Shyambazar Tennis C b (STC), being one of the oldest of its kind in Kolkata was once graced by the then Mayor of Kolkata late Nalini Ranjan Sarkar, the veteran journalists late Tushar Kanti Ghosh and late Ashoke Kr Sarkar who all tried their hands in the game, played actually on the courts of this club to make the courts all the more memorable. Much later though more celebrity tennis players some of whom even had participated in Davis Cup for India had played on the courts of STC in various All India Open and Age Tournaments held on these hallowed surfaces. Names like Madan Mohan, Sohanlal, Sumanta Misra, Dilip Bose, Naresh Kumar, Premjit Lal, Jaideep Mukherjee, Akhtar Ali, Sam Minotra, Vijay Amritraj, Leander Paes amongst the Indians are well remembered for their exploits on the courts of STC.

During late 50s, two major tennis tournaments were being organized annually at Calcutta – one was National Lawn Tennis Championship and the other was Asian Lawn Tennis Championship. It was around this time, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur started a Tennis Coaching Scheme, the coaching centers in Bengal being at South Club, Shyambazar Tennis Club and Cossipore Club. Sri Dilip Bose, by then a renowned and ace tennis player and coach was engaged under the Rajkumari Amrit Kaur Tennis Coaching Scheme to train trainees at all these centers under the management of Bengal Lawn Tennis Association. (BLTA) But much later, it was in 1973, the then club secretary B G Mustafi started a comprehensive coaching scheme for young boys and girls. STC grew professionally under the guidance of B G Mustafi who has been a name in Indian Tennis fraternity. The then state minister Prafulla Kanti Ghosh, himself a keen tennis player inaugurated the first coaching scheme under the supervision of qualified coaches. It is a matter of great pride that many club trainees have later gone to USA under Tennis scholarships and having performed well, took Tennis as a living.

Having conducted various AITA tournaments, today STC stands on its own. With three grass courts and six hard courts and practice walls, the club also has flood light facilities for evening playing. With the expansion of the Club House with modern dressing rooms and changing rooms – both for men and ladies – the present Ex. Committee under the President Sri Mihir Kr. Mitra, himself an ace tennis player, who incidentally is the Hon. Secretary of BTA as of now in 2018 has various plans and schemes for furthering the facilities and utilities to be extended to its members and to conduct All India tournaments in near future. The old club house, which still exists is planned to be re-built in a befitting manner to add value to its members.

Presidents, Secretaries and Ex. Committees have come and gone but the club stands as a picture of prominence of tennis thanks to tireless, selfless and dedicated hard work and personal caring of many persons of the past. It will be prudent to remember names like – Amal Bose, Ajit Bose, Gopendra Krishna Gaine, Mihir Sawoo, Bibhuti Roy, Parimal Ghosh, Ajoy Bhose, Dhruba Pramanik, Aloke Mitra. Omission from this glittering list is regretted and may be rectified sooner than later. Apart from holding an annual carnival in the club, STC is dedicated to tennis and committed to its members, trainees and coaches. Discipline is foremost which is uncompromised in the club. So long the club has remained as a tennis playing cub. But serious thinking is on to gradually transform the present status of the club in to a social club where families of members may come and enjoy its utilities and socialize. Co operation and extension from all concerned is solicited to fulfill the dream of STC. .