Lesbury Tennis Club?

10/07/2026

"There was a large group of children attending the presentation day at Lesbury tennis club in 1990"
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The tennis season is in full swing with Wimbledon its highlight.

05/07/2026

18/06/2026

Interesting article:

"An after school tennis club was also introduced at Hipsburn, one that proved so popular it rapidly became full."

A reminder:

We had a tennis club and court in the village that ran successfully for many years and was known as being a hotbed of young tennis talent.

We are not currently permitted to play tennis on the court (which is used for car parking for the Bowls Club during their season).

All our work showed that:

(a) there was demand (reflected again in the success of the Hipsburn after-school club)
(b) it would be inexpensive to get the court back to it's former glory

Children from two primary schools in Alnwick have been introduced to the sport of tennis, just in time for the start of Wimbledon.

06/02/2026

Wonder how this will play out...plans to build a padel court on old bowling green.

Parish council want the site to remain as a leisure facility.

An East Yorkshire community is divided over plans for padel courts amid concerns about noise.

06/11/2025

It's so sad to see these photos of a thriving Lesbury Tennis Club where we are now in the position that:

☑️ There is a clear and evidenced demand for the tennis club to be restarted.

☑️ The site is now presumably unused until the start of the next bowls season, whilst the weather is certainly mild enough for tennis to be played!

☑️ The tennis group have not asked for any help with funding to improve the state of the tennis court.

❎ The village hall committee who manage the site, and have done so much good for the community, have consistently refused to even meet with the tennis group to discuss our ideas.

We are considering how to take things forward in light of the above - in a consensual and constructive manner- and grateful for any ideas or thoughts...

Racquet sports retro: A trip down memory lane with tennis, badminton and table tennis pictures from Northumberland🎾 ⬇️

01/11/2025

A nice crisp autumn day for tennis.
With the bowls season now over, and the court not needed for parking, what a shame that the families and children of Lesbury are deprived of the opportunity of some fresh air and exercise😞

06/09/2025

Happy kids and families as another tennis club refurbishment is successfully completed.

Just walked past the Lesbury court (which was empty) and you can so easily imagine similarly happy faces in Lesbury in the near future!

P.S. the site has been quiet over August but we have lots of ideas for next steps. Watch this space!

The tennis courts at Barn Elms Sports Centre have officially reopened following major renovation works led by Wandsworth Council and the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), funded by the UK Government and LTA Tennis Foundation’s Park Tennis Project.

23/08/2025

Congratulations to Great Longstone Parish Council for the successful reopening this month of their Tennis Court / Multi Use Sports Area and the delivery of new tennis and pickleball nets.

Funding came from Sports England and Better Derbyshire Fund Grants, Little Longstone Parish Meeting and Great Longstone Parish Council.

At a cost of over £20,000 it's slightly more than the cost we have been quoted to transform the tennis court in Lesbury.

David Smith MP has offered to help (thank you) with exploring funding opportunities when/if we have permission to play tennis on the tennis court.

Multi-Use Sports Area / Tennis Court now reopened following upgrades.

20/08/2025

A nice story here of a village tennis club which was at the point of folding and is now thriving.

The courts were in a terrible state but with the help of the local parish council the courts were resurfaced and now there is a very successful village tennis club:

"When the club was handed back to the parish council it only had around 12 members but now it has more than 200"

If you've seen the latest Lesbury Parish Council minutes you will note that they don't support our plans. “The poor condition of the facility and the cost to bring it back to a safe space” is a reason given for not supporting us. Worth bearing in mind perhaps that we have never asked for any funding or financial support from Lesbury Parish Council to improve our court, as our business plan didn't require it.

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