Cheddar Tennis Club Centenary Year 2024
Cheddar Tennis Club Centenary Year 2024
2024 marks the centenary year of Cheddar Tennis Club and there will be events throughout the year to mark this milestone anniversary.
The main highlight will be a formal dinner to be held at Wedmore Golf Club on Saturday 2nd March with a three-course meal, guest speaker and live music from local Somerset band ‘Station to Station’. Current and former members of the club are warmly invited to join together for an evening of reminiscence and celebration.
The club has seen much change over its hundred years and at its inception in 1924 consisted of three grass courts laid in a field adjacent to The Barrows. The Club had 105 members at the end of its inaugural year and matches were held against other local clubs though play was only possible during the summer months. Subsequent years saw upgrading of the facilities and by the mid-1950s the grass had been replaced by hardcourts and a new pavilion opened.
The club continued to thrive and in 1990 four new hard courts were officially opened at Sharpham Road with the Barrows courts remaining in use until 1998 when the last set was played there after seventy-four years of use.
Subsequently the Sharpham Road facilities were enhanced with the provision of floodlights, a new clubhouse and more recently the conversion to carpeted courts with a ramp access for wheelchair users.
One hundred years on, the club, priding itself on a welcoming and ‘inclusive to all’ policy currently has an active adult and junior membership, regular coaching sessions and a walking tennis group. Men’s and ladies’ teams play in the North Somerset League throughout the year and club sessions are held each week.
2024 will be a memorable year for the club and all past and present members are welcome to join in the celebrations. For the club to survive, thrive and improve over the course of a hundred years has been a remarkable achievement and a credit to all members and officials who played their part in its success over that time.
Tickets for the formal dinner on the 2nd of March are priced at £35 and can be obtained online at www.cheddartennisclub.co.uk
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