Queen's Club
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| Formation | 1886 |
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| Type | Private members' club |
| Purpose | Sport |
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| Coordinates | 51°29′15″N 0°12′42″W / 51.48750°N 0.21167°W |
Chief executive | Ross Niland (as of 2019[update])[1] |
| Website | www |
The Queen's Club is a private sporting club in
History
Founded as The Queen's Club Limited on 19 August 1886 by
Queen's Club was the venue of the covered courts (indoor) tennis, jeu de paume (real tennis) and rackets events of the 1908 Summer Olympics.[5] On 7 March 1914 George V attended the Navy v Army rugby match. The army won by four goals and two tries to the navy's three tries.[6]
Until 1922, the club was the main ground for the football games of Corinthian F.C. One international was held, between England and Wales on 18 March 1895, the result being a 1–1 draw.
Sale of Queen's Club
On 13 September 2005, the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), the governing body of British lawn tennis, which had owned Queen's since 1953, put the club up for sale. The terms required that the rackets club and the Queen's Club Championships remain unaffected (the site's value for residential or commercial redevelopment might greatly exceed its value as a sports club, in the event that planning permission could be obtained, and the LTA wished to preserve the club's role in British tennis).
On 8 March 2006, the LTA announced that it would sell to club members for £45 million, ending seven months of uncertainty about the club's future.[7] However some members disputed the LTA's right to sell the club, which they contested it merely held in trust on their behalf, and began to raise funds to dispute the sale in court.[8] In December 2006, the two sides reached an out-of-court settlement in which the sale price was reduced to £35 million.[9][10]
In February 2007, the LTA relocated its headquarters from Queen's Club to the new
The ball girls are selected from year 8, 9, and 10 pupils at St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls in South London and Nonsuch High School for Girls in Surrey.
See also
- All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club — London's other famous tennis club
- British Covered Court Championships
- Queen's Club Covered Court Championship
- The "Pioneer Exhibition Game" in London (1916)
- List of tennis stadiums by capacity
References
- ^ Watterson, Johnny (13 May 2020). "Meet the Irishman in charge at one of sport's most exclusive clubs". The Irish Times. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ISBN 0091660602.
- ^ McKelvie, p. 14
- ^ McKelvie, p. 15
- ^ 1908 Summer Olympics official report. pp. 220 (covered courts tennis), 233 (rackets) & 314 (jeu de paume).
- ^ West London Observer 13 March 1914
- ^ Bloomberg. "London's Queen's Club Sold to Members for 45 Million Pounds". Archived from the original on 7 May 2006. Retrieved 25 April 2006.
- ^ Mark Hodgkinson (9 June 2005). "LTA legal threat from Queen's Club rebels". The Telegraph. London.
- ^ "LTA sells Queen's Club for £35m". BBC. 14 December 2006.
- ^ "LTA end Queen's Club dispute". The Telegraph. London. 14 December 2006.
External links
Media related to Queen's Club at Wikimedia Commons- The Queen's Club
- St. Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls website
- The Tennis & Rackets Association
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