Vera Marks isn't showing any signs of slowing down on the tennis courts just yet.
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Marks celebrates her 90th birthday on Thursday but remains a regular fixture at the Kooringal Tennis Club.
She is an inaugural member of the club, which was founded in 1959, and can still be found in the thick of the action each week.
Marks can't see herself stopping anytime soon.
"It keeps me going," Marks said.
"The tennis and these ladies.
"It's really the exercise and the company."
Tennis has become her lone sport along the way.
"I did softball, hockey, netball, bike riding but (with tennis) there's less manoeuvres and less action," Marks said.
While singles is no longer on the agenda, doubles certainly is.
For those 60 years she's partnered up with Barbara Oakman.
And she wouldn't have it any other way.
"I've been playing 60 years with Barbara, who I went to school with," she said.
The pair first met at Lake Albert Public School and have virtually been playing together ever since.
At the net is wear Marks really shines, with opponents soon knowing not to hit in her direction if they want to win the point.
Oakman describes her as a bit of a shark there.
"She's still very sharp on the net," Oakman said.
Her sandwich making skills are always a hit with club members as well.
Plenty has changed over the decades since Marks first started playing at the courts.
A skate park has arrived, the play areas have grown and while the tennis courts have been expanded the sport itself has dipped in popularity.
"There was only two courts and a swing and a slippery dip," Marks said.
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