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About the Club
Club History
Location
Facilities
Contact Details, Office Bearers & Conveners of Sub-Committees
Bye-Laws
Subs & Application Forms
Helensburgh Lawn Tennis Club was established in 1884, and was chosen as both Tennis West of Scotland's and Tennis Scotland's Club of the Year in 2003/2004.
President Elspeth MacLean received the national award at a dinner in Edinburgh in March 2005, having already been presented with the West award at the West AGM in November 2004.
Nicola Malcolm, the West County Development Officer, has outlined the Club's outstanding achievements in 2003, in particular the launch of an innovative Mini-Tennis Club in March of that year. Nicola paid specific tribute to Head Coach Steve Losh and Coaching Convener Ann Morison, who have been instrumental in the great success of the programme.
Since launching the Mini-Tennis Club in 2003, the Club has recruited 115 members and has 161 children participating in weekly coaching programmes. Through this HLTC has been used as an example of good practice by the LTA in both their new Mini-Tennis video and Mini Tennis Manual.
The Club's development programme has been augmented by the creation of junior and adult performance squads under the tutelage of Head Coach Steve Losh.
HLTC has a current membership of around about 500 members and has several teams, competing at different levels in the West of Scotland leagues. There are 5 senior ladies teams, 4 senior gents teams, 4 ladies vet teams, 2 gents vet teams and 6 junior teams.
2005 saw both the gents and ladies first teams win Division 1 respectively, to be promoted to their respective Premier Divisions. The ladies 2nd also won promotion from Division 4a to Division 3. The Club teams also narrowly last in the finals of the Clydedale Cup and Calcutta Cup. However, the Club won the Insight Investment Inter-Club Challenge tennis tournament after a dramatic Scottish final in Edinburgh on Saturday September 17 2005, but then lost out to Birkdale Tennis Club in the North of Britain quarter-final.
Previous Ladies and Gents Singles Winners
Club winners 2007
Official Opening of the Steuart-Corry Memorial Mini-Tennis Courts - 17th September 2004
Building of the Mini-Tennis courts
Open Day 2004
Club of the Year - 2003
Club winners 2003
Open Day 2003
Passing of Margaret Steuart-Corry - 22nd September 2002
The Tennis Club is located in Suffolk Street in the west end of Helensburgh, 26 miles west of Glasgow.
Helensburgh is within easy reach of Glasgow via a train service every half hour from Glasgow Queen Street Station (low level). The club is then five blocks to the west of the station in Suffolk Street, as shown in the linked map.
The Club boasts many facilities within its grounds. There are seven all-weather tennis courts, nos. 1-5 being located at the lower end of the grounds, and nos. 6 & 7 at the upper end.
All courts have floodlights. Please note that floodlight tokens can be bought from TG Allan's, the Ironmongers, in Helensburgh, at a cost of £3 per token.
The club also has two brand new Mini-Tennis courts which have been purpose built for the thriving Mini Tennis Club.
Play can take place daily between 9am and 10pm, unless coaching or club matches are taking place.
The main feature of the Club is the impressive Clubhouse, designed by local award-winning architect Lawrence Hill, an honorary member, which was opened in 1997 with assistance from the Lottery Sports Fund.
On the lower level, the Clubhouse has female and male changing rooms, both fitted with changing areas, lockers and showers.
There is also a Mini-Tennis room on the lower level, set aside for the junior members of the Club.
On the upper level of the Clubhouse there are two reception areas, one fitted with tables and chairs as seen on the right, one area suitable for functions. Both areas have televisions.
There is also a fully fitted kitchen and serving area upstairs. The kitchen is fully equipped with cooker, fridge freezer, microwave, china, cutlery, etc.
The Clubhouse has also seen more activity following the closure of the Clyde Centre. We now offer the use of our facilities to Helensburgh Photographic Club, the Civic Society, and the franco Scottish Society, with the income boosting club funds.
Office Bearers & Contact Details
Postal Address: Helensburgh Lawn Tennis Club,
Suffolk Street,
Helensburgh,
G84
Telephone: (01436) 676647
Office Bearers Honorary President: Mr. Donald Fullarton MBE
(01436) 673774
email: dsf@btinternet.com
President:
Vice-President: Mr. Ian Parlane
(01436) 673295
email: ian.parlane@ntlworld.com
Honorary Treasurer: Mrs. Carole Matthews
(01436) 821560
email: carole.aros@virgin.net
Honorary Secretary: Mr. Ralph Ward
(01436) 678328
Conveners of Sub-Committees Finance: Mr. Jim McDowall
(01436) 842341
email: aileen.jim@mcdowall34.freeserve.co.uk
Development: Mr. Donald Fullarton
(01436) 673774
email: dsf@btinternet.com
Grounds & Building: Mr. Ian Parlane
(01436) 673295
email: ian.parlane@ntlworld.com
Coaching/Tennis: Steve Losh
(01436) 831698
email: stevelosh@fsmail.net
Ann Morison
(01436) 673974
email: ann@glengariff.co.uk
Social Events: Mr. Hadden Smith
(01436) 675822
Communications: Mr. Bobby Kerr
(01389) 841037
Juniors: Alison Reid
(01436) 671676
Others Membership Treasurer: Mr. Jim McDowall
(01436) 842341
email: aileen.jim@mcdowall34.freeserve.co.uk
- No play shall be permitted on the courts before 9am or after 10pm unless otherwise sanctioned by the Executive Committee.
Subcription Rates (PLAYING SEASON 1 APRIL 2007 - 31 MARCH 2008)
Annual Subs
Member Amount
(£)M 27 J 63 I 72 S 147 N 8
Discounts Applied
A Family (parents and their children up to 20 years old as at 31/12/06 living in same home) may pay a Family rate of £356 rather than applicable individual Annual Subscriptions.
A 50% reduction to the Annual Subscription shall apply to Senior Members living more than 25 miles from Helensburgh.
A Member joining after 30 September shall pay half the relevant Annual Subscription (plus the Entry Fee if applicable) but shall not be liable to pay the Annual Levies for the year.
Senior Members of at least one years standing may (subject to the approval of the Executive Committee) elect to become Life Members by paying 12 x the Senior Member Annual Subscription.
An Honorary Member has full rights of a Playing Member without payment of an annual subscription or LTA levy.
Entry fee and Annual Levies
£20 £6.75 £11.45
Day Visitor and Temporary Rates
Day Visitors may be introduced by a Playing Member (no more than three visitors at the same time) provided the Playing Member signs the Visitor List in clubhouse prior to play. The Playing Member shall be billed on 2008 annual subscription invoice for each visitor on the basis of:
Junior Visitor £1.50/day Intermediate £2/day Senior £3/day Temporary Members may be admitted on the completion of a Membership Application form and the payment of amounts due before play as follows:
Weekly
(£)Monthly
(£)Junior Member 8 17 Intermediate 12 25 Senior 15 35 Application Forms
To download a membership application form please click on one of the following:
