By ANNETTE ADSETT
COOLUM Tennis took on Maroochydore in what may be the final annual inter-club trophy competition at the weekend.
It may be the end of an era, but once again, we played our annual match against Maroochydore Club for a trophy that has been swapping hands since 1993.
We have played matches for longer than this, but unfortunately no-one knows when the first match was played.
Originally, we played a home-and-away match each year and it was one of the highlights of our social calendar.
Each year, it has been harder to get players and so this may be our last inter-club match.
With a new format of only four games per team, we had to wait for the last match to finish to declare Coolum the winner by four games.
Thanks to all the players who gave up their time to go to Maroochydore and Adam and Des for chasing up players to make up the team. We played in cold and windy conditions with lots of close results.
The older players have many happy memories of the great days of competition.
One social occasion that is still attracting players is our Patron’s Day. This is coming up on Sunday 30 August. The tournament is played in-house with an up-down format. Patron Laurie Bruhl, will not be able to take such an active part in the proceedings, but he will still be sponsoring the day.
Trophies are given for the best points scorers, male and female and two raffles are drawn. Lunch is Subway and the cost of the day is $10.
Last year Henry Plint and Cherie won, with Leon and Annette winning the fruit trays. We have a very strong group of regular day and night players and we look forward to having a fun day of tennis.
It is a great day for all ability levels and is a fund-raiser for the club. To help with the catering, names will be taken as an indication of numbers for the day. Guests are welcome to either join in the tennis or just to participate in the social day. We are aiming for at least 24 players.
The cooler and windy weather has been tolerated by the players, but it has been a trial for spectators, particularly junior parents. Thanks to their support, the junior competitions are back Friday night and Saturday morning. We hope it warms up soon.
The Friday fixture teams started this past week both with home games.
Tourist have moved to Division One and had a loss but played some very good tennis. Travellers played the new Nambour team and were surprised by the confidence and proficiency of the new team. It was a pleasure to welcome the younger girls to the competition even though Travellers were defeated 38-30. The teams were even after the first four sets.
Tuesday night players are back with a format of singles and doubles and from the results on the board there are some very good matches.
If you are interested in playing tennis check out our website at www.tenniscoolum.au or look up our Facebook site to see what has been happening at the club.
