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TENNIS Victoria representatives Nathan Phillips and Kelly Smith at Centenary Park with Frankston Centenary Tennis Club President John McGillivray. Picture: Supplied
Tennis clubs complete merger Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au THE Frankston Centenary Tennis Club has moved into its new $4.2 million home. The club is an amalgamation of the Frankston Tennis Club and Frankston East Tennis Club. The merged club has moved into Centenary Park, which is now home to 13 fully upgraded hard surface courts. Frankston Tennis Club had been running for around 130 years. The club was based out of Yuille Street next to Frankston Hospital, but had to move after the state government purchased the land in 2017 to accommodate for the expansion of the hospital.
Plans were initially drawn up for a $30 million renovation of Centenary Park, but a failure to secure more funding meant that the upgrade ended up costing just over $4 million. Frankston Centenary Tennis Club President John McGillivray said the merge of the two tennis clubs “is now complete and has been a smooth and amicable process.” “The new plexi-cushion courts have been a success, with all players being impressed by the surface. The lighting of those courts is first class. The renovation and modernisation of the clubhouse is complete and has been well received by both members and visitors,” he said. “Membership is steadily growing and several tournaments have been booked to take place at the
new modern venue. Planning with Frankston City Council for the completion of landscaping is well underway and should be completed within the coming months. Special thanks to Frankston City Council and their recreation team for their involvement and assistance during the very important and challenging period of redeveloping the venue.” The redeveloped pavilion also features a social space, kitchen, storage and cool room, shower and toilet facilities, and a meeting room. Frankston Council allocated $1.15 million to the project. The state government put in $3 million, Frankston East Tennis Club and Frankston Tennis Club made a joint contribution of $35,000, and Tennis Australia paid $50,000.
We’re building the Metro Tunnel As part of Victoria’s Big Build, we’re building the Metro Tunnel. Taking our busiest train lines through a new tunnel under the city and creating space in the City Loop to run more trains to and from our suburbs. There will also be maintenance works on these lines. Buses replace trains on the Frankston and Stony Point lines From 1am 4 Dec to last train 5 Dec From 8.30pm 10 Dec to last train 12 Dec First train to 8.30pm, 15 Dec, 19 to 22 Dec 16 to 23 Dec
Flinders Street to Caulfield
Night works 8.30pm to last train each night, 13 to 15 Dec
Flinders Street to Moorabbin
8.30pm to last train each night, 13 to 15 Dec 8.30pm to last train each night, 19 to 22 Dec 9pm to last train each night, 26 to 29 Dec
Frankston to Stony Point
8.30pm to last train each night, 19 to 22 Dec
Flinders Street to Mordialloc
9pm to last train each night, 26 to 29 Dec
Moorabbin to Frankston
Authorised by the Victorian Government, 1 Treasury Place, Melbourne
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Find out if you’re affected at bigbuild.vic.gov.au