Friendly first
Sport is the excuse; the company is the point. Nobody sits out for long.
About the club
A village club with a long memory and an open door.
Four floodlit courts, a shared pavilion, and the kind of welcome that has kept people coming back since 1959.
Our story
We started life in 1959 as the Poole Teachers' Tennis Club: eleven friends from the Poole Teachers' Badminton Club who wanted to keep playing through summer. After nomadic years on borrowed courts, the club settled at Corfe Mullen recreation ground in 1989 and took the name it carries today.
We are run entirely by volunteers and play on four floodlit, all-weather courts. We share the recreation-ground pavilion, field five Dorset County League teams and keep a social tradition that has barely changed in sixty-odd years.
“Founded by friends who just wanted to keep playing. That is still the idea.”
Six decades on
How we got here
- 1959
Founded as the Poole Teachers' Tennis Club by eleven members of the Poole Teachers' Badminton Club who wanted to keep playing through the summer.
- 1960s–70s
Played at the Canford Cliffs Hotel, where well-known names of the day handed out the prizes on Finals' Day.
- 1975
The hotel courts became a car park, beginning a nomadic spell on school courts around the area.
- 1989
Settled at the new Corfe Mullen recreation ground and became Corfe Mullen Lawn Tennis Club.
- Today
Four floodlit courts, five Dorset County League teams, and the same strong social side.
What we stand for
The CMLTC way
A sound standard
Members play to a steady club standard, enough to keep a rally going and enjoy a proper game.
Run by members
A small committee of volunteers keeps things ticking. Many hands make light work.
Rooted in the village
We support local charities and open our gates to the community each summer.
Who runs it
Your committee
The volunteers who keep the club running. Names and photographs will follow after content sign-off.
Fancy a game?
New members who can sustain a rally are always welcome.