Whitehaven Community Tennis Club has been established for over 100 years and was originally situated at the Whitehaven Playground with the Cricket and Rugby Union clubs. There were 8 grass courts hence the name Lawn Tennis Club. In the 1960’s several courts went to the RU club and 3 hard courts were built.

In the 1990’s after several bouts of vandalism a move was made to enter into a partnership of club – community and school at St Benedict's School. We had our first season there in 1995 but unfortunately due to the development works of St Benedict's School we had to move once again, playing at St Bees School where we played for a few seasons.

With Coronavirus hitting everywhere in 2020, tennis along with all other activities halted. Since the announcement that Tennis was allowed to start back up again at the end of March 2021, following strict guidelines and procedures, Whitehaven Community Tennis Club managed to secure new courts to play on at Whitehaven Academy.

After having such a successful season in 2023, the club committee decided to move venues to St Benedict's School (Campus Whitehaven) for the 2024 season and onwards, where we can hopefully continue to grow as a club and look at hosting local tournaments with use of their 4 (newly built) courts and with the aim to build the club into a 12 month round club.

Our Social Sessions for club members are on Monday evenings (starting 8th April), 6:00pm onwards, and also Saturday mornings, 10am till 12pm. These are for our members to come and meet up and have some friendly games of tennis with other members.

We will also be looking at holding monthly in club tournaments, cardio tennis sessions for those looking for a bit of exercise along with regular social events to get members together. Keep an eye out on our Facebook page for more updates.

For more information on how to join the club, attend club nights, socially or competitive league tennis in the area, please get in touch via our contact page and someone will get back in touch with you.