over the next year:

1. The introduction of a New Junior Tennis Ladder to encourage competition and matchplay for all ages 🎾 

2. The reintroduction of a system to PROMOTE our top Juniors to be allowed to play with the Seniors during Senior Social time and Senior Team Practice. The aim here is to motivate our Juniors and over the long term, nurture them to be able to represent our GTC League Teams just as we have done with Shyam, Jibraan, Aaron and Pau. 

When ready, Juniors will be nominated for a "Senior Trial" to be conducted by our Club Team Captain. Our Captain will then decide if that Junior is ready to be promoted 💫

I recall that I FAILED my first trial at the tender age of 13. Suffice to say, I was not a very happy bunny! 🐰 But, it did make me work harder and that's what it's all about! 

3. An Annual Junior Summer Tournament (with prizes) 🏆

4. Entrance of an U16 Team into this year's Middx Winter League 

5. An Annual Junior Christmas party 🥳 (where everyone is invited!!)

I'm probably going to need your help with some of these as I'm sure many will tell you, admin work and certainly party planning, has never quite been my forte!!

In conclusion, I think that our Junior Section is doing really well and with the implementation of my "New 5 point plan," 🙂 we can do even better!" 

Jai