About Us
FACILITIES
The Echuca Village Tennis Club includes 4 synthetic grass tennis courts and a club house with kitchen facilities. Two of the courts have been recently upgraded by having their surfaces replaced. The club house is available for community use. Charges apply.
HISTORY
The current 4 courts were upgraded from bitumen in 1984. Prior to this they, the club house, and the nearby primary school, were integral parts of the closely settled Village community. Society has moved on since then but even in the late Twentieth Century, and early this century, the Village Tennis Club hosted competition teams and ran its own Friday Ladies’ Competition. Social tennis has always been a highlight of the club.
In 2021 a committee was elected by club members. This was done with the assistance of Tennis Victoria’s North West representative, Peter Bertoncini and Judith O’Farrell who undertook to seek funding to replace the surfaces of courts 1 and 2. The committee now includes 9 dynamic members (see below) who are actively supported by the other 54 club members (2021 numbers).
In August and September 2022, with funding help from Apex ($3,500) and the Shire of Campaspe ($4,000), courts 1 and 2 had their surfaces replaced by Tony Limbrick. It cost the club $43,835 and involved a large amount of club members’ volunteering. The costs were kept low by these club members lifting, and disposing of, the old surfaces.
Previously these 2 courts had been available free for the use of community members. However, the club has decided that a charge of $15 per hour per court will apply for their hire/use by non-club members. This has been necessitated, not only because of their huge replacement costs, but also because one court was damaged by unwelcome motor bike riders scoring its surface and making it dangerous and so unplayable. Funding from Tennis Australia has also provided the club with an electronic locking system for the courts.
REVIEWS
- Congratulations to the Village Tennis Club on the new surfaces on the front 2 courts. We played on them the morning after heavy rain and the balls didn’t even get wet. The drainage must be fantastic.