Club History

The land on the Buckland’s and Eastern Beach peninsular was owned by Mr Alfred Buckland until 1916 when it was acquired and jointly administered by Messrs Buckland, Waller and Eliott, forming the Buckland’s Beach syndicate. From the mid 1920’s onwards the syndicate members began subdividing the land and in the process were required by law to set aside “Greenbelts” as public reserves.

Towards the end of that decade Mr E. Eliott became aware of the growing interest in providing bowling and tennis facilities. He obtained permission from his syndicate partners to donate to the Domain Board flat land on the corner of what is now Devon Road and Morrow Avenue.
In 1926 the Buckland’s & Eastern Beaches Tennis Club was formed.
A levy of 10 pounds to provide facilities was struck which entitled the founding members of the club to life membership.
The Club was formally incorporated on 6 February 1939.
As the permanent population grew so did our club membership.
 In 1973 the Tennis Club was relocated to its present site at, Jern Place Eastern Beach and the facilities were expanded to provide 6 artificial all weather flood lit courts. 
Today our club is the second largest in the Eastern Suburbs and the 10th equal of the 48 clubs affiliated to Auckland Tennis Inc.

The Buckland’s and Eastern Beach’s Tennis Club has the benefit of being located on the beautiful Buckland’s Beach peninsula at Roger’s Park.

                     Eastern Beach (a popular local beach) is adjacent to the club, a short 100m walk, to allow a refreshing swim after tennis.
                     
                     
                     original site - corner of Devon Rd and Morrow Ave                                            

Our Philosophy

                     

Is to maintain our facilities at the highest standards possible.  The club has recorded a number of strong financial performances over the past years and reinvests in maintaining  its infrastructure.  We also have one of the lowest fee structures in the Eastern Suburbs.