Cromarty Tennis Club

[4] There are both organized and unorganized playing schedules with the club operating from mid-May to late November each year.

[16][17][18][19] The Sydney Lawn Tennis Club was incorporated by an Act of the Nova Scotia Legislature on 28 April 1893.

[21] On the evening of 24 April 1902, a meeting of subscribers to the Tennis Association were held at the offices of Burchell & McIntyre in Sydney.

[23] A formal opening of the Lawn Tennis grounds at Cromarty took place on Saturday afternoon, 19 July 1902 and was largely attended.

[25] The following year, An Act to incorporate the Sydney Tennis Association, Limited was passed on the 11th day of April, A.D., 1903.

The ownership of the property was transferred to the City of Sydney (now the Cape Breton Regional Municipality - CBRM) on 1 January 1963, and the club has since that time been operated by the Cromarty Tennis Club Society (Incorporated 22 May 1980), and its predecessors.

Cromarty Tennis Club
The first Cromarty Clubhouse, ca. 1908
A break in a tennis match at the Sydney Lawn Tennis Courts (now Cromarty Tennis Club), dated late 1920s.