History

The Beaumaris Tennis Club commenced in 1936 with two asphalt tennis courts located at Ricketts Point (opposite Reserve Road).

In 1954 the Parents and Citizens Group of Beaumaris, of which one of our earliest presidents, Nick Fermanis, was a member, sent out a notice calling a meeting of people interested in forming a tennis club at the Olive Phillips Kindergarten. To join the Tennis Club it cost 10 Pounds.

The treasurer and secretary of the original club joined the new one and a 20 year lease was given by the Council to build 4 courts around the corner at Bodley Street and in 1956/7 a clubhouse was built.

On 16 October 1966 a special general meeting was held and it was agreed to move to its current location and a co-op was formed to raise the money needed.

A small group of people were very involved and you could say responsible for giving us what we have today – they were Bill Cooper, Nick Fermanis, Tony Avery, Ian Jones, Len Little, Vic Peters, Cliff Sullivan, Alan Craven, Bill Speedy.

The club ran a number of functions to raise money and there were generally held in the Community Centre around in Reserve Road.

On 3 June 1968, another special general meeting was held and approval was given to build this clubhouse. The cost was $37,500 and was paid for with a bank loan of $ 30,000, co-op funds of $4,000 and a levy of $1,900. In 1969 the clubhouse was opened.

In May 1973, approval was given to build grass courts, but they only lasted 7 years because in 1980 approval was given to change to synthetic grass because of the maintenance costs of natural grass and to this day members still refuse to let the name ‘Lawn’ go in the clubs name.