Jul 30, 2026 · 20 min · 8 segments
In this episode I discuss the importance of junior club and team tennis. It offers kids a different perspective on tennis very different than a tournament would. I discuss my club Scarborough and the…
Rick WillsmoreHost
So Pennant Tennis just means you're playing for a team, you're playing for the club that I'm at, which is Scarborough Tennis Club, and you play against clubs all over Perth and compete in your division to try to win the premiership.
And around the world, I'm sure there's similar, but different variations on what this actually means.
So now as a club coach, 19 years ago, I got the contract to become club coach at Scarborough Tennis Club.
One is to build a participation program for kids from three years old right up adults and everything in between.
The second thing is my job as a club coach is to convert players who are at the level to come across to the club side, which means join as a member of the club.
So the club makes money from memberships and then they represent the tennis club against all the other teams, all the other clubs.
And so, depending on your level and your UTR rating, the players will be put in a specific division, whether it's Div 1, it can be up to Div 12 in the popular age groups, and you play out the season, maybe it's 14 weeks normally in summer, plus finals.
So Pennant Tennis just means you're playing for a team, you're playing for the club that I'm at, which is Scarborough Tennis Club, and you play against clubs all over Perth and compete in your division to try to win the premiership.
And around the world, I'm sure there's similar, but different variations on what this actually means.
So now as a club coach, 19 years ago, I got the contract to become club coach at Scarborough Tennis Club.
One is to build a participation program for kids from three years old right up adults and everything in between.
The second thing is my job as a club coach is to convert players who are at the level to come across to the club side, which means join as a member of the club.
So the club makes money from memberships and then they represent the tennis club against all the other teams, all the other clubs.
And so, depending on your level and your UTR rating, the players will be put in a specific division, whether it's Div 1, it can be up to Div 12 in the popular age groups, and you play out the season, maybe it's 14 weeks normally in summer, plus finals.
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