Academy Tennis

Saint Kentigern College has first-class facilities for tennis coaching and play. Coaching occurs in small, well-matched groups allowing maximum individual focus.

The programme includes

16 hours of tennis per week including coaching, match play and sports science.
Individual and group coaching by professionally qualified instructors.
Physical training programmes.
Opportunity to represent the College in Auckland secondary school competition.
Opportunity to represent a club in the Auckland region.
Access to all academic and sporting facilities at Saint Kentigern College.
Highly qualified, coaching staff.

Tennis Coach: Gilles de Gouy

On Tour Coach & Sparring Partner (Artem Sitak, ATP # 74 Men’s Doubles Player), Rome, Roland Garros, Queens, Wimbledon…, 2019
Captain of Women’s Pacific-Oceania Fed Cup team (Asia World Group II), 2020, 2019 & 2018
Junior ITF & OTF Tour Coach in Oceania, Asia, New Zealand, Australia, U.S.A 2017-today
Junior tennis tournament circuits (inc. St Kent’s players) to France, Tahiti & Asia, 2015-today
Coach & sparring partner of WTA Tour Player, Elena Bovina (3 years top 20 WTA), 2009-2011
Davis Cup Player (Pacific-Oceania) 2013 & 2014 & Captain (Pacific-Oceania), 2015 & 2016
Assistant Coach at Saint Kentigern College, Auckland, New Zealand 2019-2020 & 2014-2016
Tennis Director, Tennis Plus, Ngataringa Tennis Club, Auckland, New Zealand, 2011-today
Competition Manager for the Under 17’s FIFA World Cup Qualifications (NZ), April 2009
Physical Education Teacher (1300+ pupil school with 12 sports disciplines), Tahiti, 2006-2009
National Tennis Coach (Tahitian Tennis Federation), 1999-2009
Head of National Development, National Coach Trainer, National Coach and concurrently National Technical Director of the Tahitian Tennis Federation, 2003-2007
Ministerial Counsel to the Tahitian Sports Minister, 2000-2003
Masters’ in International Marketing from Ecole Superieure de Commerce, Lille, France, 1995
L2 Theory of Brevet d’Etat Educateur Sportif - National Sports Trainer Diploma from the FFT (French National Tennis Federation, Paris, France), 2009 & Level 1 in 1995
Tennis Psychological Preparation Degree (FTT, France), 1998
Active player in NZ Caro Bowl, Chelsea Cup, ITF Seniors & Open Men’s events, 1998- Current

Programme Fees

For more information regarding the cost of the programmes, please contact:
NZ Contact: gilles.degouy@saintkentigern.com