Coach Profiles
Mark Nielsen 

Mark Nielsen

Mark, who is Head Coach, has been playing professional tennis for the past 12 years.  He has taken part in Grand Slam tournaments and beaten several top 100 ATP ranked players.  Former national Number One player, he is also the third-highest New Zealand Representative in Davis Cup history.

 

He has extensive coaching experience of players at all levels and runs a successful programme out of Belmont Park Racquets Club. 

 

Read more about Mark's career on his bio page.
Senior Coaches  
Aaron McDougall
Massey University student Aaron is already an experienced player, being listed as an S2 and D2 player in TopDog. He plays Caro Bowl (for Kohi) and Chelsea Cup (for Milford). While living in the US, he was ranked in the Top 15 of the 16s & Under age group in Texas, Top 20 in the 18s & Under group in Texas, and Top 100 in the nation back in 2003....
 Dan Davies
Dan started playing tennis at the age of seven and a half. An extremely talented player, he's been coached by Bob Wong (Ngataringa), Kevin Woolcott and Geoff Simpson. Dan's tennis idol is Marat Safin and lists his favourite shot as the backhand smash. Dan says, "I love coaching, because it gives me a great boost to see players improve."...

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