The Arrowsmith Tennis Club is a Vancouver Island community club whose members come from the Oceanside area - Nanoose Bay, Parksville, Qualicum Beach, Bowser - and beyond. The membership consists of all age groups including juniors (see under Juniors), but is weighted towards the retirement age. Court conditions permitting, play takes place all twelve months of the year. Of course, the weather often puts a damper (quite literally) on things in the winter, but depending on the year there are often quite a few days when the weather is good enough for outdoor tennis even in January. (The picture above on the right was taken in early January 2017 at 2 deg, the one on the left in early April 2017.)

The Club is fortunate in being able to use five of the six excellent community courts behind the Springwood School in Parksville and two of the three scenically situated courts on Veterans Way in Qualicum Beach. The times at which the Club has courts reserved in both Parksville and Qualicum Beach are listed under the Court Times tab. Play at these times is on a drop-in basis and tends to be doubles. In the evening, play is either singles or doubles.

During the summer season, in addition to the daily drop-in tennis, the Club organizes a number of social events and tournaments for singles, doubles, and mixed doubles.

The Arrowsmith Tennis Club welcomes players of all ages and abilities. We are happy to arrange for introductory games with current members. There is no obligation for the first two sessions. For more information please phone or email:

Sue Rehill, Membership Director
250-947-9743
44Limes@gmail.com

Benefits of joining the Club include drop-in play, Round Robin mixers and other tournaments, social events, online reservations for some courts, a program for juniors, and use of club equipment like a ball machine.

The annual club membership fees are $35 for adults and $20 for juniors (under 18 years of age). Members receive a club shoe tag, which allows them to play at the times reserved for our Club. (See Schedule.) Fees are due in April. Anyone joining at a later date pays the full amount for the year.

To join the Arrowsmith Tennis Club, see Sue Rehill or Garry Kaita at the courts or contact Sue as above. You can download the membership application form by clicking HERE. (The form will be displayed in a separate window. The controls needed to download the form will pop up when you move the mouse to the bottom of the window.)

If you are already a member and all your information is current, there is no need to complete another form. Sue Rehill and Garry Kaita will accept cash or cheques (made out to Arrowsmith Tennis Club) at the courts and distribute shoe tags. Alternately, please mail the completed form along with a cheque made out to Arrowsmith Tennis Club to this address:

Box 166
Parksville BC
V9P 2G4

We look forward to seeing you on the courts!

For other Club information, please contact

Paul Arnell
phone: 250.729.1271

or write to the Club's email address: arrowsmithtennis@hotmail.com




Summer Schedule

April 1 - October 31

Springwood Courts

behind (to the west of) Springwood School, 450 Despard Ave., Parksville

COURT TIMES CHANGES

Sign-up canceled Wed, Aug 23 to Sun, Aug 27. The Club Championships will be held during this period. The sign-up and the Shootout are canceled during this period because court availability cannot be guaranteed and because members who use the sign-up may be participating in the Championships.

Resumption of regular court times. The last day of the RDN Summer Camp is on Fri, Aug 18. Therefore regular court times will resume on Saturday, Aug. 19. In particular, the MWF afternoon sessions will begin at 12 noon and the TTSS morning sessions will begin at 8 am. If courts are needed for the Club Championships during these times, the Championships will have priority.



Court Times

Mon TueWedThu FriSatSun
8-10Open Open OpenOpen
10-12 No-Resn No-Resn Reg'd Mixed, Open No-Resn
12-2 IntermediateIntermediate Intermediate
2-4 Shootout, Open
4-6
6-8No-Rsn No-Rsn


Qualicum Beach Courts

Veterans Way, Qualicum Beach

Monday, Wednesday, Friday: Courts 1 and 2, 9:00 am - noon, pre-arranged games.



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Court Etiquette. All members should show courtesy and consideration while on and off the courts.
Click HERE for details.

Explanations Related to Court Times

Scheduled Tennis Activities and Reserved Court Times. The fields with white backgrounds in the table above indicate the times at which the Club has reservations for Springwood Courts 2 to 6. Most scheduled activities take place during these times. However, some Club members play at other times making private arrangements, e.g., the Social Tennis Group which plays on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:15 to 1:45 and Saturdays from 10:00 to 11:30. This is not a drop-in activity. To join the group, members should send an email to Paul Arnell and he will add their name to the weekly player schedule. The play is non-competitive mixed doubles, and each session comprises three 30-minute matches, each match with a different partner that is assigned in advance by the organizer. You do not need a partner to join the group. This is an excellent group activity for new members to meet and play with other Club members in a series of friendly social matches.

In addition, to facilitate meeting other players at certain times when the Club has no court reservations, the Club provides an online sign-up system. The fields marked 'No-Rsn' in the table above indicate public times for which members can sign up. Court availability at these times is very likely, but not guaranteed. For details, please go to Sign-up below.

The Club's main scheduled tennis activities are the Open and Intermediate sessions at Springwood. See the Court Times table above. If you are not sure which of these to attend, why not try them both? Also, see 'Categories of Play' below.

Play during reserved times is drop-in most of the time as explained under Categories of Play below.

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Sign-up. The underlined entries in the Court Times table are links to pages on which you can sign up for these events, or cancel if you have already signed up. You must be a Club member to be able to sign up. If you sign up, you are expected to be on the court promptly at the beginning of the sign-up period. Otherwise, you will forfeit your reservation.

For the MWF Intermediate tennis, the sign-up is effective only until the end of the first play session at 12:40. After that, players are exchanged on all courts as explained under 'Court Changes' below..

The purpose of the signup at certain public times indicated by 'No-Resn' when the Club has no court reservations is to provide a means to communicate to other players that some people will be on the courts at this time. Court availability is not guaranteed because the general public has equal rights to the courts. However, several courts are usually free even during public times. For the sign-up to work, please be on the courts at the beginning of the given time period.

Players may sign up for an event or cancel up to 2 hours before the start of the event. Depending on the event, one can sign up a week or more in advance.

Signing up is required for the Registered Mixed Doubles on Saturday and the Shootout on Friday. However, signing up can be useful for all events in several ways, e.g., when only few players are expected, as for the 'No-Resn' times, or when the weather is uncertain.

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Categories of Play

  • Open. For all players, from beginners to advanced. The Open sessions allow ladies', men's, mixed doubles, 3 and 1, singles or practise hitting. However, if courts are needed for doubles, doubles has priority over singles or just hitting balls. If there are players present who want to play doubles and do have enough partners to form a four-some, singles players are expected to either join them to form a doubles four-some or use the public Court 1.

    Players playing doubles change courts after completing a set. For more about court changes, see below.

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  • Intermediate, MWF 11:50-2. Play during this period is for players at the intermediate level or above. The 11:50-2 period is divided into a 10-min warm-up session from 11:50-12:00 and three 40-min play sessions. Players change courts after each 40-min session as explained in more detail below under 'Court Changes'. Play is doubles, except for extra incomplete foursomes who might play singles or Australian doubles. If only a single player is extra at 11:50, s/he is to be folded in on one of the other courts. The same applies if a single player is waiting at the 40-min change points.

    One can sign up for Courts 4 - 6 for the 11:50 - 12:40 period: Court 4 for ladies' doubles, Court 5 for men's doubles, and Court 6 for 'mixed' doubles. If Courts 4 or 5 are fully signed up while Court 6 is not, additional ladies or men may sign up on Court 6 in which case the composition on Court 6 may end up being 3:1 or 4:0. After 12:40 courts are changed as described under 'Court Change' below, and there is no more sign-up.

    It is expected that players who sign up for the Intermediate Tennis will stay for all three 40-min play sessions even though they can sign up for only the first session. Otherwise, the court changes will not work well.

    For the court changes to work, the courts should be filled at 11:50 from Court 6 on down. If any of Courts 4 to 6 are not fully signed up, they should be filled with players who have not signed up or players should regroup themselves so that the courts are filled from Court 6 on down.

    Courts 2 and 3 are open to everybody.

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  • Registered Mixed Doubles, Saturday 10-12. Courts 2 and 3 are reserved for registered mixed doubles. The remaining courts, 4-6, are for Open play. During the Registered Mixed Doubles session, teams stay together during the entire 2-hour session, but change courts after completing a set, similar to what is done in the Open sessions but without breaking up the teams.

    Players must sign up for this event.

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  • No-Resn during public play times. These sessions at times at which the Club has no court reservations are at attractive play times, Tues, Thurs, Sat, Sun mornings at 10 and Mon, Wed evenings at 6. By making it possible to sign up at these times, the Club intends to facilitate finding others to play with at these times. Of course, the public has equal rights to the courts at these times, but the courts are hardly ever taken up by the public entirely. For this to work, please be on the courts punctually at 10 am or 6 pm, respectively.

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  • Shootout, Friday 2:00 - 4:10. The Shootout is competitive play at the 3.5 level or above in which each player's scores are accumulated during a given month. The cumulative scores are reset to 0 at the beginning of a new month.

    For a definition of the 3.5 level and the other NTRP ranking levels, click on the link in the preceding paragrah or look under Links on this website.

    Up to 12 players can participate in the Shootout, and Courts 2, 3, and 4 are reserved for this event. The remaining Courts 5 and 6 are for Open play. The Shootout begins on the first Friday in May.

    Details on the organization of the Shootout.

    Players must sign up for the Shootout so that they can enter their scores into the system. To sign up, use the link in the Court Times table above. More than 12 players will not be accommodated, and if fewer than 4 players are present, the Shootout will be canceled.

    The Shootout starts punctually at 2:00 pm with a a 10-min warm-up followed by three 40-min sessions. Players take up courts in the order of their average scores for the current (or past) month, using Courts 4, 3, and 2 if more than 8 players are signed up or Courts 3 and 2 if 8 or fewer players are signed up, starting from Court 4 or Court 3, respectively. Players arrange themselves on a court so that opposing teams are roughly balanced. For the first session, this means the players ranked 1 and 4 or 2 and 3, respectively, will form teams on one court and similarly on the other courts.

    Players are expected to participate in all three sessions. At the end of each 40-min session, each player gets a number of points equal to the number of games won, except for the following proviso. If one side has won 8 games before the end of a 40-min session, the score to be recorded is the score at that point, e.g., 8:3. Play can continue until the end of the 40-min session, but this additional play will not affect the score to be recorded. A player's total score for the day will be the sum of the points earned in the three 40-min sessions.

    Players record their scores on the website by clicking on the Shootout link in the Court Times table above. A score must be recorded at the latest by noon of the Friday following the Friday on which the score was earned.

    It is not necessary that the same players participate every Friday. Of course, the more often one participates the more likely it is to achieve a high score for the given month.

    At the end of each 40-min session, players change courts as in the MWF 12-2 sessions. Players who are on the same team in one session play on opposite sides of the net in the next session. If there are only two players on Court 2 (playing singles), they trade places with the team on Court 3 that obtained the lower score. If there are three players on Court 2 (playing Australian), the player with the lowest score remains on Court 2 while the two players with the higher scores trade places with the team on Court 3 with the lower score. In case there is one extra player, s/he is rotated in on Court 3 after every game played. The scoring in all cases is one point for a game won, whether playing singles or doubles.

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Court Changes

  • Open. Courts are changed at the end of a set, by calling 'Court' after completing a set. If the other courts are still in the middle of a set, the players on the court on which a set has been completed will start a new set, but stop and change courts as soon as a set is completed on another court and 'Court' is called.

  • Intermediate. Courts are being filled from Court 6 on downward punctually at 11:50. At 12:40 and 13:20, players change courts. During each 40-min session, play is continuous regardless of the score so that the score at the end of the session might be 8:5. At the end of a session, the team with the higher score moves to the next higher court and the team with the lower score to the next lower court, except that the team with the higher score on Court 6 will remain on that court and, similarly, the team with the lower score on the lowest court will remain on that court.

    Team mates in one session will split up and be on opposite sides of the net in the following session.

    After this player exchange and before beginning the new session, any extra players (1, 2 or 3) who are not part of a complete foursome get folded in as follows. First, gaps are filled that might arise if players drop out at the end of a session. If after filling all gaps extra players remain who need a spot, they should change places with the lower-score players on the lowest court. If necessary, it will be decided by spinning a racket who has to step aside for the next 40-min period. If gaps are remaining on more than one court after all extra players have moved in, the courts with gaps will consolidate so that at most one court with fewer than four players remains.

    It makes for more enjoyable tennis if the players on a court are matched. Players are encouraged to keep this in mind when teams are arranged.

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Drop-in Play. Play is on a drop-in basis for all categories, except the Registered Mixed Doubles, the Shootout, and the Sign-up sessions on Courts 4-6 on MWF 12-12:40.

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Reduced Court Availabilty

  • From May 8 through June 23, Monday - Friday, the Springwood School may occasionally require Courts 1 - 3 for tennis lessons. The School has priority on the courts during those times.
  • From July 4 to August 21, Courts 1 - 6 are reserved for the RDN Summer Tennis Camp from 9:00 until 12:15. If any of Courts 4 to 6 are not in use during these times in this calendar period, members should ask permission from the Tennis Camp Organizer before using any of these courts.

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Ball Machine. The Club has a Silent-Partner ball machine which is being kept in the Club's storage room. All Club members (juniors only under supervision of an adult Club member) are free to use the machine if they are familiar with its operation AND the Club's rules for using it. Let somebody who has used the machine before explain it to you and/or consult the operation manual for the machine. The machine, if used improperly, can cause severe injuries. When the machine is ON, ALWAYS watch the balls coming out of the machine and NEVER stand directly in front of the machine. The machine can fire balls at 95 mph or 152 km/h!

Starting sometime later in April, you will be able to reserve the ball machine for hourly periods up to seven days in advance.

At all times, ball machine use has lower priority on a court than regular tennis play by either members of the public or the Club.

The ball machine should not be used when the courts are wet. Wet balls clog up the mechanism.

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Summer Season: Apr. 1 - Oct. 31, 2017


In addition to the regular tennis activity, listed under the Schedule tab, the Club organizes a number of special events: round robins, tournaments, social events. Some of these are free for Club members, others require a small fee. Except for the tournaments, these events are listed below. Listed here are also the date and time of the End of Season/Awards Dinner and of the General Annual Meeting. The tournaments are listed under a separate Tournament tab.

For a Facebook page listing Club events and some Club pictures, click HERE

Saturday, May 6: Round Robin.

Note about all Round Robins. They are played on the Springwood Courts, start at 9:00 am and last until about 11:00 am. Please be at the courts by 8:45 am to register and to allow the organizers time to schedule the play order. Participation is free to all members. Three rounds (or possibly more, depending on participant numbers) will be played, 8 games in each round, with a reshuffling of players within each group of four after 4 games. For the detailed Round Robin Rules, click here.

In the case of rain for a Round Robin, the event will be canceled and not rescheduled.

Light refreshments (juice, cookies, chips) will be served at all Round Robins.

Saturday, June 3: Round Robin.

Saturday, July 8: Round Robin.

Wednesday, July 12, 11:30 am: ATC welcomes Comox Valley Tennis Club. Hosting the Comox Valley Tennis Club for a special lunch and friendly social tennis event at the Springwood courts. Play will be mostly mixed doubles, with each side composed of one member from our club and one from their club. The Comox Valley Club is planning to send 14 players and we will try to match this number. Matches will be 30 min. Arrive at the courts by 11:30 to sign in and welcome our guests. Games will start at noon, and lunch will be served at 1 pm. Play will resume after lunch. Email Paul Arnell if you plan to attend, but you are free to change your mind at the last minute.

Saturday, July 22: Round Robin.

Saturday, August 5: Round Robin.

Saturday, August 19: Round Robin.

Saturday, September 9. Final Round Robin.

Saturday, September 9, End of Season/Awards Dinner. The dinner will be held at the Surfside RV Club in their waterfront Club House. We'll kick off with a Happy Hour from 4 - 5, followed by a buffet supper. Club members may bring one guest. The cost is $15/person for members and non-members alike.

To help keep the costs and work load down, please bring your own plate, glass, and cutlery. Non-alcoholic beverages will be provided, but you may bring your own bottle of wine or beer. The event is organized by Pat Hansen, Sue Wilson, and Paul Arnell. If you wish to attend, please pay your $15 to any of the organizers by August 31.

Date and Place TBA: Annual General Meeting.




Juniors

Starting on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 and continuing through much of September, the Club has tennis for juniors (age below 18) every Tuesday at the Springwood courts. This year, the first four Tuesdays from April 25 until May 16, the Club is offering lessons taught by Alan Oslie, a certified tennis instructor. The lessons run from 4:00 to 5:30. Please click HERE for more details about Alan and what he offers. The total fee for all four lessons will be $50. This will include the ATC annual junior membership fee of $20. For more information or to register for these lessons, please call Jill Trelawny at 250.954.3474.

Once the lessons are finished, we will continue with junior practice sessions every Tuesday until sometime in September, from 3:30 to 5:00. Juniors who want to participate will have to pay the annual junior Club fee of $20 on the first day of participation if they have not participated in Alan's lessons. One can join at any time. One or more adult Club members will be present to assist and give hints. For more information, please call Jill Trelawny at 250.954.3474.

Juniors may also participate in the Club's other regularly scheduled tennis activities as listed on the website under Schedule and in special events like Round Robins and Club tournaments as listed under Events and Tournaments.




Tournaments

Saturday, June 24: ATC Oceanside Open Tournament. Men's and Ladies' doubles. This event is open to all comers, members and non-members. Fee: $10/participant. The fee includes prizes, refreshments and lunch. The tournament format will depend on the number of participants. The registration deadline is Wednesday, June 21. To register, email Don Lefler.

Tuesday, July 11: Adult/Junior Tournament. The tournament will be on the Springwood courts from 3:00 - 5:30 pm, round robin style. Any adults interested in participating please contact Jill Trelawny. Phone: 250.954.3474. The event is free, and there will be refreshments.

Saturday, July 29: ATC Mixed Doubles Tournament in Compass Format. The tournament will start at 9:00 am and will last until about 1:30 pm. You play with the same partner in all rounds, no one is 'knocked out'. Everyone plays three rounds, but as rounds progress teams are matched with other teams of similar skill level. A final fourth round will determine the winner among the two top teams. There is no entry fee for this tournament.

To sign up for the tournament, click HERE. You can sign up as a team or individually. The sign-up system will determine a partner for you, but note that people who sign up as a team have priority if not everybody can be accommodated. Instead of signing up here on the website, you can email Don Lefler and he will transfer your name(s) to the online sign-up list. This way, the online sign-up list is a complete list of registrants. The deadline for signing up is 7:00 pm on Wednesday, July 26. If bad weather means the event has to be canceled on Saturday, it will be rescheduled for Sunday, July 30.

Mid-August: ATC Club Championship Tournament, Wed, Aug 23 to Sun, Aug 27. Ladies' and Men's Singles, Ladies' and Men's Doubles, Mixed Doubles. All preliminary matches begin on Wed, Aug 23. Entry fee: $5 per person and eveent. To register, please contact Don Lefler or Greg Bach by Aug 16, 19:00 h. The tournament format will be determined by the number of entries. Entrants will be contacted by Monday evening.




General Information About the Arrowsmith Tennis Club

October 2016 - October 2017 Executive

President: Paul Arnell

Vice President: Ada Sarsiat

Secretary: Erica Monderman

Treasurer: Sue Wilson

Membership: Sue Rehill

Social Program: Pat Hansen

Tournament Director: Don Lefler

Junior Program: Jill Trelawny

Communication: Jim Cameron (email)

Past President: Frank Johnston

October 2016 - October 2017 Officers (not on the Executive)

Court Maintenance: Paul Arnell

Assistant to Treasurer (fee collection): Garry Kaita

Website: Hans Laue

Membership List

Click HERE to see the up-to-date membership list with phone numbers and some email addresses. If you wish to have your email address added or deleted from the list, please call Hans Laue (250-594-1786) or Sue Rehill (250-947-9743).

Newsletters and Phone List

Click HERE to see or download the most recent Newsletter and earlier ones and also the Club Phone List. Note, however, that the the most up-to-date information about membership and phone numbers is in the Membership List above.

Email Notices to Club Members

Most of our members are now being contacted by email. Please contact Jim Cameron at arrowsmithtennis@hotmail.com if you have email and are not being contacted in this way or if you are changing your email.

You can also contact Jim about any other Club matters by using the email address above.

Court Maintenance by Club Members

Throughout the year, but especially in the fall, leaves and needles need to be cleaned off the courts. The Club is assisting the City in this task and is asking for volunteers who together with others will help maintain the courts in good condition. Paul Arnell (email) will coordinate the activity. To sign up for a two-week period, click here.

A leaf blower, brooms, garbage can, and squeegees are available in the Storage Room at courtside. Ask a member of the Executive for the key combination.

Sunshine Lady

April Whitman is our Sunshine Lady. Phone No. 250-752-7008. Please let April know if someone is ill or if there is a bereavement in the family, so she can send a card.

Racquet Stringing

Mike Bellis (250-713-2229) lives in Nanoose Bay, is available for stringing all year, and can provide same-day service.

Murray Hough (250-753-0048) - Available for stringing all year. He also offers next-day turn-around at the courts during July and August (Monday to Friday).

Tennis Lessons

Evie Seeton (250-228-1509) is a member of our Club who is a certified instructor. She will give individual or group lessons to interested Club members. Give her a call.

Alan Oslie (250-954-0471) is a member of our Club with experience in coaching juniors and adults, including our juniors and beginning adults who may become Club members. He is available for private and small group lessons at times to be mutually agreed. Give him a call.

Murray Hough (250-753-0048) offers private singles or group lessons at noon through July and August.

Gordon Verge is a qualified instructor. Call Gordon at 250-594-2000 for single or group rates.

Ball Machine. The Club has a Silent Partner - Edge Star ball machine which is available to all members (juniors only with supervision of an adult member). Members must have received instruction on how to use the machine before using it for the first time. Contact Paul Arnell at 250-729-1271 for instruction. For information about the machine, click User's Manual.

Parking

The Springwood School parking lot must NOT be used by tennis players during school hours.

Club History

1975 - The Qualicum Beach Tennis Courts were built. Louise Dwyer was on the Recreation Commission and instrumental in pulling together the funding by means of a of 1/3 Town, 1/3 Rotary, and 1/3 Provincial grant.

1978 - The Qualicum Beach Open Tournament was started.

1983 - The Arrowsmith Tennis Club was formed with Fran Jones as the first president and Meep Verbrugge as a major organizational force. 66 members. The Club was based in Qualicum Beach with some play at Ballenas High School. There were a morning of ladies only, a fun day of mixed play, and a singles ladder. Some current members, Christine Aubin, Louise Dwyer, Jim Henderson, George Klimek, Stan Saunders, Rita Stevenson and Dorothy Watson, were among the original members of the Club.

1984 - Presidents Betty Gerbracht and Louise Dwyer. 43 members.

1985 - 1989 - President Jim Martin (35, 68, 34, 56 members).

1990 - President Noel Edwards, 65 adults, 5 juniors.

1991 - President Judy Wood, 128 adults, 38 juniors. This was the first year in which there were tournaments for Club members only - juniors, adults, and seniors (over 55). These tournaments attracted many new members. The junior boys tournaments had under-14 and under-18 events and attracted 24 in singles and 14 pairs in doubles. There were singles and doubles ladders, regular round robins (at Beach Acres). New also was an "Open" junior tournament, with other clubs attending. The Club was incorporated.

1992 - President Judy Wood. 114 adults, 57 juniors. There was an opening junior tournament at the beginning of the season in May and a final junior tournament which attracted 36 entries including 9 girls.

1993 - President Kathy Sturrock, 125 adults, 41 juniors. Judy Wood organized a Ladies B Interclub league.

1994 - President Kathy Sturrock, 114 adults, 40 juniors. Casino night raised $11,000 for new courts. The Ladies B Team won the island championship.

1995 - President Frank Scott, 114 adults, 6 juniors. The first "I Can't Believe I Won This Trophy" mixed tourney was held. Judy organized a fall mixed Interclub league and Arrowsmith won. The "Open" Junior ceased.

1996 - President Robert Stovall, 117 adults, 10 juniors.

1997 - President Robert Stovall, 94 adults, 2 juniors. Club casino raised $14,000. The Club offered $30,000 to Qualicum Beach toward building new courts - declined. The Mixed Team won Mid-Island league.

1998 - President Glenn Simpson, 100 adults, 8 juniors. The Club contributed $34,550 toward the addition of three courts at Springwood in Parksville, with the proviso that the Club get preferential use of court time. The final round robin was played on the six Springwood courts October 18.

1999 - President Glenn Simpson, 93 adults, 8 juniors. The Club times of Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and men's Sunday mornings were moved from Qualicum to Springwood and the fees raised from $20 to $25. (A few members preferred not to move and formed a Qualicum Club). The Qualicum Open became the Arrowsmith Open and moved to Springwood. The Mixed Team won the Mid-Island league. A second ladies team was entered in the Interclub league.

2000 - President Bruce Pepper, 108 adults, 1 junior.

2001 - President Louise Dwyer, 107 adults, 7 juniors. Gordon Verge started junior strategy sessions. The Mixed Team won the Mid-Island league.

2002 - President Louise Dwyer, 126 adults, 7 juniors. A club e-mail account was set up to provide improved communication with members. The Ladies B Red Team wins the Mid-Island league.

2003 - President Bob Urquhart, 120 adults, 21 juniors. A storage shed was built at Springwood at a cost of $4450. The website was developed to better publicize Club activities. The Ladies B Red Team won the Vancouver Island championship.

2004 - President Bob Urquhart, 128 adults, 18 juniors. Due to organizational difficulties, the Arrowsmith Open tournament was canceled, effective starting 2005. The Interclub mixed and ladies leagues too ceased due to the lack of an organizer. Future emphasis is being placed on tournaments for members only.

2005 - President Liz Court, 123 adults, 25 juniors.

2006 - President Liz Court, 118 adults, 23 juniors.

2007 - President Ron Morrisroe, 113 adults, 19 juniors.

2008 - President Ron Morrisroe, 112 adults, 19 juniors.

2009 - President Bob Sage, 117 adults, 19 juniors.

2010 - President Bob Sage, 108 adults, 8 juniors.

2011 - President Dave Chappell, 121 adult members. In Winter 2011, four indoor tennis sessions at the Westwood Club were arranged for 12 participants. A rebound net for practice hitting was installed against the fence on the north side of Court 2.

2012 - President Hans Laue, 123 adults, 1 junior. Westwood indoor play was again arranged in the winter months. Wind screens were added to the south fence. A new court allocation system for the Round Robins was introduced.

2013 - President Hans Laue, 122 adults, 19 juniors (the Club's Junior Program was restarted under Jill Trelawny), Westwood indoor winter tennis continuing, MWF 12-2 sessions restructured (for somewhat more challenging play with both men and ladies participating, starting punctually at noon with court changes every 40 min), online sign-up system introduced for the MWF 12-2 and the evening sessions, our ladies team won the 3.5 mid-Island Interclub League and placed second in the Miele Provincial Tournament, a squeegee that really works was acquired and a keypad lock installed on the locker room to give all members access to court cleaning equipment. In September 2013, the City installed new nets on Courts 4 and 6.

2014 - President Frank Johnston, 116 adults, 24 juniors (the Club's Junior Program continued under Jill Trelawny), Westwood indoor winter tennis continuing, the ladies' team again won the 3.5 mid-Island Interclub League and got to compete at the Miele Provincial Tournament held at Whistler, and a second of the good squeegees was acquired. Fees were raised from $25 to $35 for adults and from $5 to $10 for juniors.