RALLY4EVER
2023
CEO - Friday 1 December, 2023
Tennis With A Cause – The Ultimate 24-Hour Tennis Event!
Join Impact Recovery and RALLY4EVER for a fun-filled tennis event to support mental and physical wellbeing, help prevent homelessness and bring freedom from addiction.
The event takes place December 8 and 9, from 11am to 11am at the Bendigo Regional Tennis Centre, Nolan Street Bendigo, Victoria.
The rally consists of 60-minute game blocks, with the goal of holding 24 hours of continuous tennis rally.
We are also holding the Oversized Racquet Record Attempt, using giant racquets!
This event is a collaboration between Impact Recovery and RALLY4EVER, raising critical funds for both organisations. Your donations help in the following ways.
Impact Recovery
Expansion to reach more community members in need of help, purhase a purposed property to increase accommodation capacity for those participating in recovery programs and breaking the cycle of homelessness.
RALLY4EVER
Allow RALLY4EVER to begin new programs Australia wide to provide a place for people who are feeling ‘stuck’ in their lives.
Providing coaches to facilitiate free tennis lessons, equipment including tennis racquets, balls, nets and tennis court restoration in remote and rural areas, tea and coffee after tennis to allow for conversations to continue and help participants to further relationships and human connection.
Who are RALLY4EVER?
Grand Slam commentator and former international professional tennis player, Louise Pleming, founded RALLY4EVER in 2021.
This free program helps people improve their mental wellbeing by playing tennis, enabling them to reconnect with others through exercise, fun, and friendship.
RALLY4EVER invites those who may feel isolated or lonely, have poor mental health, or who may have recently been homeless, to take part.
RALLY4EVER gives people the opportunity to learn new skills and make friends. No commitment is required, and equipment is provided.
“We believe that a better outcome is possible if we provide ways for people to connect with others through exercise, and this will improve their mental well-being,” says Louise.
Eighteen programs are currently being run nationally, including one at South Bendigo which has built up from 3 participants in June 2022 to 15 currently. Impact Rcovery, Bendigo’s only Residential Recovery program enthusiastically supports this, recognising the benefit of physical activity and social connection for their residents.
Special Event Notices
As a lead in to the 24-hour event, an all-in practice session is scheduled on Wednesday 8 November, 11:30am – 12:45pm, for those who have registered to take part in the Oversized Racquet Record Attempt. This session will be lead by local tennis coach Aidan Fitzgerald.
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We recommend arriving at least 15 minutes before your registered rally to allow for sign-in to the event.
Corporate and Business Sponsors
Here are our amazing Impact Recovery + RALLY4EVER corporate and business sponsors for the 2023 event!
