Harbury Tennis Club

Harbury Tennis Club Harbury Tennis Club is a small and very welcoming Tennis Club formed in 1980 and located in rural South Warwickshire

Schools are nearly back and it’s time for the start of our tennis coaching programmes available to all!The Autumn Junior...
02/09/2026

Schools are nearly back and it’s time for the start of our tennis coaching programmes available to all!

The Autumn Junior and Adult Tennis Coaching at Harbury Tennis Club starts on Friday 4th September, 4.00pm to 7.00pm.

The sessions are delivered by the experienced team at Coolsportz, providing fun, friendly and engaging sessions for children of all abilities — from complete beginners through to more experienced young players as well as sessions just for adults.

Here’s a summary of the Friday sessions we offer:

🙋🏻‍♀️ 9:30am-10:30am, Ladies’ session with Lianne
🔴 4pm-5pm, Mini Reds (9 years and under)
🟠/🟢 5pm-6pm, Mini Orange/Green
⚫️ 6pm-7pm, Adults Beginners/Rusties

🌟 Tennis that's right for every age
Our sessions are designed around the age and ability of each group. We use age-appropriate courts, net heights and tennis balls so children can develop their skills at a pace that suits them.

For our youngest players, we use smaller courts, lower nets and softer, slower balls. This makes it easier for children to control the ball, build confidence and learn the fundamentals of tennis from the very beginning.

Sessions include:
🎾 Learning the basics of serving
🎾 Rallying and ball control
🎾 Developing movement and coordination
🎾 Learning simple scoring and match play
🎾 Building confidence and tennis-specific skills
🎾 Most importantly — having fun!

We keep rules simple and sessions fun and inclusive, encouraging children to participate, make friends and develop a real love of tennis.
Tennis is a fantastic sport for developing coordination, balance, movement, concentration and confidence, while giving children the opportunity to learn new skills in a friendly and supportive club environment.

🎾 Come and give tennis a try!
Whether your child is picking up a racket for the first time or already loves tennis, we'd love to welcome them to Harbury Tennis Club.

All Coolsportz coaches are LTA accredited, fully insured and hold up-to-date First Aid and Safeguarding training, ensuring your child learns in a safe, supportive and positive environment.

For more information about junior sessions, adults session, availability or to arrange a trial, please contact Lianne at Coolsportz:
📧 [email protected]
📱 07919 104093 — call or text
Coolsportz — helping children learn, play and love tennis! 🎾

Fantastic social session tonight with a great turnout. With lots of attendees and two courts, we play a ‘server off’ rot...
01/09/2026

Fantastic social session tonight with a great turnout. With lots of attendees and two courts, we play a ‘server off’ rota where you play three games in a row. This means that you get a good amount of game time, variety of opponents and partners as well as reduced waiting time. It’s a win win!

Also, unlike some other clubs, the use of floodlights at club sessions is included in your annual membership.

🎾 End of an Era: Saying Farewell to Sue! 🎾After more than 30 years as part of the heart and soul of Harbury Tennis Club,...
31/08/2026

🎾 End of an Era: Saying Farewell to Sue! 🎾

After more than 30 years as part of the heart and soul of Harbury Tennis Club, we sent off v special member Sue Panton last week as she begins her next chapter up North in Lytham St Annes!

From joining us three decades ago after moving from Bristol, to stepping up as an LTA qualified coach to help run our booming 70+ junior section at the time, her contribution to the club has been immense. Through team matches, work, life, and even a 4-year stint in Devon, she always found her way back to the Harbury courts.

Thank you for everything you’ve given to Harbury Tennis Club over the years. You will be hugely missed by us all, but we know Lytham St Annes is getting a great player and a lovely person.

Wishing you all the best on your new adventure! 🏠

22/08/2026

Update on court 3 progress…

The main surface has now been relayed and is looking great. Still a way to go before it’s all complete but getting closer!

A reminder that members are able to join in our Sunday morning session from 10am.

If you don’t feel like you’re ready for club sessions just yet, we will be starting up our coaching programme again very soon. Please contact us if you’d like find to out more.

20/08/2026

A great game to warm up your volleys or a good one to play if there’s two of you and you don’t necessarily want to play singles all session.

You stay in the service box and can only hit upwards. You score a point if the ball bounces in your opponent’s box, they miss the ball or they hit it out of the area.

Why not give it a go when you’re next down?

'Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head'BBQ Tournament Report✍️ Our amazing organiser Peter Walshe In Harbury, up until 4th ...
16/08/2026

'Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head'

BBQ Tournament Report
✍️ Our amazing organiser Peter Walshe

In Harbury, up until 4th August, there had been perfectly dry conditions for 40 days.

So, we planned for a BBQ Tournament (plus Strawberries)starting at 6pm on Tuesday 4th August 2026,hoping it would not be too hot.
Precisely at 6pm on Tuesday 4thAugust 2026, it rained!

But the stalwart sixteen seized their rackets and opened play in the seeded Round Robin section (to explain: three groups were made up of pairs of players cunningly evened out, according to their past form, so they had a theoretically equal chance of winning).
NOTE: If Wimbledon can get it wrong, so can Harbury Tennis Club. The pairs varied so that no one played with the same person for their three initial matches. In addition,(Dear Reader please stay with me) we only allowed exactly 15 minutes per match. When the buzzer went it was an immediate stop unless a point was in progress – in which case it was played out–or the scores in games and points was dead even– in which other case a single ‘sudden death’ point was played to decide the match.

Both Josh Blythe and Maka Kandola carefully used the time available by calculating when the time was about to be up and ensuring they were leading on points to ensure they won the particular final game. In Josh’s case this made sure he got into the semi-final play-off partnered by Sue Panton.

Before the play-offs we lit the barbecue, amazingly it flared well and successfully cooked the variety of sausages and corn-on-the-cob that was eaten,together with Eira Owens’s delicious strawberries and cream.

But back to the play: We had a conundrum to solve. Three players in Group 2 all had the same number of points but only one could go through to the semi-finals.Jordy Pratt and Andy Lewin both generously volunteered to let Sarah Brown have the place.But the Umpire insisted that we spin the rackets to decide. Sarah won all the spins by judiciously calling ‘W’ all the time,until atthe final decisive spin she changed her call to ‘M’.
This meant she and JP Cosgrove defeated Josh & Sue and played Ian Reynolds and Harvey Keefe (a new player with the Club) in the grand final.

By now the rain was only intermittently spitting.
There followed a tight, exciting and close final match. In the end, as the 15 minutes ran out, there were only 2 points in it. Ian & Harvey prevailed.

And fun evening was had by all with the Tennis Club ‘Somewhere Under the Rainbow’:

As a Harbury Tennis Club Member you have access to a WhatsApp group where you can arrange games with other members. We a...
01/08/2026

As a Harbury Tennis Club Member you have access to a WhatsApp group where you can arrange games with other members.

We also have regular social sessions and clout tournaments.

01/08/2026

If you’re wanting to get into tennis, Harbury Tennis club could be the perfect fit.

With 3 courts, lots of coaching options and 3 social sessions a week, this friendly and accessible club is a great way to get back into playing.

Contact us to find out more about starting your free trial.

Every Sunday morning, our members meet up for a ‘mix in’ session. This involves playing either a set to 6 or a set to 4,...
12/07/2026

Every Sunday morning, our members meet up for a ‘mix in’ session. This involves playing either a set to 6 or a set to 4, normally doubles but sometime singles if there is interest.

We make sure pairings are fair and even so that everyone has a great game and is a fun and inclusive environment.

What more could you want from a sunny Sunday morning? ☀️🎾

For more information about becoming a member please message us.

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South Parade
Harbury
CV339HZ

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01926 613284

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