{"id":165876,"date":"2016-12-11T18:23:08","date_gmt":"2016-12-11T08:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=165876"},"modified":"2020-09-30T09:48:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T23:48:10","slug":"roys-coming-back-to-blackbutt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2016\/12\/11\/roys-coming-back-to-blackbutt\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy’s Coming Back To Blackbutt"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tennis great Roy Emerson with his sisters Daphne Anderson and Hazel Stewart at Nukku Nook in 2015 … he’ll be returning in January for the unveiling of a statue made in his honour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hazel Christie-Small … can’t stop smiling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

December 11, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hazel Christie-Small can’t stop smiling … the bronze statue of tennis great Roy Emerson is completed, mounted on a plinth and all ready to be unveiled.<\/p>\n

The big day will occur at 1:00pm on January 18 outside Nukku Nook in Blackbutt which houses the Roy Emerson Museum.<\/p>\n

Hazel, who is a member of the Blackbutt and District Tourism and Heritage Association, has been driving the project to create a life-size statue of Emerson, who was raised at Nukku.<\/p>\n

Emerson will be flying back to Australia for the unveiling.<\/p>\n

Hazel told southburnett.com.au<\/strong> on Saturday that the fund-raising had been hectic for the project but it was now all completed.<\/p>\n

“The project could not have been achieved without the help of a great many people,” she said.<\/p>\n

“Those who saw the vision, held the faith and supported us from beginning to end.<\/p>\n

“We thank all our supporters, those who bought raffle tickets, attended functions, donated their time, those who shared their resources and those who generously contributed financial support from $50 through to $20,000.”<\/p>\n

Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington will also be present at the unveiling.<\/p>\n

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