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East Dorset is a busy Tennis, Croquet and Bridge club with over 600 Adult and Junior members located in the heart of Ashley Cross, Poole.We have 19 Tennis Courts on 3 different surfaces (4 Artificial Clay, 6 Astro (Artificial Grass) and 9 Grass Lawns. There is some form of Club Day tennis almost everyday, except Sundays, and we host coaching sessions at all levels for Juniors and Adults.
The Club has 5 full-size tournament standard grass Croquet Lawns where members play both Association and Golf Croquet. Our active Bridge section has weekly sessions for both Duplicate and Chicago Bridge, including coaching sessions for Beginners and Improvers.
The Club House includes a fully stocked and licensed Bar and a Cafe both open daily, including a weekly changing menu for Sunday Lunch. The Club Function Room is available for hire at modest rates and is used by a whole spectrum of the local community from exercise classes such as Pilates, Yoga and Zumba to Language, Art, Music and other classes.
Latest News
Max Tennis School coaching update
Sadly due to the new restrictions and LTA guidelines we have to cancel all Max Tennis School coaching until further notice.We hope you all stay safe and well and look forward to seeing you back on court as soon as possible! Read more →
Max Tennis School coaching update
We restart all our Junior group lessons and 1 to 1 lessons from Monday 4th January for (hopefully) a 12 week term.Junior Coaching ProgrammeSadly we can not restart our adult group lessons and anyone (juniors included) who live in a Tier 3 area cannot use the tennis club as it is in Tier 4!We are very much looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible in the New Year!!! Read more →
The Cafe is now open
The Cafe reopened with Sam and Shirley on Wednesday 2 December with hours from 9.30 till 3.30, daily except Sunday. They will be serving hot and cold drinks (try out the new coffee machine), snacks and lunches but remember at the moment if you are inside you can only sit with people from your home bubble. The patio is an option for a drink with up to 6 friends. Drinks from the bar will be available on request with a substantial meal (sorry no draught beer). For further details see http://www.edltcc.com/seaevents-catering/ Read more →
Spring Term coaching dates
We’re looking forward to our coaching sessions resuming tomorrow on Wednesday 2nd December!Also, grab your diaries as here are our dates for next term:Junior Coaching Programme – Spring Term 2021Adult Coaching Programme – Spring Term 2021 Read more →
Cafe Reopening
The Cafe will reopen with Sam and Shirley on Wednesday 2 December from 9.30 till 3.30, daily except Sunday. They will be serving hot and cold drinks (try out the new coffee machine), snacks and lunches but remember at the moment if you are inside you can only sit with people from your home bubble. The patio is an option for a drink with up to 6 friends. Drinks from the bar will be available on request with a substantial meal (sorry no draught beer). For further details see http://www.edltcc.com/seaevents-catering/ Read more →