{"id":93797,"date":"2023-10-06T04:57:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T17:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/?p=93797"},"modified":"2023-10-06T09:49:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T22:49:08","slug":"club-launches-summer-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/club-launches-summer-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Club launches summer season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MEMBERS of the Bannockburn Tennis Club opened their courts up to the community on Sunday with more than fifty people coming along.<\/p>\n<p>Club secretary Rachael Le Maitre said the event was a way to launch the summer competition that starts tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a great chance for everyone to come together if they didn\u2019t know anybody, and to have a hit with their teammates,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe ended up having the adults pairing up with the junior player so there was some serious sets of tennis played too which was fun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had some new faces join us too so it wasn\u2019t just for people playing this season but anyone who wanted to come along.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Federal Member for Corangamite, Libby Coker, was among the attendees, whom club members thanked for her part in funding a new defibrillator for their facilities.<\/p>\n<p>While the courts were in use, a barbecue was also held at the site\u2019s recently-installed pit and pergola.<\/p>\n<p>With their summer competition to run internally until March, this season also marks Bannockburn Tennis Club\u2019s first time entering a team into the Geelong Tennis Thursday night triples.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_93800\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93800\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-93800\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/0G2A4140.-Libby-Coker-helped-provide-money-for-the-Defib-e1696324292975-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/0G2A4140.-Libby-Coker-helped-provide-money-for-the-Defib-e1696324292975-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/0G2A4140.-Libby-Coker-helped-provide-money-for-the-Defib-e1696324292975-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/0G2A4140.-Libby-Coker-helped-provide-money-for-the-Defib-e1696324292975-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/0G2A4140.-Libby-Coker-helped-provide-money-for-the-Defib-e1696324292975.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93800\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bannockburn Tennis Club president Jason Tournier with Libby Coker, Federal Member for Corangamite who assisted the club in receiving about $2000 through the 2022-23 Volunteer Grants for a new defibrillator which was installed about two months.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ms Le Maitre said everyone is more than welcome to take part in their weekly social sessions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe newcomers who came said they really enjoyed themselves and said they\u2019re keen to come back,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey might come back to our social hits which on a Wednesday we have juniors for free from 4pm to 6pm and then seniors from 6pm onwards for $5.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve absolutely got more people interested and wanting to play so everyone\u2019s welcome to come along.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To register for the club\u2019s weekly social sessions, email bannotc@gmail.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEMBERS of the Bannockburn Tennis Club opened their courts up to the community on Sunday with more than fifty people coming along. 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