Chilham Tennis Club

The club is entirely self sufficient and all club expenses including court maintenance and resurfacing are financed by the income it receives from membership subscriptions, grant income and fund raising events such as the successful wine and wisdom evenings held each year in Chilham village hall. Annual running costs are typically over £4,000 and include court cleaning and mosskill treatment, hedge cutting and fencing repairs, and the annual rent for the tennis club area paid to the Recreation Ground Trust. The club maintains a 10 year financial plan plan, reviewed and agreed at each AGM, to ensure membership fees are set at levels that enable it to meet its commitment to maintain facilities at the required standard and resurface the courts when required (this is currently expected to be in 2030 at an anticipated cost of over £65k).

The club is LTA Registered. This recognises good standards and best practice at tennis venues in Britain and will enable the club to access funding that will be important for the clubs future development and would otherwise not have been available.

The membership year runs from April to March. For 2023/24, Family membership is £115, adult membership £60, senior membership (over 65) £40 and junior membership £25. This works out at less than £1 per week per person. At the AGM it was agreed there would be no increases for 2023/24.

We welcome new members of all ages and abilities and our LTA level 4 accredited coach Danny runs regular adult and junior coaching sessions and also offers individual coaching (check out our Coaching page for more details). We also enter teams in the Kent League, East Kent League, Ashford & District League and Dover & District League.

Check out our Membership Leaflet for more information about the club and if you still have any queries, are interested in coaching at the club or team tennis then please use the contact form on our Contact Us page and we will get back to you as soon as we can.