{"id":23088,"date":"2023-04-14T11:09:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T01:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/?p=23088"},"modified":"2023-04-14T11:09:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T01:09:00","slug":"ash-barty-launches-2023-national-indigenous-tennis-carnival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/news\/2023\/04\/14\/ash-barty-launches-2023-national-indigenous-tennis-carnival","title":{"rendered":"ASH BARTY LAUNCHES 2023 NATIONAL INDIGENOUS TENNIS CARNIVAL"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tennis Australia’s First Nations Ambassador Ash Barty visited Mulubinba (Newcastle) to launch the 2023 National Indigenous Tennis Carnival.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Thursday 6 April, Tennis Australia\u2019s First Nations Tennis Ambassador and former world No.1 Ash Barty recently launched the National Indigenous Tennis Carnival at the District Park Tennis Centre in Newcastle (Mulubinba), New South Wales, where a regional lead-in event was held.<\/p>\n

Regional and metro events will take place in every state and territory leading up to the 2023 national event, to provide more opportunities for First Nations youth to play and engage with tennis. The National Indigenous Tennis Carnival will take place in Darwin from 10-13 August 2023 and is the pinnacle event for young First Nations people. Sydney Olympic Park will be hosting the next NSW regional lead-in event on 13\/14 May.<\/p>\n

Ngarigo woman Barty joined forces with Tennis Australia\u2019s First Nations Lead and Yuin woman Kyah Jones at the event, to inspire and encourage more than 140 Indigenous youth aged between 9-15 from Newcastle and surrounding regions to get involved in tennis.<\/p>\n

The Regional Indigenous Carnival, run by Tennis NSW in collaboration with Tennis Australia and The Wollotuka Institute of the University of Newcastle provided engaging opportunities for students to participate in a wide range of tennis and cultural activities.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s great to be here (in Newcastle), I\u2019ve been able to travel the world but haven\u2019t had the opportunity to travel much of Australia so it\u2019s been very nice to be able to do that in my role (as First Nations Ambassador with Tennis Australia),\u201d three-time Grand Slam champion Ash Barty said on her visit to Newcastle.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is one of many regional events leading up to the National Indigenous Tennis Carnival being held in Darwin in August this year, it\u2019s an opportunity for our kids to come together, try new things and be culturally involved \u2026 it\u2019s certainly nice in the lead-up to having the national event to have so many opportunities before the main event, around the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s incredible (to see so many First Nations youth trying tennis for the first time), this is what it\u2019s all about, it\u2019s about trying things for the first time, it\u2019s all about participating, coming and trying tennis, learning new and different things, and bringing people together is a bonus.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough participation in sport, there is just so many ways we can help kids get better and dream bigger,\u201d Barty added on helping inspire the next generation.<\/p>\n

The day started with a performance by Winganay Dreaming, followed by tennis and cultural workshops including dancing, didgeridoo, weaving and advice on education pathways. Local tennis organisation\u2019s including Discover Sports Group, Newcastle & District Tennis Association and tennis coaches including First Nations coaches from around New South Wales were on hand to deliver tennis activities and support students to continue their tennis journeys.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the support of Tennis Australia and The Wollotuka Institute we are thrilled to bring back our celebration of First Nations culture and tennis to District Park in Newcastle, one of the state\u2019s key regional tennis facilities,\u201d Nikita Sayle, Tennis NSW Head of Inclusion, Diversity and Programming said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBringing events like this to local communities and providing pathways in tennis for First Nations people are key elements of our organisation\u2019s Reconciliation Action Plan and Inclusion and Diversity Plan. It has been wonderful to see the numbers grow this year and having an amazing champion and role model like Ash Barty here, interacting with the kids is so special and something that they will remember forever,\u201d Sayle continued.<\/p>\n

Book online, play today:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Visit\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em>play.tennis.com.au<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>to get out on court and have some fun!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tennis Australia’s First Nations Ambassador Ash Barty visited Mulubinba (Newcastle) to launch the 2023 National Indigenous Tennis Carnival. On Thursday 6 April, Tennis Australia\u2019s First Nations Tennis Ambassador and former world No.1 Ash Barty recently launched the National Indigenous Tennis Carnival at the District Park Tennis Centre in Newcastle (Mulubinba), New South Wales, where a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6323,"featured_media":23091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6323"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}