Introduction Tennis has been played at Birkenhead Lawn Tennis Club (BLTC) since 26th January 1892, originally originally called Shrewsbury Lawn Tennis Club and becoming BLTC in 1960. The club has six hard courts, three of which are flood-lit, and clubhouse with bar, kitchen and function area. If you are interested in joining as Senior, Junior or Family members, please come down to the club or get in touch. Subscriptions and forms are available Click here. All club members are required to be a member of British Tennis, membership is free for club members. In order to join, logon to British Tennis website.
Senior News Click here Teams Click here Wirral Tennis League Click here Information for all team players including weekly selections and league information is available from the links above. Teams will be published as soon as possible. Let Richard Chiverrell know asap if you are unavailable. Instructions for getting to away games Click here.
Tennis in the news
BBC - "Tennis is accessible, says LTA coach Phil Leighton"
BBC - "Tennis charity to offer free tennis coaching on Wirral"
L'pool Echo - "Tennis charity Serves Up free tennis coaching In Birkenhead"
Tennis For Free Charity
has joined a strategic partnership between Wirral Council, Cheshire LTA, the
Malcolm Elgin Trust and Birkenhead LTC to help provide
free tennis coaching for all players of all ages at Birkenhead Park every Sunday
2-4pm for the next two years (from 16th May 2010). Birkenhead LTC Club Coach Les
Wellens will be on hand to teach budding tennis players and manage the Sunday
afternoon's at Birkenhead Park. Directions click here.
Contact Mike Withy for further details (MikeWithy(replace with at)wirral.gov.uk).
Social Tennis Evenings from 6pm - Thursdays (Friendly team) and Tuesday evenings out of season Click here.
Junior Membership News Click here. Junior sessions take place on Monday evenings from 5.30-6.00 and continue through to 7.30 and later: 6.30-7.30 pm for under 10s and 7.30-8.30pm under 16s £4 per session (2 coaches present each week). For other coaching sessions please book with Club Coach Sam Whitaker either by email: maverick_sgw(replace this with @)hotmail.com or by phone 07900 494762. We would welcome help from parents in organising Monday nights, junior teams and tournaments.
How to find us? BLTC is best approached from Shrewsbury Road (Oxton), turn north down Beresford Road and then left at the cross-roads into Alton Way, then left onto Devonshire Place and finally left onto Sandy Way. The car park and clubhouse are at the end of Sandy Way. Birkenhead Lawn Tennis Club, 1a Sandy Way, (Off Devonshire Place), Oxton, CH43 2HY. Tel. 0151 6522163
General area map (from Googlemaps.co.uk) Close up aerial image (from Googlemaps.co.uk)