Club Articles
Essays, reflections, ideas and stories published by Konglungen itself. This is where the club thinks out loud. Some texts are practical. Some are philosophical. Some are written with clay on the shoes and fjord wind in the margins.
A library of ideas,
not just announcements
Most clubs publish only practical messages: the season starts, the annual meeting is next Tuesday, the key to court two has been found behind the barbecue.
Konglungen wants more. The club publishes articles about tennis culture, club life, history, youth development, clay courts, the future of Norwegian tennis and what makes a club worth belonging to. A website can be a notice board. Or it can be a lighthouse with books inside.
The club as a
thinking place
“It is not the courts that build a club. It is the conversations, the ideas and the people who care enough to imagine something better.”Konglungen Tennisklubb
while the world moves on
We reviewed annual reports and strategy documents from twelve of the largest tennis clubs in Oslo and Bærum. None of them have a plan for cross-club play, for the padel boom, or for artificial intelligence. This is the documentation — and the invitation to change it.
What Italy Got Right
Why Italian tennis has exploded in recent years, and what Norwegian clubs can learn from a country that understands both excellence and espresso.
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What Italy Got Right
Why Italian tennis has exploded in recent years, and what Norwegian clubs can learn from a country that understands both excellence and espresso.
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The Greatest Threat to Norwegian Tennis Clubs
An essay about what happens when clubs become inward-looking while players increasingly want flexibility, better digital tools and communities across club boundaries.
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The Secret Life of Clay Courts
A practical and slightly romantic guide to why clay courts matter, how they should be maintained, and why they create a different kind of tennis.
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It Is Not the Courts That Build a Club
A reflection on why the most important thing in a tennis club is not the number of courts, but the culture between them.
Read article →Short versions in the newsletter.
The full stories here.
Every newsletter sent through Brevo should contain only a title, a short introduction and a link back to the full article on the website. Like a trail of lanterns leading back to the clubhouse.