The club obtained ground known as Stoke Wood Farm with favourable letting arrangements.

[3] During its third annual meeting held in October 1897, membership numbers were reported to be 96, while just one match had been played during the year, which the club won.

The committee authorised expenditure of £40 to finance a mowing machine and a horse.

The accompanying mansion was converted into a club house and the grounds adapted to provide an 18-hole course, as well as tennis recreations.

[6] Its longest-serving director to date is businessman Alan Eveleigh, who ran the club from 4 November 1992 to 29 October 2005.