Nelson Lawn Tennis Club picks up national award
Nelson Lawn Tennis Club members (back) Geoff O’Malley, Cath Dyson, Katrina Hollingworth, Buzz Bartlett, Vicky Wutzler, Steph Trevena, Robyn Sheves, (front) Mandy Beynon, Ania Longman, Sabia Longman, Laylah Hollingworth and Tina Rouhoff celebrate after the club was named New Zealand Tennis’ Love Tennis Club of the Year. Photo: Brook Freeman.
Nelson Lawn Tennis Club rounded off a busy 2022 by being named the Love Tennis Club of the Year at Tennis New Zealand’s annual awards.
The club was recognised for their commitment to Love Tennis, which sees clubs around the country open their doors and courts for members of their community to come along and give tennis a go for free.
Their 2022 Love Tennis Day, held at the courts situated in Rutherford Park, was a great success with well over 200 people coming along to give tennis a go, says club president Robyn Sheves.
A big draw card was the half price family membership deal on offer, which saw over 20 families who had caught the tennis bug sign up on the day to play tennis for a year.
Robyn says the award is a testament to the club and its members’ hard work in making the day such a success.
“To win this national award is great recognition for our club and for all our members who got involved in running the event.
“We pride ourselves in being a friendly Club and we thoroughly enjoyed welcoming the Nelson community onto our courts and sharing our love of tennis.”
The club is already organising this year’s event, with Robyn saying they can’t wait to welcome more of the community down to the courts.
Alongside their national award, it was a big year for the club in 2022 as they retained the Bennett Cup, an annual fixture that’s been running for almost a century against Marlborough Tennis Club, and won back the Lewellin Muncaster Shield, a friendly annual fixture against Hope Tennis Club in a closely fought contest.
Alongside their competitive players, the club isas busy as ever with their recently installed Book-a-Court system which allows the public to book and pay for a court online.
Alongside casual players, the club is a hive of activity with membership at NLTC offering access to professional coaching for all ages and levels, social tennis, fun events, the opportunity to meet new people and for those who want to play competitively, club championships, interclub and other interclub fixtures.
For more information about what’s on offer at NLTC or to book a court and play, visit clubspark.kiwi/nelsonlawntennisclub or contact the club via email at [email protected]