1) To promote tennis, increase media ex-

posure of tennis, increase the number of

affiliated clubs and registered players in

Ireland and standardise procedures,

rankings & ratings.

2) To increase the number of people

playing the game and to increase the

membership of clubs: Currently

Official Club membership numbers in

2015 are approximately 60,000.

3) Extra 12k players & €4m for Tennis

-Extra income for Clubs av sub €200 = €2.4m

-Plus extra income for coaches =€1.6m

Options:-

1) Review the Club Development Plan on the website & adopt to suit your Clubs needs & implement

2) Contact your RDO for advice, arrange a Club visit to gain Committee support for formulating a 1 page plan & strengthen leadership

“More Players, More Income, More Fun” “WITH YOUR SUPPORT”

C l u b D e v e l o p m e n t P l a n K e y T h e m e s

Dublin City University

Glasnevin

Dublin 9

Phone: 00-353- (0) 1 8844010

C l u b D e v e l o p m e n t P l a n M e n u o f K e y A c ti o n s

- T o I m p r o v e C l u b P r o g r a m m e

10 weeks free coaching

Open Days

ITN Rating

Juvenile Jamborees

Internal Leagues

Club Nights

Parks Tennis

Serve & Slice- Friday morning tournament 9am to 12pm

Junior club night

Halloween, Easter, Xmas parties

Summer Trip

Junior & Juvenile Regional Performance

Academy

School holiday camps

Junior & adult external league

Tennis 10s tournaments

Cardio Tennis

Miss Hits Tennis Fit

Obesity / healthy living programme

Enjoy Tennis Programme

Junior and Juvenile coaching

Junior tournaments & recreational play

Club Championships

Captain’s Day Event

Social & Fundraising

Members Charity & Fundraising

P a r t i c i p a t i o n & C l u b D e v e l o p m e n t P l a n

T e n n i s I r e l a n d

TEAM MEMBERS:

Eugene Bergin, Robert Cummins,

William O'Reilly, Roger Geraghty,

Peter Farrell, Lauren Smythe,

Garrett Barry, Conor O'Callaghan,

Tara Congdon, Olwyn O’Toole &

George Lucas

Strengthen the Club structure to support development- roles/refresh/link to monthly committee meeting & minutes, reporting & accountability

Improve Communication with members and

non-members to promote tennis locally through website, e-zines, emails, Facebook, twitter, etc. Register for Clubmark quality programme to

grow and maintain participation in tennis at your Club Develop a Club Academy to link Talent ID–

TI Player Pathway to DCU & US Colleges. Find out what is available in local grants to

develop your club facilities & programmes Enter the Tennis Ireland Club of the Year Competition- Provincial & Tennis Ireland- Winner & Runner-Up Attend and Engage at Forums to Share and Learn Good Practice & Topics of Interest. Increase the number of Tennis Ireland Coaches at Tennis Ireland Level 1, 2 & 3. The Club Coaching programme must support membership growth and the Tennis Director must be integrated into the management of the Club with the coaches income objectives aligned to the profitability of the Club. Ratings & Rankings- Players can find out how to get an ITN rating at http://www.tennisireland.ie/userfiles/File/Database/73-Tennis%20Ireland%20International%20Tennis%20Number.PDF Use Tennis Ireland supporting material- Tennis Ireland Club Development Plan, Marketing Toolkit, Open Day templates, etc.

Participation & Club Development Supports Tennis

Ireland Strategy

To download the Tennis Ireland Strategy

please see website .

Seek to depict some money reinvested as

income rises or costs reduce to retain and attract

new members through enhanced programmes

To download the template Club

Development Strategy above and adopt for your

own Club please see website .

To download a template Club Development Plan

and adopt for your own Club see website.

To review a menu of programme options to add to

your Club Development Plan as key actions please

see back page of this leaflet and website.

What Options are there to Develop my Club?

Develop a 1 Page Club Development Plan Sub-Committees

Development

Communication &

Tournaments & Leagues

Social & Fundraising

Court Booking & IT

Membership Growth &

Programme & Sponsorship

TI Strategic

Themes

More Income

for Clubs

More Talent ID Support

for Club Programme

More Players,

More Fun

Corporate

Governance

and Financial

Sustainability

- Communica-

tions Strategy –

Internal &

External

Support the development

an ITF Top 100

world ranked

player through

performance

tennis & player

pathway

Increase the number of

people playing

tennis and

increase member-

ship of clubs

through

participation and

club development.

Top 100 Player encourages more participation

Increase Club Membership by 20% by 2020