Port Pirie & District Tennis Association is located in the heart of the Mid North region at Port Pirie. The stunning lower Flinders Ranges provides a backdrop for the 15-hardcourt complex. The Port Pirie & Districts Tennis Association was founded in 1961 to service clubs locally in Port Pirie and surrounding areas. These include Railway Pennant, Risdon Uniting, Trinity, Baptist, Pirie East and Pirie. Later joined at times by Nurom, Wanderah, Pt Germain and Napperby in the surrounding districts. Summer competition is currently played on Friday nights from 6pm, with casual women's tennis on Wednesday nights.
Courts at each of the associated clubs varied in age and as a result, in the mid 1970’s, negotiations were entered into with the Port Pirie and Districts Regional Council for the development of a tennis complex. The association played its first tennis matches at the centre in late 1982. Demand resulted in expansion from the original 10 courts to the current 21.
Operation of the Port Pirie & District Tennis Association currently still has a number of these original clubs competing in senior, junior and social competition. Recent highlights include acting as host to the Port Pirie International Tennis Tournament 26 times, siginficant representation in state and national level Foundation Cup tournaments over the years, management and organisation of local junior tournaments to provide opportunities to compete for points in a regional centre.
The Association has been the home of Port Pirie's International Protour tournaments for women for 25 years and in 2001 we saw this expand to include the men's competition. During this time we have seen many international stars play on our courts in their rise to tennis stardom, including Alicia Molik, Daniel Hobart, Mathew Barton, and more recently Arina Rodionova, Barbara Haas and Casey Dellacqua. See our associated page "2016 Nyrstar Port Pirie Tennis International Protour" (@pirieinternationalprotour) for more information about this event.
The Tennis Centre's hall has capacity for up to 200 guests (100 seated) with kitchen and bar facilities, plus an outdoor undercover area and playground which make it the ideal location to hire for your next party or celebration. See page for more details.