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Mayor of Brimbank, Cr John Hedditch said Council was thrilled to win the accolade again.

“We won the inaugural ‘Supporting Tennis – Local Government Recognition’ award category last year for our ongoing work in supporting local tennis.

“This year, we won the award in recognition of our highly successful In2Tennis Program, as well as the installation of a new online booking and gate access system at six local tennis venues, which provide the community with access to these tennis facilities.

“We were extremely happy with how well In2Tennis was received by the community and embraced by local tennis clubs.

“The program ran over 10 days to coincide with the Australian Open and offered 36 different programs at no cost to the community.

“About 580 locals were registered to take part in In2Tennis – the majority of whom were not members of a tennis club - and as an outcome, more than 50 participants have since joined a local tennis club,” Cr Hedditch said.

Earlier this year, Brimbank’s In2Tennis initiative won the ‘Community Program of the Year Award’ at the 2017 Parks and Leisure Australia Vic/Tas Conference.