Hisory of Greenebelt Tennis Club!

The year was 1977, 10 Tennis courts were constructed in St John’s as Newfoundland hosted the Canada games that year and it proved to be a pivotal year for Tennis in the Province.

These courts went on to become the Greenbelt Tennis Club, Tennis exploded into life as over the next few years interest in the game expanded and membership of the Club grew to a peak of almost 700 members.

Greenbelt at this time was still an outdoor only Club and during the mid 1980’s with both membership growing and the standard of play improving two visionaries in Mike Donovan and Gerry Bishop saw the potential to develop year round facilities at the Club.

It was not to be until 1987 when through both the Clubs effort and in particular, Mike and Gerry’s sheer desire to make it happen that the “Bubble” was finally erected. Initially it covered 4 courts but was later expanded to cover six. Tennis in Newfoundland had grown its wings and Greenbelt had established itself as a permanent base from which both young and old members as well as social and competitive players could develop their game.

By providing an excellent playing facility, Greenbelt assisted top juniors like Brett Williams, Jennifer Bishop, Heather Donovan, Craig Hurley, Krista Manning, Anita Pushpanathan, Andrea Duguid, Kim Dicks, Mark Parsons and Kendrick Au to pursue Tennis Scholarships in the United States.

Our current Junior Tennis Program works with Tennis Canada as a Tennis Development Center guiding top Junior players towards Atlantic and National performance levels.

As a Club, Greenbelt aims to meet the needs of all players - from the youngest, to our oldest senior members. At Greenbelt we see our role as giving players the opportunity to play the game of a lifetime, for a lifetime.

Welcome to the Green Belt Tennis Club.