This oldest tennis club in the world is not standing still! Our 10-year development plan aims to:

• Develop the club's facilities and encourage more year-round play
• Be a force for good in our local community
• Run the club as well as possible for minimal effort

Here's how we're doing:

Develop the club's facilities and encourage more year-round play
In September 2022, we unveiled two brand new all-weather hard courts, which doubles our playing capacity over the winter months. Temporary practice lights were installed in December 2022 to ensure social play can continue into the evenings. These new facilities means that the club now boasts a total of four different playing surfaces for members to enjoy.

Be a force for good in our local community

Over the past season we have run tennis sessions for a group of female Carers and for people over 50 years of age who live alone. The Carers group are continuing for 2024/25 as an actual Constituted group, so they have their weekly tennis sessions as well as developing other aspects of their self-made support family. The other group have finished their project, which was a great success with a number continuing to meet socially, either playing tennis or just spending time together. Many people involved with the projects have now joined the club as members, which is fantastic.

Thank you to the many sponsors who made these projects possible: Sport England, The National Lottery, LTA, WLTA, The Lillie C Johnson Charitable Trust, BOOST and the Neighbourhood Network Scheme.

Run the club as well as possible for minimal effort
As a volunteer-led club, we are grateful to members who dedicate their time and skills to the various committees, working groups, and essential roles that keep the club running on a day-to-day basis. We are always on the look-out for people to join the Bar Team or the House & Grounds Volunteer (HGV) group. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Neil Glasspool in the first instance (ealtssecretary@gmail.com or 07766 880067), indicating the skills you can bring and the area to which you would be most interested in contributing.