The Yass Lawn Tennis Club (YLTC) has received $12,000 in funding to repair and upgrade its clubhouse roof.
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The announcement was made on Monday by Member for Goulburn Pru Goward and Liberal candidate for Goulburn Wendy Tuckerman.
YLTC executives Paul Twohill, Greg Martin and Michele Whitters applied for the funding from the NSW Government’s 2018 Community Building Partnership.
“The funding will ensure the Clubhouse remains a hub for tennis enthusiasts and also for other groups in the Yass community,” Ms Whitters said.
The YLTC is more than 120 years old and hosts social tennis every Saturday from 2pm.
The beginning of the YLTC was in a private home with a tennis court, Weelalabah in Church Street, where a solicitor, Mr Wilkinson, and his wife entertained their friends.
From there, the YLTC was formed following the suggestion of dentist Mr Alkin, with the initial clubhouse established on the grounds of the hospital.
According to an article written by Marjorie Stewart and Betty Howard on the Early History of Yass Law Tennis Club, 1999, the current courts and clubhouse in Fifield Lane were built in 1929.
