Welcome to the Oldham & District Tennis League website
For the new season we are continuing with 9 timed events per match, to make team tennis more structured and to reduce the amount of time players spend sitting out.
The League has been in existence for more than 80 years. Over that time its composition has changed, as clubs have come and gone, and now extends well beyond the Oldham boundary to include clubs in neighbouring districts.
However, what has not changed is its distinctive feature as a league dedicated to mixed tennis, with teams of four men and two women. Matches consist of four events of men’s, one event of women’s and four events of mixed doubles, played on Mondays or Tuesdays, from May to the end of August, starting at 6.30pm.
Seven clubs field teams in the League and court surfaces are generally hard, although two clubs have carpet surfaces.
The League is democratically run by a Management Committee, made up of representatives from each club.
The League has not proved to be immune from the wider problems of falling participation in grass roots amateur team sport. As recently as 1992 the League had six divisions, but now comprises just two divisions of enthusiastic players. All clubs are constantly on the look out for new players and the League provides competitive tennis at varying standards, from relative novices to the elite players in the top division.
Details of each of the constituent clubs can be found under the ‘Directory' tab and fixtures and results are shown under the 'Summer 2024' tab.
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