{"id":12879,"date":"2017-09-14T15:30:56","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T05:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/?page_id=12879"},"modified":"2025-11-04T10:07:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T23:07:10","slug":"nsw-tennis-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/about-us\/events\/nsw-tennis-awards","title":{"rendered":"Tennis NSW Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The NSW Tennis Awards recognise clubs, organisations and individuals in the New South Wales tennis community. These awards align with the national Newcombe Medal, Australian Tennis Awards. Winners of a Tennis NSW Award, for which there is an equivalent Newcombe Medal, Australian Tennis Awards category, will be the Tennis NSW nominee for that category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tennis NSW proudly hosted the 2025 Tennis NSW Awards on Thursday, 16 October, honouring the exceptional achievements and contributions of our members and stakeholders across the NSW tennis community.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look back and celebrate the incredible achievements of our NSW tennis community this year. From inspiring grassroots moments to outstanding performances on the world stage, 2025 truly had it all.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2025 Highlights Video\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U82lWQyWaf8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><b>Congratulations to our 2025 Award Winners:<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>NSW Player of the Year |\u202f<strong>Alex de Minaur<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Junior Athlete of the Year \u2013 Female |\u202f<strong>Renee Alame<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Junior Athlete of the Year \u2013 Male |\u202f<strong>Cruz Hewitt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most Outstanding Young Athlete with a Disability | <strong>Savannah Auvaa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most Outstanding Athlete with a Disability |\u202f<strong>Anderson Parker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most Outstanding 30+ Tennis Master |<strong>\u202fLeanne Swaysland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Young Volunteer Achievement |<strong>\u202fKai Ryan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Volunteer Achievement |\u202f<strong>Kirsty Cole<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most Outstanding School\u202f| <strong>Forbes Public School<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most Outstanding Tournament |\u202f<strong>2024 Premier $10k Manly Seaside<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Coaching Excellence \u2013 Club |\u202f<strong>Dane Propoggia, Voyager Concord<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Coaching Excellence \u2013 Development |\u202f<strong>Shaun Hibbert Tennis Academy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Excellence in Venue Operations |<strong>\u202fEvolve Tennis Academy\u202f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>George Fletcher Award \u2013 Excellence in Officiating |\u202f<strong>Margaret Sheean<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Spirit of Officiating Award |\u202f<strong>Ian Tennant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most Outstanding Growth Initiative | <strong>Narromine Tennis Club<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most Outstanding Tennis Club or Venue \u2013 Country |\u202f<strong>Alstonville Tennis &amp; Pickleball Club<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most Outstanding Tennis Club or Venue \u2013 Metro | <strong>Collaroy Tennis Club<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tony Podesta Most Outstanding Inclusion Initiative | <strong>Bathurst Tennis Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jim O\u2019Neill Service to Tennis |\u202f<strong>Lesley Pascoe<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Voting Process<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The voting and decision-making process to establish eventual finalists, and the winners is conducted by a panel of selectors comprising honorary and paid administrators of Tennis NSW and Tennis Australia and various NSW sporting industry representatives from the likes of the Office of Sport (State Government) and any other industry bodies relative to categories.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-27371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Award-Sponosrs_EDM-Tile-1024x341.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Award-Sponosrs_EDM-Tile-1024x341.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Award-Sponosrs_EDM-Tile-768x256.png 768w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-Award-Sponosrs_EDM-Tile.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Tennis Awards recognise clubs, organisations and individuals in the New South Wales tennis community. These awards align with the national Newcombe Medal, Australian Tennis Awards. Winners of a Tennis NSW Award, for which there is an equivalent Newcombe Medal, Australian Tennis Awards category, will be the Tennis NSW nominee for that category. 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