Tasmania creates a world class racquet

Tess Brunton
July 23 2017 - 8:30am
RACQUET HISTORY: Launceston historian Gus Green created memorabilia to recognise the significance of the Alexander Patent Racquet to the tennis racquet manufacturing world and the state. Picture: Phillip Biggs
RACQUET HISTORY: Launceston historian Gus Green created memorabilia to recognise the significance of the Alexander Patent Racquet to the tennis racquet manufacturing world and the state. Picture: Phillip Biggs

Just as the greatest international tennis players were warming up for Wimbledon, two Tasmanian brothers were making history a world away.

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Tess Brunton

Tess Brunton

Journalist

I recently returned from across the ditch where I worked at New Zealand Fairfax paper The Timaru Herald and developed a love of mountains. Originally I'm a mainlander from an area known for cheese, the Bega Valley, who also dabbled in radio at ABC RCAFF before finding a place in newspapers. I can often be found hiking, caving or climbing when I'm not cursing at my work computer or technology in general.

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