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No support or sponsorship brings the Ipswich Tennis Open to an end.

May 24, 2017 10:44 pm in by
Local Sport
The Ipswich Tennis Open Tournament will call it game, set and match at the end of this year. 
The 15 year event has called it a day, due to rising costs and the lack of sponsorship. 
Volunteer organiser, Jill Franklin (pictured) told the Q.T – she’s informed Tennis Queensland, and they tried to turn it around..but the guidelines were too strenuous. 
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She says the Open also suffered, due to increasing pressure from the Tennis governing bodies and lack of support from the Ipswich City Council.
(Image courtesy of www.qt.com.au)
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