Witta Tennis Club - a long and proud history

To give some perspective on how far the Witta Tennis Club has come since it first began, we thought you’d like to see these photos taken at the official opening of the Witta Tennis courts in 1920!

The Witta Tennis Club has a long history, with the courts originally opened in 1920 by Witta’s Karl Nothling, (photo below) foundation President and a Landsborough Shire Councillor.

should be cleaned up and used again for tennis. The ‘modern' Witta Tennis Club was formed in February 1984 with Peter Barclay as the first President and Ron Tincknell as the Secretary/Treasurer.

With pressures on parking space, Council acquired additional land adjoining the Witta Rec Club, and the new Synpave hard court was completed in 1992 and lighted several years later.

In 1996 two joint projects between the club and Council saw the adjacent Gazebo (that served as the clubhouse until "the shed" was built in2000) and the children's playground adjacent to the new court built.

The tennis circuit consisted of Witta, Maleny, Ellerslie, Balmoral, Conondale, Bald Knob, Peachester, Howell's Knob and Baroon Pocket.

The original site for the Witta Rec Club was donated for use of sport and recreation in those early days and still is held in trust and managed by Council on behalf of the Qld State Govt. Tennis flourished for many decades and early Witta tennis star Ike Lowe reminisced that “The three courts in those days were always full and 40-50 people would be waiting to get a game – if you were unlucky, you wouldn’t get a game all day”.

In the seventies, a clay court was in use (today’s gravel car park area), but fell into disrepair and used by local pony riders as an enclosure for horses.

Witta locals continued playing tennis at privately owned courts at Wootha when in 1982 they decided the courts

The second synthetic grass court was constructed in 2000 and a shade shelter funded and built by the club in 2003. Much hard work has been continued by Witta Tennis Club members, resulting in the state of the art facility the district is so lucky to have today.

Maleny Golf Club Weekly Wrap

• Mid-week Mixed Stableford (23/05/2023): Winner – Simon Lower (37)

• Ladies Open Day (24/05/2023): Winner – Toni Bishop (35)

• RE/MAX Rumble (26/05/2023): Winner – John Hay (16) No Hole-inone / Jackpot increases to $550

• Mens Monthly Medal & Mixed Stroke (27/05/2023): Winners – A Grade: Jan Johnston (68), B Grade: Stephen Strelitz (71 C/B) & C Grade: John Hay (67)

• Mountain Challenge (27/05/2023): Winner- Jan Johnston (68)

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