{"id":29007,"date":"2022-11-10T13:33:30","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T02:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/?p=29007"},"modified":"2023-10-21T00:38:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T13:38:30","slug":"tennis-victoria-affiliate-of-the-month-bacchus-marsh-lawn-tennis-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/news\/2022\/11\/10\/tennis-victoria-affiliate-of-the-month-bacchus-marsh-lawn-tennis-club","title":{"rendered":"Tennis Victoria Affiliate of the Month: Bacchus Marsh Lawn Tennis Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Bacchus Marsh Lawn Tennis Club (BMLTC) have had a very busy few months recently hosting a variety of inclusive tournaments to welcome their community to their club.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The aim of these tournaments is to support various community groups and to raise awareness and support for physical, social and mental health impacts.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The first tournament was the Respect event to highlight respect for women in the community. Everyone was welcome to play, and the women were championed and had the first serve.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Putting their Lawn courts on display, BMLTC delivered A Gay Day on the Green for the first time, welcoming everyone, especially members of the LGBTQI+ community and offering a safe and welcoming environment to enjoy tournament style tennis.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The next tournament is Ladies Day. Over 150 women will come together to enjoy some tennis, a high tea event and an opportunity to support each other in coming together to have a break from everyday life and to focus on physical health and social connection.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">At the end of the month BMLTC will host the Movember tennis tournament for men, reminding men that tennis is a safe outlet with mental and physical health benefits.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">All of these fantastic tournament events are organised by the dedicated BMLTC committee and support local vendors by using the beautiful local produce grown in Bacchus Marsh.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Congratulations to the team at Bacchus Marsh Lawn Tennis Club on being welcoming and inclusive and creating a safe space for people to gather and connect socially.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">If you want to join the club or participate in any of their events, follow them on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bmtennisp\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> or visit their <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/play.tennis.com.au\/bacchusmarshlawntennisclub\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">website<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bacchus Marsh Lawn Tennis Club (BMLTC) have had a very busy few months recently hosting a variety of inclusive tournaments to welcome their community to their club.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6297,"featured_media":29009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[84,27],"class_list":["post-29007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-monthly-awards","tag-recognition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6297"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}