{"id":17030,"date":"2018-09-12T01:59:43","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T15:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=17030"},"modified":"2018-09-13T22:09:43","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T12:09:43","slug":"tennis-geelongs-2018-agm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/sport\/tennis-geelongs-2018-agm\/","title":{"rendered":"TENNIS GEELONG\u2019S 2018 AGM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TENNIS Geelong\u2019s Annual General Meeting took place at Deakin Cats Community Centre on Wednesday, September 5, highlighted by the merger of the Bellarine Peninsula Tennis Association with Tennis Geelong.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not only but also, a new life member of the association, Geelong Lawn\u2019s Greg Leslie, suitably surprised and delighted at his induction.<\/p>\n<p>This follows Greg\u2019s life membership award at Geelong Lawn 18 months back &#8211; a great night for one of local tennis\u2019 most passionate servants!<\/p>\n<p>The winter and summer club of the year awards were made by Tennis Geelong president Donna Schoenmaekers and it was a clean sweep by the all-conquering Wandana Heights, a club which has certainly hit the heights, perhaps due to a fantastic junior program and some dedicated people at the helm.<\/p>\n<p>Donna was elected association president for the third time, with Trevor Colbert and Wayne McKinlay remaining secretary and treasurer, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Tennis Victoria\u2019s Pete McDonald took the floor to explain future initiatives and took questions from a robust audience of around 50 club representatives.<\/p>\n<p>Discussions included the upcoming association night tennis competition, working with children issues and more &#8211; and posing the question \u201cwhat will the tennis scene be in 2025?\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully very healthy. On that note, Donna closed the meeting at 8.30pm, wishing all clubs a successful and enjoyable season of tennis!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-17030 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/2018-AGM-2.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"281\" height=\"178\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/2018-AGM-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-17035\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-17035'>\n\t\t\t\tDarren (left), Donna and Matt.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/2018-AGM-3.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"269\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/2018-AGM-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-17034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/2018-AGM-3.jpg 269w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/2018-AGM-3-245x300.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-17034'>\n\t\t\t\tRobyn (left) and Denise with the club of the year cups.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/2018-AGM-4.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"284\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/2018-AGM-4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-17033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/2018-AGM-4.jpg 284w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/2018-AGM-4-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-17033'>\n\t\t\t\tTennis Victoria\u2019s Pete McDonald.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TENNIS Geelong\u2019s Annual General Meeting took place at Deakin Cats Community Centre on Wednesday, September 5, highlighted by the merger of the Bellarine Peninsula Tennis Association with Tennis Geelong. 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