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This photograph was taken in 1890 by photographer Edward Lackland who lived in Waterview Road, and is published here courtesy of the Devonport Museum. The area where Ngataringa Tennis Club now stands is to the right of the grazing horse... In 1924, a group of residents from the Stanley Bay area formed the Stanley Bay Improvement Association. The group included Rewa Worrall, whose family has had a long history with Ngataringa Tennis Club. The association was concerned by a lack of playing fields, and they wanted a tennis club as a social centre. They developed the motto "If you want things done do it yourself, but get all the help you can"... In 1929, our wonderful Clubhouse opened, with its upstairs lounge good for parties and dancing. (This is the same clubhouse, with some improvements, that members enjoy today.) The men's locker room was accessible from outside, so that after-match refreshments were readily available. Some of these lockers have been recycled into a bank of..

Also known as: Ngātaringa Tennis Club, Sportlabs Technology, Sportlabs Technology Ltd, Tennis New Zealand

Registration numbers: 07981720 (W)

Primary location: Wimbledon United Kingdom