	{"id":33775,"date":"2020-07-30T00:39:43","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T14:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/?p=33775"},"modified":"2020-07-30T08:50:50","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T22:50:50","slug":"tennis-in-geelong-midweek-tennis-fires-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/tennis-in-geelong-midweek-tennis-fires-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis In Geelong: Midweek tennis fires up"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The midweek ladies tennis competition started a new season on Tuesday, July 14, with quite reduced numbers, due to the extraordinary circumstances that we are now dealing with.<\/h3>\n<p>Tennis In Geelong went along to Clifton Springs and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Geelong-East-Uniting-Church-Tennis-Club-489537217873950\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Geelong East Uniting tennis clubs<\/a> to see what was happening and can report that there was plenty of enthusiasm to get back on the court!<br \/>\nThere are eight grades of midweek ladies, from clubs as far apart as Anglesea and Winchelsea or Barwon Heads and Portarlington.<br \/>\nThis equates to approximately 250 players and playing a full season too, unlike Saturday players, who have a much-abbreviated season, due to a late start.<br \/>\nMidweek will conclude with the grand final matches on Tuesday, November 24. 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