{"id":128201,"date":"2015-11-25T00:37:16","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T14:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=128201"},"modified":"2020-11-03T10:55:18","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T00:55:18","slug":"tennis-tales-honour-a-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/11\/25\/tennis-tales-honour-a-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis Tales Honour A Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_128203\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128203\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151121blackbutt1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-128203\" title=\"20151121 Emerson Lunch\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151121blackbutt1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151121blackbutt1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151121blackbutt1-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-128203\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guest speaker, author Hugh Lunn, centre, with his wife Helen, left, and lunch organiser Hazel Christie-Small, right<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_128204\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128204\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151121blackbutt2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128204 \" title=\"20151121 Emerson Lunch\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151121blackbutt2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151121blackbutt2.jpg 200w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151121blackbutt2-180x300.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-128204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A miniature bronze model of the Roy Emerson statue raised $1300<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>November 25, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A life-size bronze statue of tennis champion Roy Emerson will be erected in Blackbutt following a successful fundraising lunch held in the town at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Lunch organiser Hazel Christie-Small told <strong>southburnett.com.au<\/strong> sculptor Mark Snell will now be given the go-ahead to begin work on the statue in January.<\/p>\n<p>Hazel said the lunch, which also featured an auction of tennis memorabilia, had been &#8220;a great success&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Guests paid $50 a head to listen to guest speakers <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mal_Anderson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mal Anderson<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; another Australian tennis great &#8211; and author and raconteur Hugh Lunn who has written extensively about another Queensland tennis champ, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ken_Fletcher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ken Fletcher<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hugh revealed an unexpected link between his mate &#8220;Fletch&#8221;, an Aussie larrikin who died of cancer in 2006, and Blackbutt &#8230; Fletch&#8217;s mother Ethel was born there.<\/p>\n<p>Roy Emerson, who now lives in the United States, grew up at Nukku and became, in the words of Mal Anderson, &#8220;one of the best backhand volleyers that tennis has ever seen&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Mal, who married Roy&#8217;s sister Daphne, said his brother-in-law was also one of the best doubles players Australian tennis had produced.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The cost to erect the bronze statue has been estimated at $65,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A single donor, Bermuda and Tasmanian businessman Sanders Frith-Brown, is contributing half the cost.<\/p>\n<p>Other individual donors have also contributed to the fundraising.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, another $2100 was raised from an auction, including $700 for an autographed and framed photo of Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/11\/last-chance-to-book-for-tennis-lunch\/\"><strong>Last Chance To Book For Tennis Lunch<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/07\/no-way-for-roy-emerson\/\">No Way For Roy Emerson<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/04\/petition-lodged-to-honour-emerson\/\">Petition Lodged To Honour Emerson<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/01\/tennis-champ-has-a-ball-in-blackbutt\/\">Tennis Champ Has A Ball In Blackbutt<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/01\/tennis-legend-to-visit-south-burnett\/\"><strong>Tennis Legend To Visit Blackbutt<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_128205\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128205\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151121blackbutt3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-128205\" title=\"20151121 Emerson Lunch\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151121blackbutt3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151121blackbutt3.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151121blackbutt3-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-128205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tennis Australia Board member Ken Laffey and his wife Barbara with South Burnett mayor Wayne Kratzmann &#8230; Ken brought along some memorabilia for the auction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_128207\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128207\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151121blackbutt5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-128207\" title=\"20151121 Emerson Lunch\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151121blackbutt5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151121blackbutt5.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151121blackbutt5-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-128207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roy Emerson&#8217;s sisters Hazel Stewart and Daphne Anderson, from Brisbane, returned to Blackbutt for the lunch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_128209\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128209\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151121blackbutt7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-128209\" title=\"20151121 Emerson Lunch\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151121blackbutt7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151121blackbutt7.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151121blackbutt7-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-128209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roy Emerson&#8217;s nephew George Emerson, from Brisbane, made the winning bid on the miniature bronze statue of Roy Emerson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_128208\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128208\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151121blackbutt6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-128208\" title=\"20151121 Emerson Lunch\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151121blackbutt6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151121blackbutt6.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151121blackbutt6-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-128208\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Rasey, from the Brisbane Tennis Trail, with lunch organiser Hazel Christie-Small and tennis champ and guest speaker Mal Anderson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_128202\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128202\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151121blackbutt8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-128202\" title=\"20151121 Emerson Lunch\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151121blackbutt8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151121blackbutt8.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151121blackbutt8-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-128202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lola Harper, from Nukku, with Hazel Stewart&#8217;s daughter, Ann Murray, from Brisbane<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_128206\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128206\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151121blackbutt4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-128206\" title=\"20151121 Emerson Lunch\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151121blackbutt4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151121blackbutt4.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151121blackbutt4-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-128206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blackbutt Memorial Hall was filled for the Roy Emerson statue fundraising lunch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 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