Sport
2 April, 2024
Special report: Creating family atmosphere for future
THERE are a few bunches of eager youngsters already in training to sustain Loddon tennis and cricket sides into the future. Mid-week cricket clinics in Bridgewater and Boort are putting fun into summer sport for primary students. Some have already...
THERE are a few bunches of eager youngsters already in training to sustain Loddon tennis and cricket sides into the future.
Mid-week cricket clinics in Bridgewater and Boort are putting fun into summer sport for primary students.
Some have already graduated to the Bridgewater junior team where more seasoned hands are guiding their development in competition.
Wedderburn tennis club has run summer tennis clinics the last two seasons.
Club life member and current singles champion Susie Lockhart said the next generation was also in the Saturday routine, accompanying their parents to Inglewood association matches.
“The clinics we ran in January went really well,” she said.
“We want to keep people involved ... each and every person so we have the sport surviving while these young children start coming through.
“We want to keep people who are harvesting involved as players too. We have to have flexibility.
“We have families around the club all the time and lots of young children.”
Lockhart said that adaptability had seen the two Wedderburn teams schedule their match on the Friday night of the Australia Day weekend. “We do what we have to do and share players to keep all teams on the court,” she said.
Boort’s hopes for more twilight options, however, may have been dashed by latest concept plans under the Little Lake Boort draft masterplan.
While lighting of the courts would open Friday night to match scheduling, the plan now only includes two courts.
Alister McDougal said two courts would be enough for just one match, not a full round of encounters.
Original discussions had canvassed lighting on all 12 courts at the Boort complex.