Senior Coaching
Head coach Stu Chalmers
Stu Chalmers comes to Waimairi with a wealth of experience in the Tennis industry.
A career coach since 1991, he was the club coach at Burwood Park Tennis Club for seven years, and he is a former Regional Coach for Canterbury Tennis (1998-2005). In tandem with Glenn Wilson, Stu oversaw one of the more successful periods in the region’s junior history culminating in 2004 with Canterbury players claiming 6 of 12 National titles.
He has coached two players to National singles titles, Ellen Barry in 2001 and Alice Laing in 2004 and has seen a large number of his players go on to forge strong careers in the U.S. College system.
He is a trained Teacher at Secondary level and has also been at the forefront of Coach Education for a number of years, indeed the bulk of the junior coaches at the club have been part of his training.
As a member of Tennis New Zealand’s coachforce team, he was a co-author of the “Grasshopper” National mini-tennis programme, which has seen Tennis promoted and adopted in Schools across the country.
He has authored a number of resources for coaches, is a former National selector and after a brief career change in Football (a current member of the Mainland Football board) returns to Tennis.
For all private coaching enquiries, contact Stu Chalmers on 03 313 5406 or 021 2286772
E-mail: waimairitennis@xtra.co.nz
