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Twilight tennis after work at the Matakana Tennis Club is now a reality, after the switch was thrown on new floodlights which can operate between 5pm and 10pm.
Club captain Mark Lever says installation started in February and the project cost $91,000.
While funding came from the TAB and Pub Charity, there was a shortfall of over $35,000 made up by the club through life memberships, sponsorships, fundraising and member fees. The club had expected the cost to be higher than this as it was advised by Vector it would cost around $43,000 to get a power cable for the lights connected to the main line on the other side of Matakana Valley Road. However, after the club asked Vector to take another look at the cost, the price was reduced to $11,650.
Vector said the saving had been as a result of a change in criteria for standard connections and pricing policies had changed since the original quote done in October last year.
The club’s next project is a clubhouse and a fourth court.
Lever says that while the courts are open to the public during the day, anyone wanting to use the courts at night under floodlights will need to be a club member. This is seeing the club putting in keycode access pads.
Evening social tennis will start on September 8, between 6pm and 8pm, with members playing for free and casual non-members will pay $10.
New members can sign up through the website https://clubspark.kiwi/MatakanaTennisClub/Membership/Join
