Community
7 July, 2025
Life membership bestowed on Edge Hill tennis stalwart
WITH over 40 years of history at the club – 27 as treasurer – Paul Horn’s enduring legacy at Edge Hill Tennis Club has been cemented with a life membership for his remarkable contributions on and off the court.
Mr Horn is no stranger to the court, as the son of legendary coach Tom Horn he started playing tennis at five-years-old, officially joining Edge Hill Tennis Club at age 10.
Although most know him for his administrative role and as committee member, Mr Horn is also a brilliant tennis player representing Queensland and Australia several times as a young player even winning an Australian junior title before returning to the club to become a treasurer.
The Edge Hill Tennis Club honoured Mr Horn for his many years of service, passion for tennis and for helping bring pro tournaments to Cairns with a life membership in May.
“It’s been a huge honour for me to be involved in the club from the age of 10, playing for that club and continue to be involved for 40 years,” he said.
“There’s lots of people over the years who have been involved with the club who do a lot for it but not everyone gets to be a life member, so it was definitely a huge honour.
“What inspires me is my love for the sport, having played tennis from such a young age, I’ve enjoyed it for a long time and I enjoy being able to give back.
“I can see that more people are playing tennis and enjoying tennis and at Edge Hill Tennis Club we’re very lucky to have a great venue right in the middle of the suburb and it’s a great venue.
“I’ve enjoyed being able to ensure the club has good facilities and is being updated and that’s been an important part in my role as treasurer.”
Mr Horn said he hoped to continue making the club a great facility for all members in the years to come.
“To me it’s all about making sure that we maintain our facilities really well,” he said.
“I always try to be inviting and have a club that people want to come along to and enjoy coming along to.
“Now that we’re also with the Cairns International Tennis Centre, making sure that we look after it and that it’s a great facility moving forward because it holds all the larger tournaments that we have in the region.
“I also want to thank the volunteers that do amazing things for our club and give a lot of their time for the club and for tennis.”
