By DES ADSETT
COOLUM Tennis Club celebrated the end of another successful year of operations on Sunday 7 December.
Thanks to the supporters who wore red, supplied food and helped to make the afternoon a success. Gratefully, there were no storms.
The club was lucky enough to be visited by club patron Laurie Bruhl, who congratulated the club on its friendliness and the hard work of the committee members. The club hopes to see him back on the court soon.
Also present was interim president from Melbourne Alan Hale as well as a representation from fixtures, social tennis and junior tennis. It is lovely to have the young families involved.
The junior championships were played on Friday night and in a friendly competition the winner was Vitor, an exchange student from Brazil with Cam McAlpine as the runner-up. Jett and Kirsty were the third and fourth placegetters. Congratulations to all juniors and their supportive parents for the excellent competition. Previous to this, the finals of the senior competition was played on Tuesday night. Both divisions featured Coolum teams.
The first match of the night was the most exciting with Peter Bilton and John playing for one and a half hours and going to a tie breaker. Peter won eventually as did his team.
