Airport West Tennis Club
Mr CARROLL (Niddrie—Minister for Public Transport, Minister for Roads and Road Safety) (09:37): I rise to acknowledge the Airport West Tennis Club and their strong advocacy over the past 50 years in my local community. I was very honoured to announce $650 000 recently to build a new pavilion. The club was built more than 50 years ago, with humble beginnings in Ratcliffe hall in Airport West to where it is today in Olive Grove. It is a very important club. In fact my dad did the wiring there when it first began—it is that old. While the wiring stayed, the rest of it has certainly fallen down. I want to acknowledge president Trevor Pepper; our own Robert McDonald, the Deputy Clerk of the Legislative Assembly; and club legend Lorraine Stainer. In particular I want to acknowledge the women of the club and the life members: Jenny Walmsley, Lorraine Stainer, Merilee Stainer, Margaret Bond, Elaine Boyce, Ann Bellman, Zelda Astell, Margaret Daisley, Alma Morrison and Allen David. It is a really important club, and the women over more than 50 years have been the glue. Whether it has been at the executive level or the club level, they have held this club together through thick and thin, and the new pavilion is a credit to them and all that have been there. In particular I also want to acknowledge the Minister for Community Sport. She has visited the club twice in 12 months, which I think is an outstanding effort for any minister. But I am very pleased to see that the Airport West Tennis Club will get those 21st-century facilities that it deserves, and it will be a powerhouse not only in the local community but on the court for the next 50 years as well.