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The Club has 50 years of history. In these years the world, the Empord\u00e0, the technology, the practice of Sport and the habits of society have changed a lot. It is a good time to review the origins and founding values of the CTLL and start thinking about what club model we members want for the future.<\/p>\n
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The Llafranc Tennis Club was born from the drive of a group of friends from Llafranc and Palafrugell. Who would have said that initial dream \u2013 perhaps even a joke \u2013 would become a club with 50 years behind it and a handful of wonderful stories to tell.<\/p>\n
Ferran Adri\u00e0 has always said that to imagine the future you have to start by understanding the past, the roots, the history. Adri\u00e0 reimagined gastronomy and, despite his groundbreaking creations that gave him worldwide fame, he was always faithful to the roots and history where, in fact, he found inspiration to innovate. Therefore, at a time when the Club wants to rethink what it wants to be like in the future, we want to bring to these pages a small report, also, of what its past has been.<\/p>\n
In conclusion: the Club has lived, year after year, thanks to the drive of committed partners \u2013starting with the founders\u2013, sports lovers, friends and the Empord\u00e0. Faithful to the same spirit of the founders, the Llafranc Tennis Club will have to face the task of rethinking its future.<\/p>\n
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The initial idea of building a new tennis club dates back to the 60s. Santiago Mart\u00ed, one of the co-founders, tells us: “The idea of the Club arose because at that time there were only three tracks in Llafranc: that of casa els Carn\u00e9; that of the Serra house; and that of my family in La Arineda. It was very difficult for us to organize matches between us, family members and potential guests.”<\/p>\n
The same group of friends, led by Jes\u00fas Serra Santamans, also promoted the Sports Port, to be able to store the boats and leave the beach free for visitors and bathers; his vision was that these initiatives “would improve the tourist category of Llafranc, as has indeed been confirmed” explains Santiago Mart\u00ed himself.<\/p>\n
In that group of friends, Jordi Marsal took the weight to get the purchase of the land, and Jes\u00fas Serra took care of the sporting aspects \u2013 construction of the courts and drafting of sports regulations \u2013 with the advice of the Real Club de Tenis de Barcelona. Jes\u00fas Serra himself would become the first president of the CTLL, with Santiago Mart\u00ed as vice-president and Eduardo Garrido as secretary.<\/p>\n
On July 23, 1974, the Town Council of Palafrugell issued the permit to TEDESA (the company they had created to buy the land) to start the works: the idea of a group of friends was beginning to come true.<\/p>\n
The CTLL was launched on September 27, 1975 with seven clay courts and four hard courts. The social premises and the rest of the facilities were already magazines, but they would arrive later.<\/p>\n
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In 1976, the headquarters that we know now arrived, the work of the architect Joan Pericot. In July of that year he launched the first Tennis School under the direction of Antonio Mart\u00ednez L\u00f3pez. The first years of the Club were one of great activity and sporting and social effervescence: visit of the King of Spain in 1978, construction of the sports court, performance by Joan Capri, numerous tournaments, dinners and social and cultural activities. The CTLL was already becoming a benchmark in the Empord\u00e0. In 1983, under the presidency of German Loewe, Jes\u00fas Serra i Santamans became Honorary President of the Club, in recognition of the its foundational work. Jes\u00fas Serra himself would receive the gold and diamond badge fourteen years later, in 1997.<\/p>\n
In 1986, Sixte Cambra became the new president of the Club and in 1988 a new license was granted for the expansion of the facilities: the CTLL continued to grow in all aspects. In the same year, Gabriela Sabatini visited the Club in the midst of frantic sporting activity. Among others, he organized the Spanish Veterans Championship every year and that same year Ferran Porta became president. As he himself has told us “At the beginning of my time as president, the objective was to manage from the responsibility trying to improve the offer for members, grow the number of associates and bring the Club closer to Palafrugell”.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/tenisllafranc.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/historia-del-club-tennis-llafranc-1.jpg” title_text=”historia-del-club-tennis-llafranc-1″ force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” border_radii=”on|5px|5px|5px|5px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”7e815e5b-c042-4930-9f47-86f0425bfee6″ text_font=”Montserrat||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_line_height=”1.8em” header_font=”||||||||” header_4_font=”Syncopate|700||on|||||” header_4_text_color=”#000000″ header_4_font_size=”14px” header_4_line_height=”1.8em” max_width=”100%” header_4_font_size_tablet=”14px” header_4_font_size_phone=”12px” header_4_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]Shortly after, the first paddle tennis courts, a minority sport at that time, were built; The tracks were released in 1995. By the end of the 90s the Club was already very similar to what we know now: it had 19 tennis courts and 2 paddle tennis courts. <\/p>\n
In 2000, its 25th anniversary was celebrated: as if nothing else, the idea of a few friends from Llafranc had become the benchmark sports club on the Costa Brava. Ferran Porta remembers the anniversary like this: “I remember that we prepared the event with special dedication. It was a way of recognizing what they had done to those who created the Club and those who had managed it until then. One objective was for as many founders, presidents and someone linked to Llafranc from the world of communication to attend the event. The chosen one was Carlos Sent\u00eds who loved Llafranc and knew his historical process. We made a book, the remembered Ernesto Seti\u00e9n dedicated many hours to it, and we were interested in disseminating the event through the different media of the town”.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Video” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https:\/\/tenisllafranc.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/tennis-club-031.png” custom_padding=”10px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”1170px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”33d8ed47-9575-4183-ae48-b1d6c4145db4″ header_2_font=”Montserrat|900|on|on|||||” header_2_text_color=”#000000″ header_2_font_size=”45px” header_2_letter_spacing=”-2px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” header_2_font_size_tablet=”32px” header_2_font_size_phone=”20px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
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In 2007 CTLL hosted a key FedCup qualifier: “The good relationship we had with the Catalan and Spanish federations allowed us to organize a FedCup qualifier in which Spain was played to lower or maintain the category. The organizational challenge was very great because for the first time we had to put extra stands to the center court, facilitate the presence of television cameras and have, for a week, the club open to many people, with the security problems it represents. It was also a success,” explains Ferran.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/tenisllafranc.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/historia-del-club-tennis-llafranc-7.jpg” alt=”Hist\u00f2ria del Club Tennis Llafranc” title_text=”Hist\u00f2ria del Club Tennis Llafranc” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” border_radii=”on|5px|5px|5px|5px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”7e815e5b-c042-4930-9f47-86f0425bfee6″ text_font=”Montserrat||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_line_height=”1.8em” header_font=”||||||||” header_4_font=”Syncopate|700||on|||||” header_4_text_color=”#000000″ header_4_font_size=”14px” header_4_line_height=”1.8em” max_width=”100%” header_4_font_size_tablet=”14px” header_4_font_size_phone=”12px” header_4_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]In 2010, Ferran Porta ceased to be the longest-serving president in the history of the Club \u2013 3 terms \u2013 and was replaced by Carlos Galceran Homet until 2016.<\/p>\n
In recent years, the Club has maintained its activity and essence, but has suffered a slow trickle, but sustained in number of members. There are many factors that have influenced: the financial and economic crisis of the years 2008-2012 -also, tourism-, The expansion of the offer of other clubs in the area, the exponential growth of paddle tennis and other sports with respect to tennis \u2013the Club’s offer is still heavily skewed towards tennis\u2013, the adoption of “pay-per-use” models by younger generations, normally, through a mobile application… In addition, during the last mandate, chaired by Jordi Cumellas, the Covid-19 health crisis had to be addressed in 2020 and 2021. With waist and many efforts it was possible to weather a complicated situation for everyone, and it was possible to avoid a massive flight of partners, even though the trickle continued. Despite all the measures taken, the finances of the CTLL have suffered and also, the state of maintenance and the offer of services.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/tenisllafranc.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/historia-del-club-tennis-llafranc-6.jpg” alt=”Hist\u00f2ria del Club Tennis Llafranc” title_text=”Hist\u00f2ria del Club Tennis Llafranc” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” border_radii=”on|5px|5px|5px|5px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”7e815e5b-c042-4930-9f47-86f0425bfee6″ text_font=”Montserrat||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_line_height=”1.8em” header_font=”||||||||” header_4_font=”Syncopate|700||on|||||” header_4_text_color=”#000000″ header_4_font_size=”14px” header_4_line_height=”1.8em” max_width=”100%” header_4_font_size_tablet=”14px” header_4_font_size_phone=”12px” header_4_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]At the end of 2021, Josep Llu\u00eds Marc\u00f3 Castellnou, a lifelong member of the CTLL, promoted a civic platform called “For the Future of the Llafranc Tennis Club” to promote a new management model of the club and try to give it a determined boost. In the elections held in the spring of 2022 \u2013 the first in the history of the Club \u2013 Josep Llu\u00eds Marc\u00f3 won with a Board formed for professionals from Barcelona and Palafrugell and, almost, with gender parity among its members. <\/p>\n
Since then, the board has pushed some immediate reforms to the CTLL. Some of them very visible, such as the redecoration of the social space, the improvement of the restaurant, the updating of the gym equipment or the construction of the new chillout of La Pineda; others, more internal management, such as the hiring of a new manager.<\/p>\n
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