In June 1910 the Pukekura Park Board received a letter from Messrs. L. Little, H. J. M. Mills, T. C. Schnackenberg, S. L. Mark, F. Tribe, and K. Webster, stating that “a movement was on foot to form a tennis club in Vogeltown, and the promoters are very desirous of utilising a portion of the Park fronting the Carrington Road, and adjoining the Vogeltown entrance—lying between the entrance and the caretaker’s cottage".
The Park Club was officially opened at 2:30pm on Tuesday 3 January 1911 after many months of work by club members and the wider community.
The last remnant of the site, a low concrete retaining wall and steps, were removed by a bulldozer in early May 2018 - these were probably constructed in 1933, when the new clubhouse (relocated to the Upjohn Street site), was constructed.
The club relocated to Upjohn Street in 1953, and its name was changed to the Pukekura Park Tennis Club in 1975.
Related document:
104 years old and thriving (Magazine of Friends of Pukekura Park Volume 10 #1)
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