After 10 months of work, Tennis New Zealand "unveiled its strategic plan" to take it through the end of '22, according to David Long of the SUNDAY STAR TIMES. Tennis NZ CEO Julie Paterson said, "We want to ensure our clubs and venues are thriving." In the plan, Tennis NZ stated it wants to "not only increase the number of qualified coaches in New Zealand, but also the quality of them" and provide support for those who want to "go beyond being a basic club coach." As for the performance part of the plan, titled "Win," the details "are still to come out," but Paterson said that there will be "better transparency over which players get selected for national squads," which will be driven by Tennis NZ Performance Dir Simon Rea. However, there is "no extra money for this and it will be run on the same budgets as previous years." Tennis NZ made a "modest profit" of NZ$183,598 for the last financial year and has reserves of NZ$2.6M ($1.9M). The largest income stream is from the TAB, which paid the organization NZ$972,170. However, Paterson "is concerned that if this money drops off Tennis NZ could be in trouble." She said, "At the moment our budget is staying where it stands" (SUNDAY STAR TIMES, 10/15).
