Exciting times for tennis!

Ōtaki Sports Club was announced joint club of the year at the Tennis Central annual awards at an event in Wellington on April 10.

We shared the award with Newlands-Paparangi Tennis Club and beat out 24 other Wellington and Kāpiti tennis clubs to get the win.

The win comes after we were a three-time, short-listed finalist in the awards from 2022-2024.
It also comes three years after Ōtaki Sports Club won the 2022 Sport Wellington Club of the Year award for its achievements in tennis.

Tennis club captain Adam Shelton said the past season had been a memorable one for growth in tennis participation.

Tennis membership at the club had risen 40% in the past year, with junior members now numbering close to 100, and the club fielding 27 interclub teams in 2024/25 from young beginners (in Orange League) to experienced adults.

Adam said the club of the year judges were also impressed with the club’s consistently high membership growth over the past four years.

“It’s exciting for tennis in Ōtaki that membership numbers have climbed heaps year-on-year for several years. A wide membership base opens up all sorts of opportunities for our members to play the game,” Adam said.

Pictured is the Ōtaki crew who attended the awards ceremony: Adam, Sonia, Max, Tom, Scarlett.