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	87 The Drive Hove East Sussex BN3 6FY

Grasshoppers Lawn Tennis Club in Hove combines tennis of all standards with a vibrant social life. For complete beginners and people who have not played for a while and so are a bit "rusty" there are pay and play Friday evening sessions, for improvers there is a club session on Thursday evenings and for the better players there are good standard club sessions on Tuesday evening and Sunday morning that are regularly attended by players from all the teams. For the best players there are fixtures against other clubs and additional team practice sessions on Monday evening and Wednesday evenings (see below).

For everyone there is an active social life throughout the year with drinks and snacks at the bar on all club sessions and one or more social events most months throughout the year.

Grasshoppers Lawn Tennis Club was first established in Brighton, on the English south coast, in 1881 based in St Anne's Well Gardens near Grasshopper cottage (hence our name). It moved to its present site in Hove around 1916. The club has an intimate and friendly atmosphere throughout the year.

Online Club Shop
(badged tennis wear)

Grasshoppers is often looking for new members, so if you are interested in our club, this site should give you a taste of what we have to offer.

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	Grasshoppers has three hard courts with floodlights, which can be used up to 10:00pm and a club house. The bar in the clubhouse is well stocked and open during all club sessions (see "The Weekly Schedule" below). Types of membership The main types of membership are Full member, country member, Family membership, Student member and Social member. Click the "Membership" link for current membership rates. How to Join If you are thinking of joining us please come to any club session (see the "The Weekly Schedule" below) to have a look around and meet the members. Do bring your tennis kit and you can play as a visitor, the first session is free. If you like you can use the contact us link to let us know you are coming so we can look out for you. Due to the number of courts available and the demand for them by members, it is unfortunately not possible to cater for either juniors or complete novices on any regular club sessions except Friday evenings. The club's location and contact details are on the Contact Us page of this site.
			Mark - match secretary and club captain

The Weekly Schedule

Sunday
Club Session from 10:30am until 1:00pm when club members can turn up and get a game, usually doubles, playing with a whole variety of different opponents and partners, in the summer members will often arrive up to 30 minutes before the club sessions.. We use a pegboard system to organise the games on most club sessions. The club bar will be open during and for a while after the session.

Monday
If you play for one of the club's teams you will be invited to the match practice sessions on Monday night from 6:30pm.

Tuesday
Club Session from 6:30pm until 10:00pm - as Sunday

Wednesday
An evening session by invitation only for the top mens team players from 6:30pm

Thursday
Club session from 6:30pm until 10:00pm - as Sunday

Friday
For complete beginners, less serious players or those who are just a bit rusty we run a special Friday evening session when the emphasis is on fun as well as improvement. Anyone of any standard is welcome on these sessions which start at 6:30pm, just turn up with your kit, pay a £5 visitor's fee (the first session is free) and you will be found a game which suits you (more details).

Saturday
When not required for internal tournaments or inter-club matches, club members can arrange their own games

floodlights The club sessions continue summer and winter, fair weather or foul!

There are also numerous tournaments within the club that culminate in the grand Finals Day that takes place the first weekend in September.

The club has a fairly relaxed dress code (see "dress code and etiquette" for more details.

grasshoppersonlineshop Grasshoppers tennis club have made arrangements with an online shop where you can buy a wide variety of garments with an embroidered Grasshoppers Lawn Tennis Club logo.

We have set up a Grasshoppers Tennis Club group on Facebook where, if you register with your friends, you will be able to send messages to them and other registered members who are interested in playing tennis outside club hours. Click here for instructions and more details

See the "contact us" page for a map and directions to the club.