Cromarty Tennis Club
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| Former names | Sydney Lawn Tennis Club, Sydney Tennis Association, Ltd., Cromarty Kinsmen Tennis Club |
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| Address | 65 Cromarty Street |
| Location | Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Coordinates | 46°07′41″N 60°11′19″W / 46.12818°N 60.18862°W |
| Public transit | Transit Cape Breton Route 13 |
| Owner | Cape Breton Regional Municipality |
| Operator | Cromarty Tennis Club Society |
| Type | Tennis club |
| Acreage | 1.36 |
| Surface | Hard surfaced courts (synthetic/acrylic over asphalt) |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1902 |
| Renovated | 1996 |
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Cromarty Tennis Club is a private tennis club situated in the community of Sydney, part of Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality. Cromarty Tennis Club is one of the oldest tennis clubs in Nova Scotia, established at its present location along Reservoir Brook (formerly Wentworth Creek or Sullivan's Brook), in Sydney in 1902.[1] The club's address is 65 Cromarty Street, Sydney. Cromarty Tennis Club is a member of Tennis Nova Scotia.[2]
Programs offered by the club include junior and senior (adult) lessons, team tennis, competitive ladder,[3] junior ladder, club mixers and socials as well as the Cape Breton Junior Regionals, Masters Championships, and the Cape Breton Open tournaments.[4] There are both organized and unorganized playing schedules with the club operating from mid-May to late November each year. The club has between 150 and 200 members, 100 of whom are children.[5] The club also offers up to three youth summer tennis camps each season.[4]
Courts
There are 4 hard surfaced courts (synthetic/acrylic over asphalt). All courts are lit for evening play. The courts were completely rebuilt and resurfaced in 1996, and resurfaced again in 2002, 2006 and 2011.[1]
Clubhouse
There is a Clubhouse with a lounge, washrooms, and an outdoor deck overlooking the courts.[6]
Cape Breton Open
The Cape Breton Open tennis championships was hosted by the Cromarty Tennis Club in 1936,[7] 1940,[8] 1941,[9][10] 1942,[11] and after pausing for the remainder of World War II, again in 1947,[12][13] and 1949,[14] as well as hosting the Nova Scotia Open (the Provincial tennis championship),[15] that same year. The Cape Breton Open has been held by Cromarty each year annually thereafter.
The Open attracts some of the top tennis players from across the province, drawing 50 to 75 players in open division (men' and women's open singles, open double, and mixed doubles), men's singles over-35, over-45, over-55, and over-65, women's singles over-35, and men's and women's doubles over-35 Masters divisions.[16][17][18][19]
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