By ANNETTE ADSETT
COOLUM Tennis Club and Ash Tennis took part in the Australian Open sponsored Tennis-Tacular in Tickle Park last Saturday.
The day featured tennis activities with mini-courts, a speed serve and hitting targets.
Kids also high-fived Terry the Tennis Ball to complete their card and collect a tennis racquet.
Thanks to the workers and supporters from Coolum Tennis and Ash Tennis for making the day such a success.
We are following up this interest in tennis to have our own open day at Coolum Tennis Club next Saturday 15 November, from 10am until 2pm. There are prizes to be won as well as free tennis and a sausage sizzle. The major prize is either a family pass to the Brisbane International or two hours of free court hire on the Pat Rafter Arena that is valued at $400. There are plenty of minor prizes as well.
We are also offering next year’s membership for new members at next year’s prices starting immediately. Come and sign up.
The ladies fixture season is near the end. The Tourists made third place although they struggled for players during the season. Good luck in the semi finals on Friday.
The Travellers had an exciting match against the team coming second in the competition. At the start of the last two sets, the Travellers (Jenny, Annette, Joan and Gloria) were only one game down. Unfortunately, the team didn’t win either game, but with a creditable showing only ended up being four games down on the day. Good luck to Maroochydore in the finals.
This is the last week for the Tuesday night 3’s competition. With six of the 12 teams from Coolum, we are hoping for a good showing in the finals. Five ladies teams of two players have another week to play their competition on Monday night at Coolum.
Our juniors played semi-finals at Noosa. These games were hard fought. Five teams made the semi-finals out of the seven teams Coolum had entered in the competition.
In Division 2, Nelly St Baker and Yani Mouland-Vail finished second as did James Christie and Zade Kurdi in Division 4. Also second in their division were Wade Smith and Maison from Division 5. The Division 7 team of Kristan Mc Lean and Shiran Mc Lean finished first in Division 7. Kristy Drain and Rehym Glover finished fourth in Division 6, but they won their semi-final to contest the final this weekend.
Good luck to all teams that made the finals. The parents reported that the quality of sportsmanship was unequalled from both winning and losing teams during the semi-finals.
