the junior "activities" committee

​The Junior “Activities” Committee is tasked with expanding junior grass roots tennis in the province.

Currently in line with the Terms of Reference all the main competitions are to be under the Junior Activities Committee. It is tasked with expanding existing competitions and developing new ones. This would be mainly focused on beginners and normal Club players and Tournaments for them. These should be graded in conjunction with being run by age. The focus is on fun & social outcomes while staying active.

This committee would also cover Coaching & Camps for Beginners, Club players/recreational Players. Effectively the “Tennis for Life Stream”. Tennis Ireland coordination is with National Competitions Manager & CEO. Munster Tennis Competitions Manager & Administration Manager supports the committee. TCI to shortly nominate representative to committee.

The Junior Development Stream/Performance Committee is tasked with driving activities for advanced players/the Top players or players with significant potential, ensuring there are adequate competitions and squads for these players within the province and it would also be tasked with selecting and supporting the various Munster Junior Teams. This is the Tennis Development Stream.
This committee would also be responsible for the top end of the “Junior Pathway”.

TCI to shortly nominate representative to committee.
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Tennis Ireland coordination is with Munster Performance Officer, TI Performance Director & CEO. Munster Tennis Competitions Manager & Administration Manager supports the committee.

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we play a key role in junior tennis

• Organises Junior Match plays at Regional and Provincial level for Junior players during the Winter - one series in November and one series in February/March
• Oversees and facilitates Junior Competitions for Primary Schools, Secondary Schools, in all age groups
• Selects and co-ordinates Junior Interprovincial Teams
• Supports Junior Rankings
• Squad Development - Junior Squads, both development and performance squads are set up in the three main regions in the province, Limerick, Waterford and Cork.
• Children from the ages of 6 to 16 form part of these squads and training sessions run from 2 to 6 hours depending on the age/standard of the players
• Provides Tennis 10’s Competition throughout the region
• Oversees all of the Junior Open Tournaments which provides great opportunities for competitive participation in the sport

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DEVELOPING THE STARS OF THE FUTURE!

​Performance tennis is alive and well in Munster.  We have 150 children in our performance program between regional and provincial squads. In our recent regional matchplays we had 198 entries, one of our highest entries ever.  Our players compete provincially, nationally and internationally, representing Ireland abroad.  

Our performance program caters for players from under 8 to under 18.  We have many potential stars in Munster performance tennis and we look forward to seeing them flourish in the future.
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start them young, keep them keen!

Tennis is a family sport as parents can play children and siblings can play each other and learning to play tennis can begin as soon as a child can hold a racquet.  Tennis offers all the same great health benefits to children as to adults, including :

• aerobic fitness
• speed
• leg strength
• gross and fine motor control
• agility
• dynamic balance
• coordination and flexibility
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Tennis clubs offer a safe environment for children to spend time. Stringent child protection measures are in place at all clubs for those with any access to children. It is also a physically safe sport, with very low risk of injury compared with other popular sports.  

Tennis camps and competitions help children to develop their game, stay fit, make new friends and learn about healthy competition and fair play.  As tennis is played equally by and between the sexes, it gives children and young people a chance to mix with boys and girls of their own age and teaches them that sport is not male dominated.

The ITF Play and Stay coaching technique is now widely used in Ireland to make learning tennis easy and enjoyable for children using shorter racquets, low compression balls and smaller courts. The system’s emphasis is on playing and enjoying the game rather than perfecting technique, from day one. See useful links here for further information.

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Child Protection

Stay And Play

Tennis Xpress

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the junior events

• ​Interprovincials – Munster u14 & u18 Teams compete each year against the best players in Ireland
• Junior Open Tournaments – 18 Tournaments
• Junior Summer Cups – 32 teams, 13 clubs, 192 participants
• Regional and Provincial Match Plays, Winter and Spring – Over 300 participants
• Secondary Schools Competition – 90 teams, 41 schools 360 participants
• Primary Schools Competition – 37 teams, 23 schools, 148 participants
• Junior Squad Coaching – 3 Regions, 3 Terms, 5 Age Groups, over 100 participants
• Tennis 10’s Events – Over 30 events, Over 500 entrants

Schools Tennis

coaching

​Over 90% of clubs in the Province of Munster run junior coaching programmes. These programmes facilitate all levels of children and are made possible through the assistance of the Tennis Ireland Licensed Coaches in tandem with the clubs junior committees. All players are encouraged to participate in club friendly's, Tennis 10's events and junior opens which take place through out the calendar year.

To find a Tennis Club near you, please click the button below.

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appropriate competition

​In most clubs, children would firstly enter into internal club run competitions in order to partake in playing activities. Following on from this Tennis 10's events (U8 - U10) are available throughout the province which give the children the opportunity to play with other children of a similar standard.

This playing opportunity is available and suitable for all children learning how to play the game. There is also a calendar of tournaments that are available for children from U10 to U18 years old.