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POTTED HISTORY OF GREENFORD TENNIS CLUB

1928 CLUB FOUNDED IN 1928 ON LAND HELD IN TRUST AS PART OF THE RAVENOR PARK ESTATE.

THE ORIGINAL CLUBHOUSE WAS A DISCARDED KIOSK FROM THE 1925/26 WEMBLEY EXHIBITION.

3 GRASS COURTS, BUT NO OTHER AMENITIES FOR MEMBERS, (I.E. NO TOILETS!)

1950 CHANGE TO TARMACADAM "ALL WEATHER" COURTS.

1953 WOODEN PAVILION BOUGHT, (PAID £153 BY 2 INSTALMENTS !)

NO CHANGING FACILITIES - MEMBERS DRESSED FOR TENNIS BEHIND CURTAINS.

1963 MAINS WATER AND DRAINAGE LAID ON SITE.

1964 CHANGING ROOMS AND KITCHEN BUILT IN BRICK - COST £675.

1967 FIRST BAR LICENCE OBTAINED 3OTH JUNE.

1968 PREFAB PURCHASED FOR £150 AND ERECTED AS A SEPARATE GAMES ROOM.

1969 MAINS ELECTRICITY AND TELEPHONE INSTALLED, BOTTLED GAS LAMPS USED PRIOR TO THIS DATE !

1974 WOODEN PAVILION AND PREFAB GAMES ROOM JOINED TOGETHER TO FORM ONE CLUBHOUSE UNIT - COST £850, PART FUNDED WITH A GRANT OF £500 FROM LONDON BOROUGH OF EALING (L.B.E).

1981 TWO SHOWER ROOMS ADDED TO CHANGING ROOMS - COST £2,200. (GRANT OF £1,250 FROM L.B.E).

1986 COURTS PAINTED RED/GREEN FOR THE FIRST TIME - COST £2,391.

1988 DIAMOND JUBILEE, CELEBRATION PARTY, ATTENDED BY 75 PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERS.

1991 E.G.M. CONVENED IN AUGUST TO DISCUSS FUTURE OF CLUBHOUSE NOW IN A DILAPIDATED CONDITION AND BEYOND ECONOMIC REPAIR. PROFESSIONAL SURVEY OF CLUBHOUSE STRUCTURE INDICATED THAT DUE TO SUBSIDENCE PROBLEMS A COMPLETE REBUILD WAS THE ONLY OPTION AVAILABLE.

1993 MARCH, BUILDING REGULATIONS APPROVAL GRANTED.

1995 SEPTEMBER, AWARDED £51,141 FROM LOTTERY SPORTS FUND (46% OF REBUILDING COST). BALANCE TO BE MET FROM CLUB FUNDS AND MEMBERS' LOANS.

1996 APRIL, NEW BUILDING HANDED OVER TO CLUB.

2007 OCTOBER, NEW FLOODLIGHTS, PART FUNDED BY THE MIDDLESEX LTA BOUGHT INTO OPERATION.

At the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING held on Sunday 7^th September 2008

the following people were elected to serve on The Committee for 2008/09

Chairman	Secretary	Treasurer
Glenn Chandler	Fred Rutland	Marian Melhuish
Men’s Captain	Ladies Captain
James Barry	Jane Gregory
	Committee Members
Paul Melhuish	David Ghaffari	Gill Shallou