residential or commercial redevelopment might greatly exceed its value as a sports club, in the event that planning permission could be obtained, and the LTA wished to preserve the club's role in British tennis). On 8 March 2006, the LTA announced that it would sell to club members for £45 million, ending seven months of uncertainty about the club's future. However some members disputed the LTA's right to sell the club, which they contested it merely held in trust on their behalf, and began to raise funds to dispute the sale in court. In December 2006, the two sides reached an out-of-court settlement in which the sale price was reduced to £35 million. In February 2007, the LTA relocated its headquarters from Queen's Club to the new National Tennis Centre in Roehampton. The Fever-Tree Championships remains one of the six most popular grass competitions on the men's ATP tour, along with the Halle Open in Germany, the Aegon International in Eastbourne, the Hall of Fame Open in Rhode Island, the Rosmalen Championships in the Netherlands, and Wimbledon. The ball girls are selected from year 8, 9, and 10 pupils at St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls in South London and Nonsuch High School for Girls in Surrey. See also All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club — London's other famous tennis club British Covered Court Championships The "Pioneer Exhibition Game" in London (1916) List of tennis stadiums by capacity References External links The Queen's Club St. Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls website The Tennis & Rackets Association Athletics venues in London Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Corinthian F.C. Defunct football venues in England Fulham Gentlemen's clubs in London History of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Organisations based in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Racquets venues Real tennis venues Sport in Hammersmith and Fulham Sports clubs established in 1901 Sports venues completed in 1886 Squash in the United Kingdom Squash venues Tennis venues in London 1886 establishments in England Venues of the 1908 Summer Olympics West Kensington Tennis clubs