Sunnyhills Holiday Programmes

My name is Gabriel Hernandez and I’m the head coach for Sunnyhills tennis club, located in the Pakuranga, Auckland area.

At Sunnyhills we decided to change our approach to holiday programmes, opting to reach out to our community and offer more for our members and non-members. We put some ideas together and decided to combine multiple sports within our programme, both at the club and at other sports locations. We also introduced some Spanish language lessons for a portion of the day.

We’ve run this format over the past couple of years and it’s fair to say it has been extremely successful, not only as it allows kids get to try different sports, like basketball and football, but it is also fantastic for own staff, our young assistants as well as a few native Spanish speakers in our coaching staff.

Although the goal is for kids to join our club tennis programs, we’re trying to offer an alternative during the school holidays for the local kids and parents alike. Balance, options and choice are important for kids at this age.

We are proud of our Hot Shots Community play programme which is run throughout the year, as well as adults coaching options. These programmes are at the core of our club community, allowing the entire family to enjoy activity at our club. Our coaching team are a big part of our ability to grow our programs. Cayla McInroy is a promising young coach that has recently completed her JDC course run by Tennis New Zealand. Congratulations Cayla

We ran a successful community Open Day at the beginning of this year to make up for missing out on Love Tennis in 2021, due to lockdown restrictions. We look forward to being part of Love Tennis this year 2022.