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May 1882: Decision taken to form a club and call it Alnwick Lawn Tennis Club. An offer of a field “in front of Dovecot Terrace at £10 per annum, to include cutting, rolling, marking and general supervision of two courts” was accepted.
August 1882: New Club held its first tournament.

March 1885: At an Annual General Meeting of Alnwick Cricket Club it was agreed that a Lawn Tennis Club be formed in connection with the Cricket Club.

May 1885: Report on the success of the club, which had over 30 members. Mention made of ladies playing.

August 1885: First tournament held by the lawn tennis club connected to Alnwick Cricket Club.

1899: The tennis playing ladies of Alnwick could purchase their ‘lawn tennis gowns’ from Mr William Percy of The Louvre,
Bondgate Within, Alnwick.

1902: Newspapers reported that an effort was being made to revive Alnwick Lawn Tennis Club.

1907: Alnwick Lawn Tennis Club annual subscription to be raised to 10s 6d.

1908: New pavilion opened.

1909: Membership of Alnwick Lawn Tennis Club consists of 32 ladies and 28 gentlemen.

1916: Military Officers stationed in Alnwick are to join the Alnwick Lawn Tennis Club.

1918: It was reported that 30 members of the club were serving in World War I. In order to keep the club going, subscriptions were increased to 15/- and members had to supply their own tennis balls.

February 1928 It was announced that new lawn tennis courts were to be constructed on “glebe land on Prudhoe Road” and that hard courts would follow.

March 1928 Private company – “Alnwick Hard Courts Ltd”, registered with capital £1,500 in £1 shares. The object of the company was to “provide hard and other courts on land in Prudhoe Street”.
September 1928: The hard courts were formally opened by Mrs Hilton Philipson, M.P. for Berwick upon Tweed. In her remarks, Mrs Philipson said that many people were of the opinion that in the next 10 years, hard courts would entirely supersede grass courts. (Mrs Philipson was
the third female member of the House of Commons).
1937 Alnwick Hotspur Lawn Tennis Club opened its season on the Coronation Day of King George VI, followed by a Coronation Tournament.
1939 Alnwick Hard Courts Tennis Club reported an increase in membership.
1950 Newspapers reported that the public courts, run by the Urban District Council, had made a loss the previous season. Part of the expenditure, which had contributed to the deficit, was the legal expenses and stamp duty involved in the 21-year lease, which had been granted by the Castle authorities.