by Cameron Outridge<\/p>\n
Nambour & Districts Tennis Association has unveiled four newly rebuilt competition-standard courts, with Sunday\u2019s opening drawing strong community support and marking the club\u2019s most significant upgrade in more than a decade.<\/p>\n
The $400,000 redevelopment \u2013 backed by more than $250,000 in Queensland Government grants, a $25,000 contribution from Council and extensive club fundraising \u2013 replaces four lower-level courts that had deteriorated beyond use after years of weather damage. Their closure had cut the club\u2019s court capacity, limited tournaments and undermined financial viability.<\/p>\n
Sponsorship and grants coordinator Helen Jones said seeing the courts up and running was a major moment for the club. \u201cWith the new courts now fully operational we are working to re-establish the club as the premier centre for tennis in the Nambour and hinterland region,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese courts were well past their serviceable life and unsafe,\u201d she said. \u201cGetting them rebuilt has completely changed what the club can offer. We can finally operate at\u00a0full capacity again.\u201d<\/p>\n
The new hard courts are competition standard and marked for multi-use, including eight pickleball courts. Ms Jones said the upgrade was already strengthening junior development, high-level tournament capacity and the club\u2019s rapidly expanding pickleball community, which had previously been restricted to two upper-level courts.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis will increase participation dramatically, including for all-abilities players,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Member for Nicklin Marty Hunt presided over Sunday\u2019s official opening on behalf of Sport Minister Tim Mander, joining club members, families and volunteers for a celebratory program of activities.<\/p>\n
The day featured free tennis and pickleball from 11am, followed by the opening ceremony and barbecue at 1pm. A twilight doubles pickleball competition at 2pm rounded out the program, with strong entries and enthusiastic courtside support.<\/p>\n
Nambour Tennis Club has been operating since 1922 and is located near the middle of town at 11 Washington St. For information go to www.facebook.com\/NambourTennisClub.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"by Cameron Outridge Nambour & Districts Tennis Association has unveiled four newly rebuilt competition-standard courts, with Sunday\u2019s opening…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-322052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}