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Whitby Tennis Club was founded by the local community in 1975. It has seen many changes.

 

Major milestones for the Club include;

 

   

1972       

Consortium calls for interested parties to form a tennis club. Land is set aside

1974

Group formed to set up Club

1975

Club formed 

1976

Club is incorporated 

1977       

Courts 1 & 2 are completed and the club is operating with a membership of 150 

1978

New club rooms completed by the club. Whitby Tennis Club is now one of the largest in the Kapi-Mana area 

1983       

The joint development of courts 3 & 4 completed with the Hutt County Council, Porirua City Council and Whitby Tennis Club. Each party contributed a third to the cost of the courts 

1988       

Major extensions to the clubhouse are completed. These were funded by the Whitby Tennis Club and a small loan from the Westpac Bank, which was guaranteed by PCC. The Club Rooms are now valued at $100,000 

1991       

Now the largest club in the Kapi-Mana association with 270 members. Of these 110 are juniors and this number is growing each year. The club’s future strength lies with its juniors (with this in mind the club recently purchased a ball machine for the training of juniors) 

2010       

Courts 1 & 2 are resurfaced with rebound synpave 

 

 

Club Champions from 1977/78 to 2010/11 are recorded on the honours board located in the Club Rooms, and can be viewed below;

 

Whitby Tennis Club Honours Board

 

  

 

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