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Welcome to The Forty Five Club

Great Baddow1 09 audience The Forty Five Club was founded in 1974 with the aim of drawing together veterans tennis players (men 45 and over, women 40 and over) so as to provide them with wider opportunities for playing tennis competitively or simply for pleasure. At the end of 1974 the Forty Five Club numbered 27 veterans tennis members; today the membership exceeds 800 and there are over 100 Forty Five Club members who live overseas in many different countries.

The Forty Five Club is nomadic, without its own premises. The Queen’s Club in Baron’s Court has kindly provided it with a formal address and the Forty Five Club Annual General Meeting and Cocktail Party and an annual Christmas luncheon are held there.

45 Club at Lew Hoad club, Spain 2008 Membership of the Forty Five Club does not, however, confer any of the rights and privileges enjoyed by members of Queen’s.

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Family Championships

Calling Parents and their Children – 2010 Family Championships

Entries for the 2010 Family Championships are now being accepted – go to familychampionships.org.uk

The third staging of the event at Dudley last year reached a successful conclusion:

In the Open events, Marc & Charlie Dryden (Winchester) lifted the Father & Son title while Joan & Julia Hassell retained the Mother & Daughter crown for a second year. The mixed titles were won by West Bridgford’s Richard & Mary Joyner (Father & Daughter) and Cambridge’s Alison & Tom Hands (Mother & Son).

There are also events for children 14&U and 10&U so there are plenty of opportunities for you to play competitive tennis with your offspring, just check out the details on the event’s own dedicated web site, familychampionships.org.uk where you will also be able to print out an entry form. Remember that the entry deadline for all events is April 1, 2010.

This year’s finals will again be held at the David Lloyd Leisure Centre in Dudley during November.

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