Thump Sports is a New Zealand business that specialises in the sale of tennis and squash gear.

Thump Sports was founded by Director Jason Pierre in 2004. These days Jase likes to tell the kids "back in my day racquets were really pricey - sometimes over $600". It's at this stage kids usually make a fast exit to the nearest court to avoid story time.

Jase however was right prices were excessive and product ranges were poor. So after much research (purchase of many toys) his dream to establish one of NZ's first online tennis shops was underway.

A few years later Jase finally coaxed fellow Director and doubles partner Shane Jackson into the company to quickly see them throw themselves into the industry with intentions to make positive change.

The company had a name change from Pierre Imports to Thump Sports Limited, the website was revamped and we opened our first retail store in the Khandallah Tennis and Squash Club, Wellington. Both Shane and Jason are well known personalities across the Wellington Tennis Region holding various playing and volunteer administration roles for 10+ years.

We now stock the largest range of specialist Tennis and Squash gear in the country. Our pricing strategy ensures we always offer customers excellent savings and if we don't customers are the first to point this out. With an aggressive pricing strategy overlayed with excellent customer service and product expertise our hope is customers are more likely to buy from an NZ retailer. In turn helping us and local distributors to better support and keep growing the games of Tennis and Squash.

We have grown to have stores in Wellington (Tawa – Squash only and Khandallah – Tennis and Squash), Nelson, Blenheim and Christchurch. We also have a network of coaches aligned to Thump Sports selling from Thames to Invercargill. Their details will be available on our website soon.

Buying from Thump Sports ensures we are able to put as much as possible back into helping Clubs, players and tournaments. Some of these include:

Junior Player Tennis Sponsorships Current

• Kyle Butters - Wanganui
• Paige Hourigan - Wanganui 
• Pratt Keerasuntonpong - Kapi Mana 
• Olly Sadler - Wellington 
• Zach Whaanga - Kapi Mana 
• Thomas Petersen - Wellington 
• Bridget Liddell - Wellington 
• Lily O'Fagan - Marlborough
• Alex Calder - Hutt Valley

Senior Player Tennis Sponsorship

Dan King Turner

Squash Sponsorships

We had a total of 6 sponsored players this past season. Our top ranked being NZ #4 Evan Williams who ran our Tawa Pro shop in Wellington. With the past season over, our current sponsored players are up for renewal. We will update this list once we have confirmed.

Sponsorship Alumni (past sponsorships):

Tennis:-  Finn Tearney - Wellington
             Barrett Franks - Christchurch

Squash:- Evan Williams - Tawa

Tournament Sponsorships

We sponsor close to 40 tournaments each year in Tennis and Squash. The biggest event we were sole sponsors for was the Thump Sports Dunlop Junior Tennis Tournament with $12,500 held in Wanganui.

Upcoming Sponsored Thump Sports Tournaments include:

January 2012:

Takapau Doubles Tournament - Takapau, Hawkes Bay
Head Tawa Open - Tawa, Wellington
Thump Sports Kapi Mana Open - Paraparaumu, Wellington

We have strong links with Tennis NZ and have a popular regular weekly article on the Passing Shots newsletter and on the Tennis NZ website covering the technical in's and out's of tennis gear. We also have an advert on the national Rankings List.

We only have professionals who are passionate about Tennis and Squash on the end of our 0800 484 867 line, so feel free to call us 9.30am-8pm Mon-Fri and 9.30am-5pm Sat-Sun and talk.