{"id":14843,"date":"2016-01-07T18:14:19","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T07:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/?p=14843"},"modified":"2016-01-08T08:54:50","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T21:54:50","slug":"swan-hill-courts-primed-for-60th-inter-regionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/news\/2016\/01\/07\/swan-hill-courts-primed-for-60th-inter-regionals","title":{"rendered":"Swan Hill courts primed for 60th Inter-regionals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Swan Hill will be transformed this weekend when the summer of tennis comes to the Northern Mallee Region for the 60th<\/sup> Annual Inter-regional Country Championships.<\/p>\n

More than 250 tennis players representing nine of the eleven Victorian country regions will compete for singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Inter-regionals are a fantastic event, with hundreds of players from 10 to 55 years of age competing,\u201d said Tennis Victoria Tournament and Events Director Andrew Reynolds. \u00a0\u201cThe courts are looking fantastic and will play fast, so there is sure to be some quality tennis played over the three days.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Swan Hill Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club will have almost 50 grass courts in use for the three day event, thanks to Green Keeper Daniel Gardner.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a pretty big job to get the courts ready for an event like this,\u201d said Gardner, who has been part of the club both as a player and a green keeper for 30 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got about 51 grass courts and we\u2019ve got the surrounds of the club as well, so it\u2019s very busy in the summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about doing a lot of the right things in the right sequence for the right period of time, it\u2019s not just something that happens overnight. You can\u2019t make bad courts good overnight, that\u2019s my theory on it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Gardner will also compete in the Inter-regionals in the seniors event.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t been thinking about the tennis too much, maybe when the event starts I will. It\u2019s nice to get everything ready, get to the start line and then focus on the tennis.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really good for us to showcase Swan Hill and to have visitors here, and for our club it\u2019s really nice to have a group of different people come through and see our club and use our facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Championships kick off on Friday morning, with the first event beginning at 8am.<\/p>\n

View draws and results<\/a>.<\/p>\n

View official program<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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