{"id":12611,"date":"2017-11-15T16:41:37","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T05:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/?p=12611"},"modified":"2017-11-16T15:07:37","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T04:07:37","slug":"act-finalists-for-australian-tennis-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/news\/2017\/11\/15\/act-finalists-for-australian-tennis-awards","title":{"rendered":"ACT finalists for Australian Tennis Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The strength of Tennis in the capital has been highlighted with ACT being named as a finalist in five categories at the\u00a0<b>Australian Tennis Awards, <\/b>as well as\u00a0<strong>Nick Kyrgios\u00a0<\/strong>being named a finalist for the\u00a0<strong>Newcombe Medal. \u00a0<\/strong>The ACT nominees all won their respective awards at the Tennis ACT Awards which were held in September.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Frank Calabria\u00a0<\/strong>of Rising Star Tennis Academy at North Woden Tennis Club has been named a finalist in the <strong>Coaching Excellence Club category<\/strong>. \u00a0Calabria provides a variety of coaching for all ages and levels, has implemented an active ANZ Tennis Hot Shots program, and been involved in the Schools Partnership Program. \u00a0Calabria has actively encouraged and promoted participation in tennis in the community. \u00a0Calabria was previously named a finalist at the 2012 awards for Coaching Excellence &#8211; Tennis Hot Shots.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Giralang Primary School\u00a0<\/strong>have been named a finalist for\u00a0<strong>Most Outstanding School. \u00a0<\/strong>Giralang has demonstrated a great commitment to delivering tennis programs in line with the National Schools resource. \u00a0The school implemented an ANZ Tennis Hot Shot program with the whole school participating and followed it up by starting the Play program to give all kids an extra three sessions. \u00a0The school has developed strong links with their local club, Kaleen Tennis Club, and coach Nelson Parker.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>ACT Claycourt International 2017\u00a0<\/strong>is a finalist for the\u00a0<strong>Most Outstanding Professional Tournament. \u00a0<\/strong>The event\u00a0included two Australian Pro Tour Futures ITF tournaments (USD$25,000 each) from 11-26 March 2017 at the Canberra Tennis Centre in which\u00a0<strong>Marc Polmans\u00a0<\/strong>took out back to back titles.<\/p>\n<p>For the third year in a row, <strong>Emma Walter <\/strong>is a finalist for\u00a0<strong>Excellence in Officiating. \u00a0<\/strong>Walter has spent most of the year officiating internationally and highlights include chairing her first matches at Wimbledon, being selected as a line umpire for the US Open 2016 Men&#8217;s Final, as well as chairing matches at the Australian Open 2017. \u00a0She also successfully achieved her Bronze Badge accreditation as an International Chair Umpire, and locally has been committed and dedicated to contributing to the development of officials in the ACT and nationally.<\/p>\n<p>2017 ACT Walk of Fame inductee, <strong>Ros Balodis<\/strong> has again been nominated <strong>Most Outstanding Tennis Senior<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>\u00a035+ Tennis Senior. \u00a0<\/strong>Balodis has taken out the award on two previous occasions in 2013 and 2014 and has just returned from the ITF Seniors World Championships where she led Australia to gold in the\u00a0<strong>Maureen Connolley Cup\u00a0<\/strong>and also took out the gold medal in the Women&#8217;s 55+ doubles.<\/p>\n<p>Canberra&#8217;s top player, Nick Kyrgios has again been nominated for the prestigious Newcombe Medal, which he won in 2014. \u00a0His win in Mexico where he defeated Novak Djokovic and Cincinnati where he overcame Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinal were two of the biggest highlights of his year. It was his performances representing Australia at Davis Cup and Team World at the inaugural Laver Cup where Kyrgios\u2019 talent came to the fore in 2017.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ashleigh Barty<\/strong>, <strong>Daria Gavrilova<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>John Peers<\/strong> and <strong>Jordan Thompson<\/strong> have all been nominated for the 2017 <strong>Newcombe Medal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Australian tennis\u2019 highest individual accolade will be awarded on Monday 27 November at the annual awards ceremony in Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p>Full list of ACT finalists for the Australian Tennis Awards are as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coaching Excellence Club<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finalists:<\/strong> Frank Calabria (Canberra, ACT), Rufus Keown (Malvern, Vic), Helen Rice (Belair, SA)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most Outstanding School<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finalists:<\/strong> Brisbane Boys\u2019 College (Toowong, Qld), Giralang Primary School (Giralang, ACT), Riverton Primary School (Riverton, WA)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most Outstanding Professional Tournament<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finalists:<\/strong> ACT Clay Court International 2017 (ACT), Hutchinson Builders Toowoomba International 2016 (Qld), Mildura Grand Tennis International 2017 (Vic)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Excellence in Officiating<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finalists:<\/strong> Phillip Goodman (Mill Park, Vic), Glenn Toland (Engadine NSW), Emma Walter (Swinger Hill, ACT)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most Outstanding 35+ Tennis Senior<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finalists:<\/strong> Adrienne Avis (Avalon Beach, NSW), Ros Balodis (Canberra, ACT), Glenn Busby (Eltham, Vic)<\/p>\n<p>Further details on all category nominations can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/news\/2017\/11\/15\/newcombe-medal-finalists-announced-3\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The strength of Tennis in the capital has been highlighted with ACT being named as a finalist in five categories at the\u00a0Australian Tennis Awards, as well as\u00a0Nick Kyrgios\u00a0being named a finalist for the\u00a0Newcombe Medal. \u00a0The ACT nominees all won their respective awards at the Tennis ACT Awards which were held in September. Frank Calabria\u00a0of Rising [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5789,"featured_media":12620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5789"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}