Around 100 people attended a public meeting to discuss the future of an under-threat Cardiff tennis club. Members of Whitchurch Tennis Club are concerned about plans for the future of the land where the club, that has been on its current site since 1946, is based.
The club, which has eight all-weather hard courts, a practice wall and club house, has around 300 members and is based just off St Francis Road in the north Cardiff suburb. It is one of a few privately-owned tennis clubs in the city and a new 15-year lease that was agreed in March 2021 has three break clauses.
The landlords say they are considering the interests of their children and have been working with a housing developer on plans for the site. This has raised concerns among the local community and club chairman Mike Lubienski said the public meeting was called to show the "strength of feeling in the community about keeping the club".
