Hilary Casey: Skis and Rackets
Title
Hilary Casey: Skis and Rackets
Subject
Hilary Casey
Description
Hilary Casey 'hated sport' as a young girl growing up in Hythe; it was a sentiment she quickly left behind. We spoke to Hilary about her love of skiing and her involvement at the newly opened Folkestone Sports Centre in the 1970s. She also describes joining Hythe Lawn Tennis Club in 1982, where she instantly became a lynchpin (and chair between 2010 and 2015), overseeing an expanded membership and a raft of improvements.
Creator
Michael Romyn
Publisher
Kent's Sporting Memories
Contributor
Hilary Casey; Michael Romyn; Oliver Parkin
Collection Items
Hilary Casey Oral History Summary
Summary of an Oral History Recording with interviewee Hilary Casey
Hilary Casey c. mid-1970s
A photograph of Hilary Casey playing tennis in Middelburg, Netherlands, in the mid-1970s
Pavilions old and new, Hythe Lawn Tennis Club
Photographs of Hythe Lawn Tennis Club's former and current pavilions. The old pavilion was replaced in 2009.
Diggers remove the last of the grass courts at Hythe Lawn Tennis Club, 2013
A photograph taken at Hythe Lawn Tennis Club in 2013, showing diggers removing grass to make way for four new all-weather courts.
Opening ceremony for the new hard courts at Hythe Lawn Tennis Club, 2013
A photograph of the opening ceremony for the new hard courts at Hythe Lawn Tennis Club in 2013. Hilary Casey stands fifth from the right.
Hilary Casey: Skis and Rackets
A portrait of Hilary Casey at Hythe Lawn Tennis Club, by Oliver Parkin
'Folkestone was really innovative in those days': Folkestone Sports Centre in the 1970s.
An excerpt of an oral history interview with Hilary Casey in which she describes the opening of Folkestone Sports Centre in 1972, what this meant for the port town, and how the centre's dry ski slope inspired a generation of new skiers. (Transcript…
'She annihilated me!': Hilary Casey on playing an up-and-coming Abbie Tordoff at Hythe Lawn Tennis Club.
In this excerpt, Hilary Casey tells the story of when she played a match against future Wimbledon player and Hythe Lawn Tennis Club's 'most well known player', Abbie Tordoff. (Transcript attached.)
Hilary Casey Oral History Transcript
Transcription of an oral history recording of interviewee Hilary Casey