2018 has been a successful, and unsuccessful, year for the Senior A team winning both traditional fixtures against prominent Auckland tennis schools Auckland Grammar and Westlake Boys’ High School. Unfortunately we lost on count back to a good Timaru Boys’ team in relation to qualifying for Nationals.

In 2018 tennis on a Wednesday administered Canterbury Secondary School, has been an ongoing challenge. Moving groups of boys across Christchurch at 2.30 pm has proved problematic and at times unmanageable. Teachers are no longer in a position to supervise and manage boys at this time and it is also more common now that both parents are working and unavailable. Commitment and communication from the boys is an on-going issue.

In 2019 we are looking to employ Te Kura Pro Coach Hugo Nurse-Strange to run an in-house ladder competition on a Wednesday afternoon at Te Kura. If we were to get a lot of interest we would look at running another ladder in the evening as well.

The School would also like to promote Hugo’s Coaching to all CBHS students. This is user pays and will be on a Wednesday morning or when it suits your son and Hugo.

Hugo Nurse-Strang
Head Coach
Te Kura/Hagley Park Tennis Club.
E. coach@tkhptennis.nz
P. 022 6460617

Coaching - Senior A, Extended squad

We are really proud to announce that CBHS Old Boy James Meredith (2003-2007) will be coaching our Senior A team in 2019. James and his brother Tim are passionate about CBHS tennis and during their time at school Christchurch Boys’ High School was one of the best schools in New Zealand. The Senior A squad will consist of the top 6- 10 players who the school will select on club tennis rankings and interest. Coaching will be on a Wednesday morning between 7:00 am – 8.30am at Te Kura.

James Meredith Credentials:

Current NZ Open Doubles Champion
Travelling NZ Coach with the Tennis New Zealand High performance Director
Canterbury Tennis Regional Coach
Cashmere Tennis Head Coach

Dates for Senior A’s in 2019

Thursday the 7th of February, possibly a SISS qualifying tournament

TBC SISS – Tournament

Sunday the 24th – 28th Grammar, Westlake Exchange.

Nationals TBC: These are going to be split into a championship and a cup (Please see letter from New Zealand Tennis).

Parent Committee

We would like to get a small group of parents together to form a parent committee to drive tennis at CBHS. A primary focus will be on fundraising to alleviate the costs to parents and make tennis accessible to all.

Expressions of interest for these 2019 tennis initiatives proposed would be greatly appreciated, please fill out this online form.

Thank you for your patience,

Guy Ferguson