The Sittingbourne and Gore Court Archery and Lawn Tennis club was founded in 1875. In 1877 it staged its first lawn tennis tournament. In 1882 a ladies's singles open event was staged won by a Miss Ray. In 1899 the men's singles title final featured the 1898 singles champion from the
Natal Championships Charles Edward Finlason and Alfred Egerton Maynard Taylor, the match ended with them dividing the title The tournament was still being staged up to at least 1926, but then appears to have been abolished. This short but popular tournament occasionally featured a women's singles event, but did regularly feature women's doubles and mixed doubles. Former winners of the gentleman's singles has included
Ernest Wool Lewis,
Wilberforce Eaves and
Roy Allen. ==Venue==