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1974 Ladies 2nd Team won Essex Junior Cup. Men's 2nd Team losing finalists in Essex Junior Cup
1974 New tennis pavilion built with the old one becoming the Junior's pavilion. Men's 2nd team
won Essex Junior Cup.
1977 Men's 1st team won Essex Intermediate Cup.
1978 Club tournaments extended to include a Handicap Mixed Doubles and Men's Plate events.
1981 Two All Weather courts built to replace two grass courts.
Player of the Year and Most Improved Player Awards introduced - won by Martin Hodgson
and Simon Narroway respectively.
1982 Team entered in newly formed Essex Veterans Lreague.
1984 Coaching scheme for adults introduced - forerunner of the Intermediates. Ladies 1st team
won Essex Intermediate Cup
1985 Team entered in the newly formed Essex Singles League.
Club hosts the finals of Brentwood & District Knockout Tournament.
1986 Floodlights installed on Courts 1 & 2. Teams entered in Stock Winter Floodlit League. AGM
moved from traditional February to October.
1987 Club introduce Panel of Coaches format with Peter Thompson as Club Professional
Coach. Courts 3 & 4 resurfaced to All Weather surface. Original All Weather court (Court 9)
coverted to car parking
Ladies Veterans team win Essex Senior League for first of three
Consecutive years.
1989 Club stages Essex Closed Veteran's Tournament (also staged in 1990)
1990 Courts 1 & 2 converted from All Weather to Synthetic Grass
Ladies 1st and 2nd teams and Men's 1st team all win their Essex League Divisions, with two
of remaining three Men's teams runners up.
1991 Layout of the Clubhouse redesigned by Bill Lew.
1992 Courts 3 & 4 converted to Synthetic Grass.
Kelly Philebrown wins the Essex Closed Junior Championship - Girls Singles
1993 Rosie Kurton wins the first of her successive Club Ladies Singles titles at
the age of 15 years. She also wins the Essex Closed Junior Doubles title and represents
the County at Junior level.
Jim Malcolm wins the National Veterans Men's Doubles Over 70 title at Wimbledon.
1995 Floodlights installed on Courts 3 & 4. Courts 5 & 6 converted from shale to Synthetic Grass.
1996 Courts 1 & 2 converted from All Weather to Synthetic Grass
1998 Ladies Veterans team win Essex Senior League
2000 Courts 7 & 8 converted to Synthetic Grass - since floodlit.