Carroldale
Tennis Court
The Carroldale Tennis Court was built in 1952. It was built for the local community to play tennis. Mr Jack Flyn along with other workers from the Main Roads camp and many local volunteers and tennis club members built the court. It was built on the main road reserve. Camp workers lived nearby in little huts. It was named after the chief of the Toowoomba division of the Main Roads Department, Mr Vince Carol.
Ant bed was harvested from Mahaffey`s paddock at Winwill. The main roads tip truck carted many loads to build the hard surface.
Local timber
from Fordsdale was cut down and carted by Mr Dick Cork. This was used for the
tennis court fence and also to build a tennis shed to store the net and
equipment. The shed was on the western side of the court.
Water was
carried from Mr Arthur Neumann’s farm next door to water down the ant bed and
for continued maintenance.
Natalie
Wotton
