‘Unbeatable’

Haven Tennis Club members finally gathered for the club’s centenary celebrations at the weekend after COVID-19 restrictions disrupted the event four-times running.

The event attracted current and formers members for an afternoon of reminiscing before the club’s senior side took on Drung South in a Central Wimmera Tennis Association A Grade semi-final.

Footage of the club’s first pennant premiership match in 1985-86 was displayed in the club’s hall and a new life-member board unveiled.

Haven’s senior team put on an afternoon finals display that would have roused the club’s former champions, beating Drung South 11-92 to 1-43.

The side takes on Horsham Lawn Bardell in a grand-final showdown on Saturday at Horsham Lawn Tennis Club.

Past

DAY TO REMEMBER: players Bruno Panozzo, Ross Janetzki, Murray Robinson and Grant Hayter, far left, and Mavis Janetzki, Marg Taylor, Jodie Kemp and Sue Exell, left, admire a perpetual trophy at centenary celebrations. Below, Haven Tennis Club past players reunite. Pictures: PAUL CARRACHER