ACT Heritage Library Manuscript Collections
HMSS 0473 Ainslie Tennis Club Records
| Call Number | HMSS 0473 |
|---|---|
| Collection | Ainslie Tennis Club Records |
| Date Range | 1927-2014 |
| Quantity | 0.7 m (4 manuscript boxes) |
| Access Conditions | open |
| Copying Conditions | with attribution |
| Related Collections |
The Ainslie Tennis Club was formed by local residents in 1928 following the construction of the tennis courts in Corroboree Park, Ainslie.
The Club was formed to manage the use of the courts by the local community with day to day management of the physical maintenance of the courts remaining with the appropriate Commonwealth Department.
The Club was incorporated in 1985. It was granted a 20 year Crown Lease for the courts in 1992. The Crown Lease was extended for a further 20 years in 2012.
| Box Number | Description | Quantity | Date Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Club Constitution and by-laws (drafts and final) | 1 folder | 1958,1993 |
| 1 | Club Incorporation Documents:
| 1 folder | 1985-2012 |
| 1 | Correspondence Including:
| 7 folders | 1929, 1934-1939, 1948-2013 |
| 2 | Grant applications: applications to governments and/or tennis bodies for grants to improve the courts and club house | 3 folders | 1986-1988,1990-1992, 1994-1995, 1998, 2000-2007, 2009-2010, 2012 |
| 2 | Event Documents:
| 1956,1987-1988,1998,2001 | |
| 2 | AGM Meetings:
| 1 folder | 1927,1959, 1961, 1964-1965, 1969, 1973-1974, 1979, 1981-1982,1990,1993-1994,1998-1999, 2000-2006, 2009-2014 |
| 2 | Insurance Records:
| 1 folder | 1957-1958, 1985, 1996-1997, 2000- 2003, 2006-2012 |
| 2 | Membership Records:
Information also attached inside blue members records file includes:
| 1 folder, 2 files,1 notebook | 1956, 1973-1984, 1989-1992, 1996-2003, 2006-2011 |
| 3 | Minute Books | 7 books | 1927-1998 |
| 4 | Minute book (1998 -2005) Finances (1928-1966, 1971-1973, 1975-1976, 1979-1988) Ainslie Tennis Club Publication, A Short History plus Historical Notes (1928 -1988) 70th Anniversary Dinner VHS video (30/05/1988) Visitors Book 50th Anniversary Dinner (29/05/1978) Ainslie Club History Photographs (listed below in table) | 1 minute book, 2 folders, 1 publication, 1 VHS video, 1 visitors book | 1928-2015 |
| Image Number | Description | Size (cm) | Black and White or Colour | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ainslie Tennis Club Diamond Jubilee Afternoon Tea - 1988 Ainslie Tennis Club Committee (from left) Janet Grubb, Ann Treleaven, Dave Veness, Neil Hendy (President), Lindsay Sauer, Robert Kear, Michael Deasey | 10 x 15 | Colour | 01/05/1988 |
| 2 | Ainslie Tennis Club Diamond Jubilee Afternoon Tea - Charles Bag cuts the cake | 10 x 15 | Colour | 01/05/1988 |
| 3 | Ainslie Tennis Club Diamond Jubilee Afternoon Tea - blowing out the 60 candles on the cake including Charles Bag who was an inaugural junior member in 1928 and his father ‘laid out’ the two original courts. | 10 x 15 | Colour | 01/05/1988 |
| 4 | 85th Anniversary Heritage Celebration Function members and guests arriving | 10 x 15 | Colour | 23/04/2013 |
| 05-Nov | 85th Anniversary Heritage Celebration Function - displays being viewed by members and guests | 10 x 15 | Colour | 23/04/2013 |
| Dec-19 | 85th Anniversary Heritage Celebration Function - Club President Roger Brake addressing the gathering to watch the unveiling of the Heritage Plaque provided by the ACT Governmment | 10 x 15 | Colour | 23/04/2013 |
| 20-21 | 85th Anniversary Heritage Celebration Function - Club President Roger Brake watches (from left) Life Members Dave Veness, Marion Hendy and Neil Hendy unveil the Heritage Plaque | 10 x 15 | Colour | 23/04/2013 |
| 22-24 | 85th Anniversary Heritage Celebration Function - Club President Roger Brake with life members and representative from Heritage ACT after unveiling the plaque | 10 x 15 | Colour | 23/04/2013 |
| 25-28 | 85th Anniversary Heritage Celebration Function - photographs of the Club Courts | 10 x 15 | Colour | 23/04/2013 |
| 29 | 85th Anniversary Heritage Celebration Function - club tennis pennants won from 1928 - 2013 | 10 x 15 | Colour | 23/04/2013 |
| 30-53 | Nick Kyrgios joined the coach from the Canberra Tennis Academy, Daniel Scholfield, and the children that Daniel was coaching at the Ainslie Tennis courts for half an hour of talking and coaching prior to Nick heading to the airport to catch his flight to participate in his first French Open Championships | 10 x 15 | Colour | May 2013 |
| 54 | First Ainslie Girls Pennant Team (from left) J O’Dell, J Nixon, J Brysland, J Werner, H Gibbs (coach) | 12.5 x 17 | Black and White | 1971 |
| 55 | Address for the opening of the Ainslie Tennis Club by Colonel JTH Goodwin | 25 x 19.5 | Black and White | 21/04/1928 |
| 56 | General view of the courts on the opening day | 25 x 19.5 | Black and White | 21/04/1928 |
| 57 | Colonel Goodwin serving the first ball at the opening | 19.5 x 25 | Black and White | 21/04/1928 |
| 58 & 59 | Mr J Stewart and Mr Ball playing doubles | 20 x 15 | Black and White | Circa 1940s |
| 60 | A working bee at the Ainslie Tennis Club | 25 x 19.5 | Black and White | 1927/1928 |
| 61 | Inaugural Ainslie Tennis Club Committee (sitting from left) Col Goodwin (Patron), Mrs Gillard, Mr J G Thomas (President), (standing from left) Messrs C Grainger, G Browning, SH Dee (Treasurer), T Bishop (Captain), L Lott (Vice-Captain), H Bird | 25 x 19.5 | Black and White | 21/04/1928 |
| 62-83 | Open Day held May 1994 to attract new members | 10 x 15 | Colour | May 1994 |
| 84 | Ainslie Tennis Club Working Bee - (from left) Neil Hendy, Rohan Buettel, Marion Hendy, Dave Veness, Robert Kerr, Faith Kerr, Nola Maybury, Paul Deasey, Michael Deasey, Bruce McGovern | 10 x 15 | Colour | 25/05/1997 |
| 85 | Ainslie Tennis Club 70th Birthday function in the club house - Unveiling the Life Members Honour Board - Percy O’Brien Life Member from 1966 and Rohan Buettel, President | 10 x 15 | Colour | 1998 |
| 86 | Ainslie Tennis Club 70th Birthday function in the club house - Percy O’Brien, Life Member from 1966 and Marion Hendy, Life Member from 1995 cut the birthday cake | 10 x 15 | Colour | 1998 |