Cashmere Tennis Club

The Cashmere Hills Recreation Club was registered in April 1922 with the aim of establishing a place for playing tennis, croquet and bowls. The club bought some five acres of land in the current spot, blessed by sun and sheltered from wind.  An existing house is thought to have been used as the bowlers old pavilion while the tennis pavilion was built for about £1000. In 1923, a committee of the club created a set of rules for the tennis section and agreed to affiliate with the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association.

The Depression hit hard and the recreational club came under pressure to sell the land for building purposes.This was resisted for several years but the financial pressures continued.  In 1939, the grounds were sold to the Heathcote County Council for £3800, more than enough to clear the club’s £2500 mortgage. In 1961, the land was then transferred to the Crown and was vested as a recreation reserve so it could  never be used for housing.