About Us

Welcome to Fish Hoek Tennis Club

  • Visitors Welcome. R60 per person.
    • Please sign in at clubhouse.
    • Please pay via SnapScan.  QR Code is on the clubhouse door.
  • Please don’t use A Court if the clubhouse is closed – this will set off the alarm.

Published 05 January 2024

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Interested in Joining the Club?

Welcome to Fish Hoek Tennis Club, one of Cape Town’s oldest and largest tennis clubs with some 200 active members. Our club has 6 tennis courts, all recently resurfaced between 2019 and 2020, with two of these having floodlights.

Annual subscription fees are determined at the Annual General Meeting each year. The club applies a range of different annual subs that are payable for the different categories of members.

MEMBERSHIP CATEGORY & FEES PER ANNUM
( No joining fees are applicable from 1 July 2024)

 

  • Adult Member —– R1980-00
  • Adult Family member — R1780 
    (ie over 18 on 1 June)
  • Senior ———— R1500-00
    (must be over 65 years old on 1 June and have been a member for at least 10 years)
  • Over 70 ———– R1500-00
    (on 1 June)
  • Country ———- R1200-00
    (home address is outside of Cape Town. Must be a South African resident)
  • Student ———- R1100-00
  • Student ———- R1000-00 (Family Member)
    (ie over 16, still studying but with no income)
  • Junior ———– R700-00 (11 – 18 years)
  • Junior ———– R630-00 (Family Member)
  • Temporary/Introductory —– R600 for 3 months
    (applicable only to South African Residents)
  • Under 11 year olds play for free but cannot book courts)

VISITOR FEES

Visitors pay a fee of R60 per person.

Want to join? Download the Membership Application form below and email to info@fhtc.co.za

Our Club

The club is accessible 7 days/week. The clubhouse provides bathroom and kitchen facilities and has a licensed bar. There is also a braai area available to members alongside A court.

Club Championships 2022

Thank you to the following sponsors for their generous support:

       

And a Big thank-you to the following club members who also contributed to the prizes:

Ben Englebrecht

Kim Finkelstein

Alison Bodenstein

Anthony Calleja

Andre Wills

Social Tennis

Organised social tennis takes place on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 16h00 and Saturday afternoons from 14h00. During this time no private games are permitted as the objective is to encourage members to meet and play with other members of the club. Balls are provided and the bar is open during this time. Visitors are welcome (R60)

Social Mid-Week Players have access to the courts on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings between 08H00 to 12H00.

The courts  are generally used as follows:

  • Ladies – Tuesday and Thursdays between 08H00 to 13H00.
  • The Men’s Veterans section (for over 50) play on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 13h00 until 16h30

League Tennis

Ladies morning league

Matches are played Thursday Mornings from September through to early November and also from late February to early April

08H00 to 13H00

Cape Town Tennis league

(Singles / Doubles / Mixed as well as Vets)

Matches are played on Saturday afternoons generally from Late August through to mid November and also from late February to early April.

Matches start at 13H15

General

Members or visitors who play during the arranged social times are expected to fit in with the group arrangements at the time. Private social play can be arranged at other times depending on the availability of courts.  Members and visitors must provide their own balls when organising private games.

Junior & Student members are welcome to join in with general social play on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons. Bookings can also be made outside of these times.

League Tennis normally takes place from February to April and August to November. During this time the courts are reserved for league practice on Tuesdays and Thursdays  from 16h00 and for league matches on Saturday afternoons from 13h00. Social play continues as normal but allowances are made to make sure the league players get enough practice in.

Coaching

Our club has also engaged the services of a professional and extremely experienced coach, Kazeem Rasaki (Edge Tennis Academy). If you are interested in being coached, please feel free to contact him on 073 499 4149 to arrange private or group coaching sessions.

Court bookings are only open to active members. Visitors are welcome to visit the club at any time, but members need to be present to grant access. A fee of R50 will be charged for visitors.

THE COMMITTEE & CONTACT DETAILS

1 July 2024 - 30 June 2024
Treasurer
Jeff Lewis
073 310 8316
Maintenance Convenor
Jeff Lewis
073 310 8316
Mens Club Captain
Ethan Seymour
Ladies Club Captain
Anje Zeeman
071 312 8914
Chairman
Willie van Schoor
Mon/Wed/Fri representative:
Sue Wilkes
078 878 6896
Tues / Thu ladies rep
Karen Starke
Additional Member
Blaise Witney