The History of Weymouth (Lawn) Tennis Club   Robbie Dunster and Luciana Killick founded the club in 1977.   Partners in the Weymouth School of Lawn Tennis, Robbie and Lou found that their pupils had no opportunity to practise their newly found skills at any of the clubs in the town.   Public courts were hired at Radipole initially on Saturdays, with children's sessions in the mornings and adults in the afternoon. It soon became too popular and grew to involve several nights a week with Robbie and Lou putting in their time free of charge, with it becoming apparent that the 'club' needed its own courts and to be run by a committee elected from its own active members. As part of the 'fund raising activities' there were two attempts at the 'world tennis doubles record'. The first attempt was in 1979 when four players played a match for 77 hours having just five minutes break every hour. They were Robbie Dunster, Colin Campbell, Trevor Pearce and Tim Beaglehole. When Tim became unwell the three remaining still played on with a fourth player, standing in, Lou's son Gordon Killick.   The second attempt, in May 1981, was more successful, with the organisers using their experience from the previous event. As an added attraction there were guest appearances from two Olympic champions, David Wilkie and Brian Jacks. The teams comprising of Robbie and ' new boy' Alan Cash' played against the partnership of Trevor and Colin, competing for a total of 86 hours. They actually won the same number of sets after all that time. They raised approximately £1200 towards the funds, and obtained a great amount of support with people popping in to see them before going to their work etc...   The four courts that the club presently use were first surfaced in 1982 with grants from various sources, fund raising and hard work from the members, the secretarial work and grant applications being carried out by Lou. Sadly Lou Killick the co founder and Robbie's partner died of cancer in 1987, many of the children that she was an inspiration to, are now bringing their children to the club; she would be proud and happy about that.   The club until 2001 offered free group coaching to all members as part of the subscription but maybe on reflection that coaching money could have been invested in a clubhouse, as we were only able to have one installed in 2001 in the form of a port-a-cabin.   With an LTA grant and loan the club has invested in floodlights that became active at Christmas 2003. The public pavilion that had become an eyesore for so long was dismantled and largely rebuilt by present and former members in the form of the clubhouse that we see today. Fundraising continued and with further assistance from the LTA and Weymouth & Portland Borough Council water and sewage facilities were brought to the site in 2004. The central area between the club and the public courts has also been leased from the W&PBC and fenced off to help with security, and provide an area for social activities.