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In hockey, the club had notable players that represented [[Argentina women’s hockey team|Argentina]], such as Teresa Barrionuevo<ref>[https://www.lagaceta.com.ar/nota/1038139/deportes/de-deportistas-periodistas-cambiaron-oficio-pero-misma-pasion.html De deportistas a periodistas] at ”La Gazeta”, 7 Jul 2024</ref>, Lucía Grunauer<ref>[https://www.cahockey.org.ar/agenda/349 SELECCIONES DAMAS MAYORES CAMPEONATO] at CAH</ref>, Ana Seyferth.<ref>[https://www.lagaceta.com.ar/nota/10381/deportes/fase-clasificatoria-esta-al-rojo-vivo.html La fase clasificatoria está al rojo vivo] at ”La Gazeta”</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 21:42, 10 January 2026
Tucumán Lawn Tennis Club is a sports club located in the city San Miguel de Tucumán in the Tucumán Province of Argentina. Founded in 1915 as a tennis club, Tucumán LT hosts other activities such as artistic gymnastics, artistic roller skating, athletics, field hockey, futsal, paddle tennis, rugby union, squash, and swimming.
The rugby teams are affiliated to Unión de Rugby de Tucumán[2] and compete in Torneo del Noroeste, the regional tournament held anually.
The field hockey teams are affiliated to “Asociación Tucumana Amateur de Hockey” (Tucumán Hockey Amateur Association, acronym “ATAHockey”).[3]
The club was founded on 14 April 1915 in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán by a group of sportsmen composed of English and Tucuman residents with the purpose of practising tennis and cricket. Fourty datys later, the institution (that had 79 members by then) located on a land near Savoy Hotel, where two tennis courts and two cricket fields were built. Francisco Eduardo Tirbut was its first president.[4]
In 1930 the club moved to Parque 9 de Julio, where it increased the number of tennis courts (up to 10), also adding rugby fields, swimming pool, volleyball, basketball, and paddle tennis courts, locker rooms, gyms, dinning room, bar, gardens, among other facilities. In 1986 the club opened a new facility (“Anexo El Salvador”) which included rugby, tennis, and field hockey fields.[4]
The field hockey section was created in May 1970, with Nerina Rossi appointed as president of the section. Lawn Tennis was one of the founding members of Asociación Tucumana de Hockey.[5]
Rugby first appeared at the club in 1961 and became one of its most representative sports. in 1973 the club would go on to win its first provincial title, Torneo del Noroeste.
In hockey, the club had notable players that represented Argentina, such as Teresa Barrionuevo[6], Lucía Grunauer[7], and Ana Seyferth.[8]
- Nacional de Clubes (1): 2024
- Torneo del Noroeste (11): 1973, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014
