By ANNETTE ADSETT
This week Coolum Tennis Club congratulated Gloria Heathwood who has attained a milestone birthday while still being part of a competitive team at the club.
Gloria celebrated her birthday with a cake at the tennis club and lunch at the Coolum Hotel.
Her team is third going into the semi-finals next week.
Gloria is one of several octogenarians who have played competitive tennis at Coolum.
Laurie Bruhl, Peg Walker, Jane Webb, Wilma Johnson, Lloyd Lahey and Joy Abacair have all played competitive tennis after they were 80.
Laurie continued playing social tennis until he was 90.
Thanks go to the volunteers last Sunday who ensured the new building is ready for use with the completion of the fence.
Special thanks go to Doug, Adam, Tony, Leon, Henry, Des and John for the hard work replacing the fence posts.
Doug has done a wonderful job as project manager and we hope to put the building to very good use.
Social tennis has been very popular recently, particularly on Tuesday mornings.
Most of the visiting players have returned home but members hope to see them again and welcome a new influx of winter visitors.
Thursday night is building numbers and to add to the atmosphere, Zac has installed a new speaker system to add music to the mix.
Members enjoyed the music on Sunday morning.
Thursday night is welcoming back some of the former mixed fixture players, adding to the quality of the play.
This week, the club welcomed back its coach Andrew Ash who has been in Turkey with an Australian Wheelchair team.
Members look forward to hearing reports of the success of the trip.
The new computer is finally up to date with most email addresses transferred over.
Thanks to Adam, Des, John and Annette for all doing their bit in transferring files so we are completely operational.
Those who want to ensure they get notices from the club should email coolumtennisclub2@bigpond.com.au.
