Terms 1 and 4 (Summer)
Tennis is one of the major summer sports at College, with teams in each division of the Canterbury Secondary Schools' Wednesday competition.
Boys practice at the Te Kura Hagley Park Tennis Club under the guidance of the Te Kura Hagley club's professional coach and his team. All tennis players have access to these coaches. The top tennis squads train at Wilding Park under the guidance of Canterbury coach Matt Meredith.
The Senior A team participates in provincial, South Island and national school championships. Top junior tennis players also have opportunities to play in annual interschool fixtures against Otago BHS.
House tennis takes place in Term 1 for juniors and Term 4 for seniors.
Master-in-Charge: Ben Vink – Venue: Te Kura Hagley Park Tennis Club
Training: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
Uniform: College tennis polo and white shorts
Recent Success
2022
- CSS Senior Championships – senior singles and Year 11 doubles title
- SISS Team Championships – runners up
- CSS Junior Championships – Year 9 singles & Year 10 doubles titles, runner up in Year 10 singles and Year 9 doubles
2021
- CSS Team Championships – 1st place
- NZSS Team Championships – 5th place
2020
- CSS & SISS Championships – 1st in both events, also 2nd team in SISS championships
- CSS Senior Championships – senior singles and doubles title
2019
- CSS Senior Championships – senior singles and doubles title, and Year 11 doubles title
- CSS Competition – winner of premier boys junior Years 9 and 10 grades
- SISS Team Championships – 1st place
- NZSS Team Championships – 3rd in New Zealand
2018
- CSS Team Championships – 1st place
- SISS Team Championships – 1st place
- NZSS Team Championships – 2nd in New Zealand
2017
- CSS Team Championships – 1st place
- SISS Team Championships – 1st place
- NZSS Team Championships – 4th place
2016
- CSS Team Championships – 1st place
- SISS Team Championships – 2nd place
- NZSS Team Championships – 5th place
2015
- CSS Team Championships – 1st place
- SISS Team Championships – 1st place
- NZSS Team Championships – 3rd place
Tennis Coaching Staff
Matt Meredith
A Squad Coach
Matt Meredith
A Squad Coach
Matt Meredith has been the Tennis Canterbury regional head coach, based at Wilding Park, since 2012. He was responsible for restarting the Tennis Canterbury player development programme after the 2011 earthquakes.
Matt is the coaching director at the Cashmere Tennis Club and coaches College’s A team. He was a Tennis New Zealand junior selector and travelling coach.
Matt was Tennis Canterbury Player of the Year in 2011, Coach of the Year in 2012, and High Performance Coach of the Year in 2014.
Hugo Nurse-Strang
A Squad Coach
Hugo Nurse-Strang
A Squad Coach
Hugo Nurse-Strang has been head coach at Te Kura Tennis Club since 2011, and has considerable experience coaching players of all ages at all stages. He aims to help players realise their potential and reach their goals, and creates an inspiring, competitive and fun coaching environment.
Hugo is also involved in Tennis Canterbury’s player development programme. He won the Coach of the Year award for the 2012–2013 season. Hugo and his team of coaches look after the College tennis club and provide coaching at the Hagley tennis courts as part of Te Kura Hagley Park Tennis Club.