{"id":8496,"date":"2016-03-24T20:05:33","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T09:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/?p=8496"},"modified":"2016-03-24T20:05:33","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T09:05:33","slug":"top-start-to-junior-development-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/news\/2016\/03\/24\/top-start-to-junior-development-series","title":{"rendered":"Top start to Junior Development Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2016 Junior Development Series kicked off at the North Woden Junior Open from March 19-20 with 100 players participating.<\/p>\n<p>Tournament Director Frank Calabria said &#8220;The tournament was a big success with\u00a0exceptional sportsmanship, attitude, and tennis on display.\u00a0 Thank you to all our players, parents, and volunteers for making the event happen&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to all the winners and finalists in each age group.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Event<\/td>\n<td>Winner<\/td>\n<td>Runner up<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11\/u Boys Singles<\/td>\n<td>Hugh\u00a0Taylor<\/td>\n<td>Nicholas Maleganeas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11\/u Girls\u00a0Singles<\/td>\n<td>Natalie Andelova<\/td>\n<td>Nikola Anastasi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13\/u Boys Singles<\/td>\n<td>Anton Boonaragorn<\/td>\n<td>Dylan White<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13\/u Girls Singles<\/td>\n<td>Annika Wise<\/td>\n<td>Victoria D&#8217;Ambrosio<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>15\/u Boys Singles<\/td>\n<td>Marius Van Rensburg<\/td>\n<td>Manish Rasalinkam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>15\/u Girls Singles<\/td>\n<td>Olivia Burt<\/td>\n<td>Sofia Burt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17\/u Boys Singles<\/td>\n<td>Guy Sancataldo<\/td>\n<td>Mikey Pribyl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11\/u Boys Doubles<\/td>\n<td>Hugh Taylor &amp; Jack Taylor<\/td>\n<td>Stellan Lindrud &amp; Aaron Liu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11\/u Girls Doubles<\/td>\n<td>Natalie Andelova &amp; Sofia Simoncini<\/td>\n<td>Jasmin Burns &amp; Sophie Turner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13\/u Boys Doubles<\/td>\n<td>Scott Lee &amp; Jay Tregeagle<\/td>\n<td>John Allen &amp; Eric Bell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13 &amp; 15\/u Girls Doubles<\/td>\n<td>Lauren Milosis &amp; Annika Wise<\/td>\n<td>Emma McKinnon &amp; Savanah Prijac<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>15 &amp; 17\/u Boys Doubles<\/td>\n<td>Nick Bisa &amp; Jonathon Robson<\/td>\n<td>Anton Boonaragorn &amp; William Pilloni<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Photos from the weekend can be found be clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/risingstartennis\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next JDS event will be the Melba Junior Open from April 2-3.\u00a0 Entries close on Monday 28 March, <a href=\"http:\/\/tournaments.tennis.com.au\/sport\/tournament.aspx?id=F2E1D8B2-6488-4DA8-A742-0533E3E4BCCA\">click here<\/a> to enter<\/p>\n<p>The Junior Development Series (JDS) is a group of tournaments for beginner to intermediate players. 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