Padder Tennis NZ

10/03/2026

Eight teams from six schools on the Kapiti Coast competed for the Yr 5&6 trophy. Well done to Te Horo School for taking it out, Fresh Choice Otaki for providing plenty of fruit (leftovers pic) and to all of the team managers/parents for their time and energy to help out on the day

We are a precursor to tennis. Our objective is to introduce all kiwi kids to padder tennis at school, so that the fundamentals of tennis can be engrained in each and every student

Play padder tennis and move on to tennis in style!

10/03/2026

We ran our first Over the Hill interschool tournament on the four new padder tennis courts at Maidstone Intermediate
Thanks to all MIS staff and other parents for managing their teams

19/11/2025

C A N T E R B U R Y - Y O U B E A U T Y 🫶

10 day trip away
8 schools and 1 inter-school tournament

Bella is an avid tennis player with five years tennis playing experience and says the kids love padder tennis at her school in Christchurch.

Bevan Johns thank you for your support 👊
Peter Tonks film crew support 👊

We look forward to returning to Canterbury schools in the very near future. Keep those breaktime battles going...

Get a glimpse into the excitement of Padder Tennis in action! This video showcases the fun and energy of a Padder Tennis tournament, featuring kids from loca...

05/11/2025

17/10/2025

We’ve been lucky to have Coach Paul from Padder Tennis NZ running awesome sessions with our students — and there’s no doubt about it… Padder tennis is THE game to play right now!

From quick rallies to big cheers, our turf has been full of energy, laughter, and fast-paced fun. It’s fantastic to see so many tamariki giving it a go, developing hand–eye coordination and confidence while having an absolute blast.

Check out these sessions Paul is offering using Waikanae School turf.

06/10/2025

Christchurch kids, check this out!

Padder Tennis is going gangbusters in local schools right now. It's awesomely easy to learn and action packed.
So it's a great sport in it's own right, but it's also a perfect intro to all racket sports.
Starting THURSDAY 9/10 (week 1 term 4) our Impact Tennis coaching team will be running sessions at Cobham intermediate . Registration is NOW open:
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER:
https://forms.gle/VbVyKCjXBooNmDpa9

03/10/2025

Big Thanks to Sport Manawatū for supporting the padder tennis growth in Foxton and Levin schools during term four, 2025. (out of zone Waikanae School booked with us privately).

Students from Year 3-8 will all experience a fun games based programme in a class setting, and each school will receive equipment so the kids can keep rallying with their mates at break times ALL summer long ..developing crucial hand-eye skills used in Tennis NZ programmes

Q. If you know a bit about tennis, get on with kids and teachers, and are even a member at Levin Tennis Club would you be interested in volunteering your time over a lunchtime at your local school? DM us if you are interested and we look forward to seeing you all soon!

03/07/2025

Wheels turning in Christchurch!

📢 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Sporting code change at Year 5&6 Summer Tournament - Padder Tennis is replacing Tennis. Still to be hosted at Wilding Park.

🧐 WATCH THIS SPACE

Padder Tennis NZ Tennis Canterbury

09/05/2025

Padder tennis took over the playground at Christ the King School in Christchurch this afternoon. 46 kids of mixed year groups played doubles all afternoon on six courts with everyone getting four matches. Things ran smoothly enough with plenty of noise and tonnes of fun.

CtK has just painted three new courts which were in primo condition for the event. Thanks a bunch to teacher Patrick Shea for enabling this for the school.

03/04/2025

Pickleball, padel, and padder, people can't seem to get enough of these sports with funny sounding names. Sports reporter Bridget Tunnicliffe looks at why these racquet sports are taking off.

31/03/2025

After hosting eight local tournaments across the four regions, the top four teams from Wairarapa, Kapiti, Hutt and Wellington, in both Yr 5 & 6 and Yr 7 & 8, got to compete in the first regional wide inter-school padder tennis tournament - here's a clip with some of the action!