{"id":17562,"date":"2021-12-17T10:09:31","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T23:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/?p=17562"},"modified":"2021-12-17T10:10:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T23:10:08","slug":"aspen-medical-supporting-the-act-all-abilities-wheelchair-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/news\/2021\/12\/17\/aspen-medical-supporting-the-act-all-abilities-wheelchair-hub","title":{"rendered":"Aspen Medical supporting the ACT All-Abilities &amp; Wheelchair Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"xmsonormal\" style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"color: red\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/files\/2021\/12\/North-Woden-Tennis-Club-December-2021-700x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/files\/2021\/12\/North-Woden-Tennis-Club-December-2021-700x450.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/files\/2021\/12\/North-Woden-Tennis-Club-December-2021-360x230.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/files\/2021\/12\/North-Woden-Tennis-Club-December-2021-200x128.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/>\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span style=\"color: #7f7f7f\">Today, Tennis ACT announced a partnership with <b>Aspen Medical<\/b> to support the <b>ACT All-Abilities &amp; Wheelchair Hub at North Woden Tennis Club.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span style=\"color: #7f7f7f\">The partnership includes supporting the redevelopment of the current courts, which includes four new hard court surfaces. The court redevelopment will allow the community club to be more accessible, safe and allow players with intellectual and physical disabilities to train and play in a supportive environment.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\"><b><span style=\"color: #7f7f7f\">Tennis ACT CEO Kim Kachel<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #7f7f7f\"> welcomed the announcement, \u201cwe are delighted that Aspen Medical will partner with North Woden Tennis Club as the ACT All-Abilities and Wheelchair Hub. Once this project is completed the facility will be an essential asset to the Canberra community and broader region\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span style=\"color: #7f7f7f\">Kachel continued \u201ctennis prides itself on being an inclusive and diverse sport; it offers social cohesion, mental \/ physical health and wellbeing and community connection. \u00a0We are committed to creating a more welcoming and inclusive environment for everyone.\u00a0 Tennis is a brilliant vehicle for this to occur and we look forward to getting this project underway and realising the vision.\u00a0 North Woden is a critical club for the ACT and region\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span style=\"color: #7f7f7f\">\u201cWith special thanks to Aspen Medical, and the <b>ACT Government<\/b>, without their support this would not be possible\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\"><b><span style=\"color: #7f7f7f\">Aspen Medical\u2019s GM \u2013 Global Advisory Services Robyn Hendry<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #7f7f7f\"> said, \u201cSupporting people with disabilities has been a cornerstone of Aspen Medical\u2019s social purpose, particularly in the ACT. Having recently supported the Australian Olympic and Paralympic teams, and our work with Tennis Australia around the 2021 and 2022 Australian Open, this sponsorship with Tennis ACT, and its inclusive ethos, is a perfect fit for us\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span style=\"color: #7f7f7f\">The North Woden Tennis Club is run by committed and passionate volunteers. The project is expected to be completed towards the end of 2022. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Today, Tennis ACT announced a partnership with Aspen Medical to support the ACT All-Abilities &amp; Wheelchair Hub at North Woden Tennis Club. The partnership includes supporting the redevelopment of the current courts, which includes four new hard court surfaces. The court redevelopment will allow the community club to be more accessible, safe and allow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6150,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17562","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\/6150"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17562\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}