The CCITC has produced a pre-construction report which is available for viewing on our website at http://www.cromartytennis.ca/ccitc/CCITC2009PreConstructionReport.htm [Now Defunct]. We have gathered a lot of details and now wish to share them with you. Should you have any suggestions regarding the enhancing of any detail please send them along to ccitc@cromartytennis.ca . [Now Defunct]

Located        as it is at the Sydney Airport, the Centre will function as a hub facility designed to serve the entire CBRM and not just one area. We will be a public facility available on a first come, first served basis open to anyone and at the lowest possible break-even charge. There will be no membership requirement.

The Centre will also be advancing education by providing tennis lessons to students as a component of a school curriculum, and by offering training courses for tennis coaches, officials and instructors. It will also provide tennis programs designed exclusively for the older player and for those with disabilities (for example, we will be encouraging wheel-chair tennis).

We will also be offering an indoor-winter walking/slow-jog track in an intimate setting where friends who do not play tennis can come together to exercise, or, perhaps, just to enjoy a cup of tea or coffee.

As you know, our facility will be located just off the Grand Lake Road, and only 11.6 km (7.2 miles) from the former city of Sydney. We will be within easy school bus distance from every educational institution, and will be close, by automobile, to all urban and rural communities. Presently adjacent to a scheduled public bus service, the Centre will certainly lobby for a stop directly at the front door of the facility.

 We are also close to the area's outdoor tennis clubs whose players may wish to use our facilities when summer weather turns foul as it often does. For example, we will be 15 kilometers (9.3 Miles) from the Cromarty Tennis Club, 18 kilometers (11.2 Miles) from the Sydney River Tennis Club, 10 kilometers (6.2 Miles) from the Glace Bay Tennis Club, 13 kilometers (8.1 Miles) from the New Waterford Tennis Club, and 35 kilometers (21.7 Miles) from the North Sydney Tennis Club (The CCITC envisions an identical public hub facility one day on the north side).

Of course, we will also be encouraging nearby golf clubs to take advantage of our facility while waiting their tee or other times.

Our capital campaign donation drive to construct the building is presently underway. Please visit http://www.cromartytennis.ca/ccitc/  [Now Defunct] or e-mail ccitc@cromartytennis.ca [Now Defunct]  for all the details. Through CanadaHelps.org, the CCITC will issue instant tax receipts which will ensure that eligible donors will benefit from all the tax incentives associated with gifting to our registered charity. 

Once again, the pre-construction report is available at http://www.cromartytennis.ca/ccitc/CCITC2009PreConstructionReport.htm .[Now Defunct - Go to: CCITC2009PreConstructionReport.htm]