Taylor said the hard courts would not be operational “any time soon’’, with water having infiltrated beneath the synthetic grass and moved the court surface.
“When I first looked at them (hard courts) there were several waves under the synthetic,” Taylor said.
Taylor said she had spoken to Tennis Victoria and they were assisting the club in accessing tennis surface specialists who could help the club return courts to operational standards.
“As for the lawn courts, they are so wet I don’t really know (when we will be able to use them again),” she said.
Last week the club had a volunteer group, several of Taylor’s friends, arrive to assist in the clearing of debris and rubbish, which had washed up against the courts’ fence line.
“A group came from Echuca to help with that clean-up,” she said.
“We did manage to shift some of the equipment prior to the floods, but we are still unsure of what condition of the mowers are in.”
Taylor said she didn’t know what the club was going to do, longer term.
“Last week I put a post on Facebook, stating the obvious, that tennis was on hold until further notice. That is the only communication I have had since the floods,” she said.
The club has submitted an application for a flood-recovery grant, but that equipment grant has a $5000 cap.
Taylor said the damage bill would far exceed that amount and the club was waiting to hear back from its insurance agent.
“I am clarifying our insurance status at the moment,” she said.
Taylor said she had not contacted club members because of the situation many had found themselves in post-flood.
She did suggest, however, that if the club could get its teams together the matches could be played at the other locations through the Campaspe Tennis Association.
“I haven’t made any inquiries about that, but Lockington have courts and Elmore only has the one senior team.
“Maybe there is something we can work out the clubs that are close to us,” she said.
