By DES ADSETT
THE Coolum Tennis Club has had a busy week with Senior Club Championships, Junior Finals and an Open Day.
On Thursday morning, the Ladies B Grade Doubles fielded five very competitive teams in a round Robin.
Defending champions were Lynn Heath and Joy Abacair. Unfortunately, Joy couldn’t play, so Margaret Webb very ably partnered Lynn to be runners-up even though they beat the winning pair in a tie-breaker set. The champions on the day were Jenny Boland in her first year with the club, and Victoria Edinburgh Windsor. On Thursday night, the Men’s A and B Grade pairs were played. The winners in A Grade were Adam Spence and James Rubulis with Kurt Johnson and Sam Duggan the runners-up. Scott Derham has booked a permanent spot on the board as the B Grade winners. This year, Scott partnered Matt Anderson to beat Steve Down and Tim Weire on a count back. The Mixed B Grade Tennis Championships are scheduled for Thursday 20 November. The date of the A Grade Mixed and Junior Championships should be available this week.
As well as the club Championships, the club followed up last week’s Tennis Tacular with a Free Tennis Day. As part of both these promotions, the club had competitions for a lucky winner and the people who were closest to the number of balls in the box.
The winner of the major prize was Lou Ninnes. Lou gets to choose from either a Family Pass to the Brisbane International or two hours court hire on the Pat Rafter court valued at $400.
The winners of the Guess the Ball competition each win prize packs of tennis gear including a towel, backpack, tennis balls. The winners ar Daray King and Paul Hardcastle. They have been notified by email and are free to collect their prizes from coach Andrew Ash at the tennis club. At the Free Tennis Day, some of Seniors and Juniors had fun trying to outdo each other on the Speed Serve. There was much discussion on the best place to stand and the best type of serve. The top serve of the day was 144 km.
Our next big function at tennis is the Christmas party. All tennis players and their families are welcome. The club will be presenting the winners of the Club Championships. The function starts at 3pm with tennis. The club provides Christmas ham for the celebrations. Take note of Sunday 7 December for all Juniors, Seniors, Social Players and other court users. All are welcome. Wear something Christmassy.
