Geraldton Tennis Centre to hold 21st annual Blue Day for men’s health awareness

The Geraldton Tennis Centre is gearing up for its 21st annual Blue Day next weekend, shining a light and starting conversations around men’s health.

Its Blue Day started in 2004 and still holds the same relevance as it did 21 years ago, with club captain Danny Bowen stressing the importance of events such as this.

“We started it back in 2004 just to get blokes together to have a chat over a game of tennis,” he said.

“It is a pretty simple idea that starts some really important conversations for men in particular.”

The annual Blue Day is formatted as a men’s doubles day and the Geraldton Tennis Centre is expecting upwards of 50 people.

Event sponsor Max Correy said the day was greater than the game of tennis.

“The day itself has proven to be more than just a couple tennis matches,” he said.

“It is really targeted at shining a light on an important issue.

“We as men aren’t very good at talking about these sorts of things, so we figured that tennis could provide us with a vehicle to start these tough conversations.”

Mr Correy said seeing women take charge of their health awareness inspired the idea of Blue Day.

“Seeing the women with pink days and what not got us inspired to start something for men,” he said.

“They have well and truly set a great example and we hope to replicate it and get men thinking about their health.”

The 21st annual Blue Day will be held on Saturday, March 22, with registrations at 1.45pm and matches at 2pm at the Geraldton Tennis Centre.