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Colin Arnell

2004 Veteran of the Year

Colin Arnell has been secretary of the Gympie Cooloola Veterans Tennis Association Inc. for five years and is better known by some in the Gympie area as Mr. Tennis. He lives for tennis and the club and everything he does has something to do with getting more players on the tennis court through the week and on weekends.

 

In 2004 he was awarded Gympie Sports Administrator of the Year by the Gympie Sportsman’s Association.

Colin organizes social tennis every Monday and Thursday evenings for all grades of players, Saturday afternoon fixtures, arranges for the preparation of granite courts for local fixtures, Sunshine Coast Veterans Fixtures on Sundays and other times throughout the year.

 

He plays tennis himself three to four times a week and some Veterans tournaments throughout the year.

 

He organizes the Cooloola Milk Cup every year, which is a team challenge, made up of three teams of eight veteran tennis players from different towns.

 

When Veterans fixture teams are short, people ring Colin and he goes to great lengths to ensure that he can find players as he hates to see any team forfeit.

 

Colin also prepares the newsletter for the club and hand delivers most of them in his own time.

 

Colin’s outstanding contribution to the club is his organization abilities. He collects the clubs mail from the post box two to three times a week and then sorts out which committee member is responsible and passes it on for attention. He mows the lawns, looks after the plants and gardens around the clubhouse and waters the plants twice a week. He keeps the President up to date with what’s going on in the tennis world. He also orders all tennis balls, tennis nets, stationery, raffle tickets, raffle prizes and entry forms for the year for different tournaments.

 

Colin’s contribution to the Gympie Cooloola Veterans Tennis Association Inc has been invaluable and his efforts ensure the continued growth of Veterans tennis in the area.