Meet the Team
The Love Tennis Champions are a team of passionate and skilled individuals. This added level of support has been initiated to drive and promote the Love Tennis Campaign. This amazing team will work collaboratively with your club, your region and Tennis NZ to contribute their expertise to specific areas working nationally to ensure Love Tennis runs smoothly and effectively.
| Schools Champion Mel Stratford lovetennis@tennis.kiwi |
School engagement. Coordinating and connecting club/coach to schools for visits and promotion. Providing relevant marketing materials. Ensuring safe, positive school relationships through Love Tennis.
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| Community Champion Rebecca Hellberg-Walker (Bex) rebecca@tennis.kiwi |
Local community outreach. Build relationships with local groups and organisations to increase club community involvement and boost event attendance.
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| Social Media Champion Melissa McDonnell melissa@tennis.kiwi |
Digital promotion. Collaborate with Tennis NZ to plan and share engaging content across social media. Ensuring regional and club platforms align with national social/promotion.
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| Coach Champion Jono Spring jono@tennis.kiwi |
Coach involvement. Work with club coaches to showcase their role in Love Tennis, promote best practices, and highlight coaching pathways, to the benefit of both club and coach business.
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| Youth Champion Ben Bridle ben@tennis.kiwi |
Youth engagement. Encourage youth to participate and lead in the campaign, providing ideas and opportunities to be part of the planning and promotion of Love Tennis. Support club youth to understand how their voices and energy can be central to the event.
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| Volunteer Champion Ali Telford ali@tennis.kiwi |
Volunteer support. Help clubs recruit, organise, and appreciate volunteers, sharing the workload to involve the wider club as a team. Providing tips, ideas and volunteer engagement opportunities.
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