Child Protection

The protection of children in our sport has been and remains a priority of the highest order to Tennis Ireland.

For several years now, Tennis Ireland has taken a pro-active role in working with affiliated clubs and other associated bodies to ensure the highest level of compliance within our sport in terms of Code of Ethics and Good Practice for Children's Sport. Various programmes dedicated to the provision of information and training for voluntary officials at all levels of tennis are managed by Roger Geraghty. Roger has acted as our National Children's Officer for the past ten years. Equally the Tennis Ireland Board of Directors ensure that this vital topic is on the agenda of every Board meeting, with Lyn Jamison acting as the Director responsible for the development of policies focused towards ensuring the well being of children in Tennis. Lyn is also the Children’s Officer for the Ulster Branch of Tennis Ireland.

In accordance with guidelines issued by the Irish Sports Council in 2006 Tennis Ireland are now also Garda Vetting all people who work in tennis in Ireland, from Tennis Ireland staff, coaches to affiliated member club committees.

These initiatives alone, however, are not sufficient and Tennis Ireland want to ensure that every Executive or Committee member at every club assumes a level of personal responsibility in safeguarding the well being of all member children. We will only succeed in our responsibility to children where high levels of compliance with the Code are supported by the commitment of the Club Officers and ultimately by the commitment shown by every club member.

Your Local Sports Partnership (LSP) conduct regular Code of Ethics Workshops.  It is now a mandatory requirement that all affiliated Club Children’s Officers and Coaches complete the Basic Awareness course in Child Protection.

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Thank you to all our clubs who managed to achieve the level of compliancy we asked you to achieve in Phase 1, 2011.


Compliant clubs are listed as a result of a club official informing the Tennis Ireland office in writing that they have achieved the requirements for Phase 1, outlined below. 

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For those of you who have not quite got there, we would like to remind you what the requirements were for Phase 1 and that guidance and assistance is only a phone call away.  When you have achieved the requirements in Phase 1 and you are ready for Phase 2, please let the office know and we will recognise your achievement in this very important area.

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