Renato Franchetto memorial tennis tourney this weekend

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on December 28, 2023.

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The Medicine Hat Tennis Club’s winter tournament gets underway Saturday.

The winter tournament named the Renato Franchetto Memorial Tennis Classic is entering its 10th year in honour of the longtime club member. After this year’s tournament, it will return to the namesake of the Winter Tennis Classic.

There will be 12 teams facing off in intermediate and open divisions on Saturday at Big Marble Go Centre. The intermediate division, organized by Noel Thomas, gets underway at 8 a.m. and runs until 12:30 p.m.

The open division play, co-ordinated by Messele Fentabil, starts at 12:30 p.m. and runs until 5 p.m.