Established in 1930, Ayr Tennis Association is back in the spotlight – with a fresh committee and brand-new lighting set up to allow for evening games.
Ayr Tennis Club offers Ladies Social Wednesdays, ‘Extremely Social’ Thursday nights, Junior Tournaments and Cardio Tennis.
In March this year, a new committee took over, reviving both the club and the social atmosphere.
Previously, the club was on the verge of closure and just five out of the fifteen lights worked across the eight courts.
This Thursday, however, was the club’s last game in the dark. With new lighting fixtures being installed, giving 24-hour access for day and night tennis matches.
At the moment, five out of ten courts are set up and it won’t be long until eight out of ten courts will be running with full lighting for evening matches.
Ayr Tennis Club has around seventy-five new members since their committee relaunch, with the junior side making up around fifty.
Local personality, Rob Slatcher, is the Club President and he said he is excited to see so many more juniors joining the ranks.
“The juniors are humming, really going good. It’s worth putting the A-grade players out,” he said.
“That’s the secret to any club, if you haven’t got juniors, you don’t have seniors.”
He went on to state, “Ayr has always been known as a ‘friendly venue’, we’re getting a lot of players coming back from retirement and having a great time.”
Bendigo Bank offered a $10,000 community grant, which was put towards the new lighting to update the club to its former glory.
Rob thanks the committee, helpers and the wider community for their involvement in getting Ayr Tennis Association back on the map, a dream that at one stage felt impossible.
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