Faculties, match and inclusion initiatives can be honoured on the 2024 Australian Tennis Awards.
Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 8 December 2024 | Jackson Mansell
Occasions and applications throughout grassroots golf equipment and colleges can be honoured at tomorrow night time’s Australian Tennis Awards.
These initiatives allow folks of all ages and skills to select up a racquet and develop a life-long connection to the game.
The next finalists spotlight colleges, occasions and applications that assist ship on the target to make tennis a sport for everybody.
Most Excellent College
Holy Trinity Main College (ACT): College students at Holy Trinity Main College actively take part in lunchtime competitions organised by the college. With elevated participation throughout all 12 months ranges, curiosity in interschool competitions is excessive, ensuing within the college needing to conduct trials. College students’ reference to tennis, because of its inclusion into the bodily training program, has seen many subsequently join native golf equipment.
Nightcliff Center College (NT): The 12 months 7-9 college runs ‘Teen Staff Tennis’ – a pilot program for Tennis Australia, facilitated by Tennis NT coaches. The most important pilot group in Australia, Nightcliff Center College gives this system to college students as a part of an extra-curricular topic each Thursday afternoon. Nightcliff Center College is within the working to grow to be the primary college to win the award twice.
SA College and Providers for Imaginative and prescient Impaired (SA): With the expansion of blind and low imaginative and prescient tennis, SA College and Providers for Imaginative and prescient Impaired (SASSVI) has expanded its bodily training program to ship the game to colleges. The organisation has additionally organised blind tennis tournaments amongst their colleges, offering college students with a pathway to nationwide and world championships.
| Australian Tennis Awards Honour roll Most Excellent College |
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| 2023 | Torrens Valley Christian College (SA) |
| 2022 | Aitken Creek Main College (Vic) |
| 2021 | Cobdogla Main College (SA) |
| 2020 | Not offered |
| 2019 | Elizabeth North Main College (SA) |
| 2018 | Casuarina Avenue Main College (NT) |
| 2017 | Riverton Main College (WA) |
| 2016 | Wembley Main College (WA) |
| 2015 | Brisbane Boys’ Faculty (Qld) |
| 2014 | Parkes Public College (NSW) |
| 2013 | Nightcliff Main College (NT) |
| 2012 | Maribyrnong Sports activities Academy (Vic) |
| 2011 | Center Years Tennis College at Field Hill Secondary Faculty (Vic) |
Most Excellent Match
Margaret Courtroom Cup – Albury Tennis Affiliation (NSW): Held in January for the twentieth 12 months, the match hosted virtually 300 gamers from Australia and the Oceania area. The premier match for the Albury Tennis Affiliation, the Margaret Courtroom Cup fostered a vibrant and inclusive environment, strengthening relationships between gamers from taking part international locations.
Rye Tennis Membership Annual Australia Day occasion (Vic): Performed throughout two venues for the primary time in its 45-year historical past, 221 gamers participated over the Australia Day lengthy weekend. With the added use of Dromana Tennis Membership, the variety of gamers elevated from 133 final 12 months.
2024 Clarence Open (TAS): The Clarence Open was performed over the Labour Day weekend, with 135 members. From a Scorching Pictures problem for 5-11 12 months olds, to Fast4 doubles and the open-age competitions, there have been occasions for all ages and skills.
Blind and Low Imaginative and prescient Program and Adaptive Para Standing Tennis Competitors (NSW): Organised by Metropolis Neighborhood Tennis within the coronary heart of Sydney, these applications present folks with bodily impairments the chance to play tennis. With the courts positioned close to public transport, straightforward accessibility has resulted in elevated weekly participation.
| Australian Tennis Awards Honour roll Most Excellent Match |
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| 2023 | 2023 Queensland Head Stage Age (Qld) |
| 2022 | Euroa Garden Tennis Membership Labour Day (Vic) |
| 2021 | Warrnambool Garden Open (Vic) |
| 2020 | Not offered |
| 2019 | Playford Tennis Worldwide (SA), North Seaside Junior Basic (WA) |
| 2018 | Canberra Worldwide (ACT), Traralgon Worldwide (Vic) |
| 2017 | Melbourne Wheelchair Tennis Open (Vic), Mildura Grand Worldwide (Vic) |
| 2016 | Canberra Worldwide (ACT), Ferntree Gully AMT (Vic) |
| 2015 | Mildura Grand Worldwide (Vic), Bendigo Junior Tour (Vic) |
| 2014 | Toowoomba Worldwide (Qld), Bendigo Basic (Vic) |
| 2013 | Toowoomba Worldwide (Qld) |
| 2012 | Bendigo Worldwide (Vic) |
| 2011 | Burnie Worldwide (TAS) |
| 2010 | Burnie Worldwide (TAS) |
Most Excellent Inclusion Initiative
Constructive Vitality Enabling Talents (Qld): Constructive Vitality Enabling Talents is an initiative based by Glen Bowe and the Discovery Park Tennis Membership positioned on the Gold Coast. It supplies gamers with disabilities the chance to be taught the talents of the sport, in addition to life and purposeful expertise surrounded by an inclusive neighborhood.
SA Blind and Low Imaginative and prescient Program (SA): The SA Blind and Low Imaginative and prescient Program gives visually-impaired gamers a chance to play social tennis, in addition to a sustainable aggressive pathway to additional their tennis. In 2024, this system helped Adelaide grow to be the primary metropolis on this planet to supply a weekly structured competitors for vision-impaired athletes. In addition they had report numbers at their weekly coaching classes on a Tuesday night time.
The winners can be introduced on the Australian Tennis Awards on Monday 9 December at Palladium Ballroom.
You possibly can comply with the occasion throughout the Tennis Australia social channels.
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