Nelson Park Tennis Club

We have 6 synthetic courts and a club house discretely tucked away in Napier South and surrounded by beautiful trees.

Nelson Park is an active, social Tennis club with lots of regular club days, social play, tournaments and events to suit all tennis abilities,family friendly and with very reasonable membership fees.

Not played tennis for a few years or new to tennis? Take advantage of our Free professional coaching which is available for juniors and seniors as part of your membership.

Why not come down and join our friendly atmosphere, enjoy the tennis or sit on the veranda beneath the shade of trees and watch the tennis? We look forward to welcoming you!



Club History
Nelson Park Tennis Club has been catering to the tennis needs of the Napier public since 1932.  The Nelson Park Recreation Area was established in the early 1900's, providing a large oval available to the public for circket and recreation.  The 1931 earthquake and subsequent fire destroyed a large part of Napier. Local residents were housed in emergency shelters that were erected on the Nelson Park Oval while town and residential rebuilding took place.

After rebuilding was complete, residents arranged with the city council to start a new six court tennis centre within the grounds of Nelson Park. The clubhouse started as a pavilion complete with a tea kiosk and toilet facilities for tennis, cricket and other park visitors. By the 1960's the cricketer's developed their own facilities and the Nelson Park Pavilion became walled.

Through later fundraising in the 1980's the pavilion became the existing tennis clubhouse, complete with a front deck overlooking the courts.