The Queenstown brothers will be joined by Elliot Darling (Cave), Gabrielle Grady (Timaru), Harry James (Arrowtown) and Geraldine Prisk (Timaru) at the two-day seminar at the Edgar Centre with Tennis New Zealand's director of coaching Peter McCraw.
The Wakatipu High School pupils knew they had it made when Lan Bale emigrated to New Zealand from Africa and settled in Queenstown.
Riki first stepped on to a tennis court at the age of 6 and became serious about the sport at 11.
He made his mark at national level by winning the New Zealand hardcourt singles and doubles titles in 2005 and the under-16 doubles with Ben in 2006.
Ben followed his brother into the sport and has won two national hardcourt doubles titles.
They gain valuable experience by travelling to Europe each year for six weeks in the New Zealand winter and playing in tournaments on clay courts in France and Germany.
The McLachlan brothers' performances on the court have lifted the reputation of their coach and Bale was appointed to the role of Tennis Southern Regional performance coach late last year.
Bale has been overseas since the end of last year assisting players he coaches and visiting family in Tanzania.
He will return to Queenstown next month.
High performance improvement is a goal of Tennis New Zealand in each of the regions established following a recent national restructure of the sport.
The Dunedin City Council has given $27,000 to the Logan Park Tennis Foundation (formerly the Otago Tennis Association) for the maintenance of 22 courts at the Donaghy Centre at Logan Park.
The council has plans to reorganise the sports facilities at Logan Park and the tennis courts will be relocated near the hockey fields.
No time line has been agreed on for the changes and the Logan Park Tennis Foundation will use the grant to maintain the standard of the existing courts and for the repairs and maintenance of the other buildings.
