The East Camberwell Tennis Club celebrated its Centenary in 2020.
On April 21st 1920, around twenty people met at the East Camberwell Pavilion Croquet Green, which was part of the East Camberwell Bowling Club, very near East Camberwell Station, to discuss the formation of the East Camberwell Tennis Club. The driving forces appear to have been a Mr. R.R. Thomas and Mr. A.S.W. Higgs. Mr. Higgs was the chairman for the first meeting, but Mr. Thomas was proposed to be the provisional President for the club, with Mr. Higgs nominated as Secretary.
On May 12th a second meeting was held with Mr. Thomas the Chairperson. This time about 30 people attended, including Mr. F.F. Read representing Camberwell Council. [He would later that year become a Vice President of the club.] It was at this meeting that the name East Camberwell Tennis Club was formally proposed and agreed, that the location in Riversdale Park was confirmed and royal blue and gold approved to be the official Club colours.
To read more about the Club’s history, below are links to numerous documents. Some have been researched and written recently, some extracted from Committee Meeting Minutes and some based on articles in newspapers such as The Argus, The Herald and The Age from dates as early as 1921.
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Centenary Plaque Event
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Tennis Service Award (Charles Povey)
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Grade A Pennant
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Elizabeth Minter
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Anne Minter
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Pennant – 1970’s
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – The Original 9 – 50 years!
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Family memberships
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Vic Wood
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Alan Learner
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Capital Expenditure
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Steve Wood
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Bert Tonkin Trophy
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Card and Movie Nights
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Membership
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Vale Val Minter (Finlayson)
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Kerry Melville (Reid) reflections – feedback
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – The Original 9
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – First 50 years – recap
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Charles
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – 1970 – 50 years old!
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – 1969 AGM
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Riversdale Park
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – First 25 years – Recap
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Life Members
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Auxiliary
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Member listing (1944)
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Debt free!
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Ball management
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Kerry Melville (Reid)
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Pennant success!
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Vale Ray Thomas _ Sunday Tennis
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Golden Fleece
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Val Finlayson (Minter) reflections
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – 1956 (Olympic year)
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Happy birthday _ Back to Tennis
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Trouble in Paradise_
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Herald Sun article (1921)
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Early History
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – 1921 AGM report
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – 99 years old!
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Developments in 1920
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – 2020
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Curve Ball
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Local Schools
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – 1939 financials
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Easter Tournament
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Juniors
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Membership 1937
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Sunday Tennis _ Member Drive
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Court redevelopment
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Dancing, Dancing, Dancing
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Sunday Tennis
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – More Dances!
Gmail – East Camberwell Tennis Club – Centenary – Tennis and Dance club_
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