Perth Voice Interactive

SOMEONE’S nicked an umpire’s chair from Mt Lawley Tennis Club.

President Les Peirce says the chair, valued at around $700, vanished a few weeks ago.

“We’ve asked around at the club, but nobody knows where it’s gone,” he says.

“I can only assume that someone has climbed over the fence and stolen it.

“The chair is around two metres high, so it would have probably taken two people to get it over the three-metre high fence.”

The club, at the corner of Central Avenue and Hamer Parade, stores its umpires’ chairs beside a gardener’s shed and they can be seen from the street.

Mt Lawley MP and club member Michael Sutherland ponders the chair may have been on-sold as a high chair.

“Why would anyone steal an umpire’s chair?” he asks. “It’s only of value to a tennis club and not for everyday use. The whole incident is very bizarre.”

Mr Peirce says if the chair isn’t returned the cops will be called. If you know anything, call the club on 9370 1922.

by STEPHEN POLLOCK