RATOATH TENNIS CLUB

Ratoath Tennis Club was founded in 2007 at a meeting held in St. Oliver's Community Centre, Main Street, Ratoath, Co. Meath. The founding members of the club had been members of other tennis clubs and felt Ratoath should have its own club. A plot of land close to the village was made available by the Community Centre and Ratoath Tennis Club secured a loan and signed it's first lease. Once planning permission had been granted for 5 courts, lights, railings and a small club house, the founding members started fundraising within the local Ratoath community and applying for any and all available state and sport grants. The initial cost to develop the land for tennis court use was going to be expensive, as it had been agreed from the outset that Ratoath Tennis Club should have the same court surface as the top tennis clubs in Dublin. The benefit of these ‘Savannah' courts is their low maintenance, their all-weather playability and knee friendly comfort. Lights and surrounding railings with..