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 |
| 2019 | Record amount of 17 teams (Seniors & Juniors) registered for Interclub |
Club Champions from 1977/78 to present can be viewed on the Honours Board.
