History
In 1943, the building that currently houses the Lancaster Tennis and Yacht Club at 2615 Columbia Ave was a barn on a working farm. That year a group of horsemen and women bought the twenty-acre farm and formed the Lancaster Riding Club.
The newly formed Riding Club built a bar downstairs below the present dining room while continuing to use the upstairs as stables for the horses. During the spring and fall of 1946, nationally sanctioned horse shows were held on the grounds. These shows became a very popular yearly event.
In 1950, the bar, dining room, and kitchen moved upstairs to their present location. The rather modest size of the Riding Club membership however, made it difficult to support the dining room.
A
few years earlier, in 1939, a group of tennis players formed the
Lancaster Tennis Club, building six clay courts on a site near Boas
Fruit Market on Columbia Avenue.
The Tennis Club had no dining facilities. In 1965 the two clubs merged, forming the Lancaster County Riding and Tennis Club with six Har Tru courts constructed on the Riding Club grounds. The clay court property was sold
A devastating fire in 1968 destroyed the Club's new cement block barn. Almost all of the horses were lost in this tragic fire. This may well have caused the gradual change in the make-up of our club as it transformed itself into primarily a tennis and social club.
In 1986 a locally based Yacht Club, registered with Lloyds of London, merged with our club and became what we are today, - The Lancaster Tennis and Yacht Club. All club members, through reciprocity, are welcome as guests at over 800 Yacht Clubs all over America.
Officers, Board Members and Committe Chairs:
Board Members as of January 2011 Annual Meeting.
President B0B LONGO (717)-665-7183 koda@pptnet.com
Vice President KATHY BOWERS (717)-299-4456 kateelue@yahoo.com
Secretary CHERYL CHAMPION (717)-626-1274 cchampion@lebanon.k12.pa.us
Treasurer GARY POPP (717)-395-4841 gpopp06@yahoo.com
Tennis CHERYL CHAMPION (717) 626-1274 cchampion@lebanon.k12.pa.us
House KATHY BOWERS (717)-299-4456 kateelue@yahoo.com
(Restaurant & Bar)
Commodore KEVIN KORNFIELD (717)-560-0441 kevin@kornfieldmanagement.com
Marketing ADAIR WITMER (717)-560-2941 adair.witmer@gmail.com
Grounds, REGG STAUFFER (717)-684-5221 gstauff@comcast.net
Outside Maint.
Social Chair DES St CLAIR (717)- 285-5000 avalondes@comcast.net
MEL ROSE (717)- 284-2893 Melvin.Rose@us.bosch.com
Communications JOHN IRWIN jwirwin@epix.net
Netline
Non Board Member Positions
Chef Dennis McCullough (717)-392-7826
Reservations/
Banquet Arrangements Josh Longo (717)-392-7826 ltycjosh@comast.net
and Club Manager
Director of Tennis Dick Green (717 ) 560-1495 (H) tnsrtgreen@aol.com
(717) 413 7465 ©
Tennis Pro Jeff Witmer cell 717.413.1121 JeffW1956@aol.com
Webmaster Bob Nickey bobnickeylns@verizon.net