Club Captains

Pol McAleese - Men's Captain

Weronika Slawinska - Ladies Captain
The Club Captain's role is fundamental to the development of our club.
Role & Responsibilities
- find out which players, (male & female), would like to play in team competitions
- chair a meeting with team captains and selection committee from the previous season, before the beginning of each league alongside the director of coaching.
- for each team, produce, with input from team captains, a list of players to represent that team, taking into consideration relevant information.
Tennis Squads - open to revision throughout the season)
- allocate new players to team lists based on prior feedback
- decide team sizes
- appoint team captains for the forthcoming season following discussion
- publicise team composition and captains to all team players
- act as an arbitrator when teams look to use players other than those initially allocated to their team
- determine how many teams the club will enter for leagues
- co-ordinate when home matches will be played by different teams in line with the club tennis calendar of events.
- pre-plan/re-arrange matches
- advocate team coaching and training
- publicise pre-season practice
- formulate a template so that fixture & participants can be put up or presented online
- co-ordinate end of season social event (Club Captain's Day)
- publicise important promotion/relegation matches to members & players & encourage them to support our teams