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In 1910, the first tennis
courts were built. They were located on the north side of Baird street, between the
Shuswap River and East Salmon Arm Road.
There were four courts, three of them were completed but the fourth one was never
completed. They were built by the English settlers. The playing surface was brick dust
from the Enderby Brickyard.
There was a club and a club house. The club house was used for changing and wasn't used
for anything else. The average number of members was around thirty. The members generally
played in their tennis whites on Saturday afternoons and enjoyed tea together afterwards.
Tennis tournaments were often held in Enderby.The Okanagan Mixed Doubles Interclub
Tournament was an annual event, in which teams battled for the "Dark Cup", an
Enderby Cup presented by E. Dark of Kelowna.
Some of Enderby's finest players were Dennis Forster, Art Dill, and Rena Dill who was the
best that Enderby put out. She won the B.C. championship in 1923.
The courts were kept until World War II when the membership went down. It went down
because people weren't coming back - they were getting killed or injured in the war.
After the war had ended the club house was moved to Regent street, the courts were taken
down and a subdivision was put in its place.
In the early 1900s the Flour Mill manager
built a tennis court behind his house, and the sawmill
manager put in courts behind the manager's house on Sicamous St.. The mill workers would
often have their own tournaments.
Tennis courts at the M.V. Beattie Elementary
School were put in during the 1960s.
Kurt Vetter, Marcus Imbeau
ALF School 1989