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The Story of Us

Initially, the TLGTA was associated with the “Out & Out” group. In the spring of 1984, Jean Paul Bernier and Greg Baeker (our founding fathers) held a meeting at the 519 Community Centre for anyone interested in joining a tennis club & decided to host it on Saturday mornings at Ramsden Park (the Ramsden Park courts were built in the 1920′s originally as a training facility for the University of Toronto Women’s Tennis Team). This group was known as the “The Racquettes”. The Racquettes would play tennis Saturday morning, then break for lunch and go to such places as the Rosedale Diner or other places north on Yonge St., AND then return to play until the early afternoon. (Such energy!). That first year, there were about 30 members.

The Toronto Lesbian & Gay Tennis Association (TLGTA) officially came into being in 1990 and joined the Gay and Lesbian Tennis Alliance (GLTA) in 1991. The TLGTA now has over 200 members.  In 1997, we moved our club location was to the Forest Hill Tennis Club, afterwhich we moved back to Ramsden Park. Currently, we are at the Thorncliffe Park Tennis Club.  We’ve also expanded our activities to include competitive tennis ladders, team tennis, and tennis tournaments.

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