{"id":24050,"date":"2023-10-20T01:34:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T14:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/?p=24050"},"modified":"2023-10-26T05:54:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T18:54:32","slug":"congratulations-to-our-2023-tennis-nsw-awards-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/news\/2023\/10\/20\/congratulations-to-our-2023-tennis-nsw-awards-winners","title":{"rendered":"CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2023 AWARD WINNERS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night Tennis NSW hosted the 2023 Tennis NSW Award ceremony, where many amazing members and stakeholders of the NSW tennis community were recognised.<\/p>\n<p>The Awards were hosted by former Grand Slam champion and Broadcaster, Todd Woodbridge\u00a0at The\u00a0Renaissance, Lidcombe. The night featured live entertainment and a Q&amp;A session with tennis legends, John Alexander,\u00a0Rachel McQuillan and David Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Tennis NSW would like to congratulate all 2023 Awards Recipients!<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 528px\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;height: 24px;width: 911.958px\" colspan=\"2\"><strong>2023 Award Winners<\/strong><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 430.194px\"><strong>Award Category\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 476.208px\"><b>Winner<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 430.194px\">Coaching Excellence \u2013 Club<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 476.208px\">White City Tennis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 430.194px\">Coaching Excellence \u2013 Development<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 476.208px\">John Thompson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 430.194px\">Coaching Excellence \u2013 Performance<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 476.208px\">Ryan Slarks &amp; Troy McDonald<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 430.194px\">Coaching Excellence \u2013 Operator<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 476.208px\">Stuart Thompson (Grand Slam Tennis)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 430.194px;height: 24px\">Most Outstanding 30+ Senior<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 476.208px;height: 24px\">Sanna Bedford<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 430.194px\">Excellence in Officiating \u2013 George Fletcher Award<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 476.208px\">Glenn Toland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 430.194px\">Officiating Service Award \u2013 Court Supervisor<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 476.208px\">Dzovag Dersahagian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 430.194px\">Officiating Service Award \u2013 Referee<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 476.208px\">Louise Murphy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 430.194px\">Most Outstanding Athlete with a Disability<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 476.208px\">Michael Leigh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 430.194px\">Most Outstanding League<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 476.208px\">Northumberland Interclub Series<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 430.194px\">Most Outstanding Event<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 476.208px\">WorldPride Open presented by Tennis Sydney<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 430.194px;height: 24px\">Excellence in Event Delivery<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 476.208px;height: 24px\">Eli Baylis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 430.194px\">Tony Podesta Award \u2013 Most Outstanding Inclusion Initiative<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 476.208px\">City Community Tennis | AO Pride, Sydney WorldPride &amp; Rainbow Social Tennis Events<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 430.194px\">Most Outstanding School<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 476.208px\">St Joseph&#8217;s College<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 430.194px\">Supporting Tennis &#8211; Government<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 476.208px\">Byron Bay Shire Council<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 430.194px\">Most Outstanding Tennis Club or Venue \u2013 Metro<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 476.208px\">\u00a0Sylvania Waters Tennis Club<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 430.194px\">Most Outstanding Tennis Club or Venue \u2013 Country<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 476.208px\">\u00a0Parkes Tennis Club<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 430.194px\">Young Volunteer Achievement<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 476.208px\">Farisha Khan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 430.194px\">Volunteer Achievement<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 476.208px\">Rod Lang<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 430.194px\">Junior Athlete of the Year \u2013 Female<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 476.208px\">Kimiko Cooper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 430.194px\">Junior Athlete of the Year \u2013 Male<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 476.208px\">Pavle Marinkov<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 430.194px\">Jim O\u2019Neill Service to Tennis<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 476.208px\">\u00a0Brett Thomas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 430.194px\">NSW Player of the Year<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;width: 476.208px\">Alex De Minaur<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Congratulations once again to all of our incredible Award Recipients, the tennis community thanks you for your efforts and continued dedication to tennis over the past 12 months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night Tennis NSW hosted the 2023 Tennis NSW Award ceremony, where many amazing members and stakeholders of the NSW tennis community were recognised. 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