Seniors play at the ’Lawn!

Dick Bartley (left) gets help to put up the Tennis Seniors sign from Stevan. Above: Doubles play on those great courts. Top right: Waiting for the call to play, left to right, Gaylene, Mary, Angela, Anne and Maureen (all Melbourne visitors); centre right: left to right, Michelle, Kurt, Mary, Bec and Margaret; bottom right, left to right, Bruce, Don, Sue, Marg and Rosemary.

SENIOR tennis players took to the grass courts at Geelong Lawn on Sunday February 25 for the second event on the Tennis Seniors Victoria calendar, with 45 participants playing.

There are 15 events set to take place this year, at venues from as far apart and including Ballarat and Yarrawonga, just to name a couple.

Players from the age of 35 to 100 are eligible to enter events in this series, which sees doubles with a changing partners format and for the fit and dedicated, there’s singles.

Players are graded into A, B and C grades.

True to form, the Geelong Lawn tournament drew players locally and from all over the state, keen to play on those fantastic grass courts.

The weather was spot-on, and some highly competitive matches took place.

The next event is the Oceania Championships, Senior Tennis Australia at Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club from (tomorrow) Friday March 9 – Monday March 12.

For information and the Tennis Seniors Victoria tournament calendar for 2018, email Dick Bartley on [email protected] or phone 0400 858 396. Alternatively, phone Sacha Viamynch at Geelong Lawn on 03 5243 2819.

These events help to keep our senior players on the courts and enjoying the game playing with the peers.

That’s got to be good news for tennis!