{"id":27095,"date":"2025-07-25T08:23:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T22:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/?p=27095"},"modified":"2025-09-01T15:23:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T05:23:07","slug":"nominations-are-now-open-for-the-2025-tennis-nsw-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/news\/2025\/07\/25\/nominations-are-now-open-for-the-2025-tennis-nsw-awards","title":{"rendered":"Nominations for the 2025 Tennis NSW Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nominations for the 2025 Tennis NSW Awards have officially closed.<\/p>\n<p>Aligning with the national Newcombe Medal, Australian Tennis Awards, this prestigious event celebrates the outstanding clubs, organisations and individuals in the New South Wales tennis community.<\/p>\n<p>Winners of a Tennis NSW Award, for which there is an equivalent Newcombe Medal, Australian Tennis Awards category, will be considered or put forward as the Tennis NSW nominee for that specific category.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, the Tennis NSW Awards evening will be held on\u00a0Thursday 16 October at Le Montage\u00a0in Lilyfield, with all members of the tennis community welcome. The period of time we are recognising at this year&#8217;s awards is September 2024 &#8211; August 2025.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>2025 AWARD CATEGORIES &amp; NOMINATION CRITERIA:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Below is the full list of awards that will be presented at the 2025 Tennis NSW Awards. You can click on each category to view the nomination criteria.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>AWARD CATEGORIES OPEN FOR NOMINATION:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This year, Tennis NSW has launched two new award categories available for nomination: the\u00a0<strong>Most Outstanding Growth Initiative<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0<strong>Spirit of Officiating Award<\/strong>.\u00a0To learn more about these new awards and to check your eligibility for nomination, please click the relevant links below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/files\/2025\/07\/Coaching-Excellence-Club.pdf#_msdynmkt_donottrack=0,_msdynmkt_fn=coaching-excellence--club,_msdynmkt_linkid=cb5748dc-08f7-4e3c-bc7e-993a8441ba73\">Coaching Excellence \u2013 Club<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/files\/2025\/07\/Coaching-Excellence-Development.pdf#_msdynmkt_donottrack=0,_msdynmkt_fn=coaching-excellence--development,_msdynmkt_linkid=b880df31-5743-47ac-bf4d-99b9e7d327a7\">Coaching Excellence \u2013 Development<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/files\/2025\/07\/Coaching-Excellence-Performance.pdf#_msdynmkt_donottrack=0,_msdynmkt_fn=coaching-excellence--performance,_msdynmkt_linkid=a4d30928-f35b-48ef-88bd-0454f7fc28cd\">Coaching Excellence \u2013 Performance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/files\/2025\/07\/Excellence-in-Venue-Operations.pdf#_msdynmkt_donottrack=0,_msdynmkt_fn=excellence-in-venue-operations,_msdynmkt_linkid=c06b494a-bdf3-4bb2-a717-47fa0d2c50c9\">Excellence in Venue Operations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/files\/2025\/07\/Most-Outstanding-Tennis-Club-or-Venue-Country.pdf#_msdynmkt_donottrack=0,_msdynmkt_fn=most-outstanding-tennis-club-or-venue--country,_msdynmkt_linkid=03d1d3ee-1fdc-4907-ad43-de35793853bb\">Most Outstanding Tennis Club or Venue \u2013 Country<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/files\/2025\/07\/Most-Outstanding-Tennis-Club-or-Venue-Metro.pdf#_msdynmkt_donottrack=0,_msdynmkt_fn=most-outstanding-tennis-club-or-venue--metro,_msdynmkt_linkid=300e0e30-b0f9-4442-b920-587b509a797c\">Most Outstanding Tennis Club or Venue \u2013 Metro<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/files\/2025\/07\/Most-Outstanding-Growth-Initiative.pdf#_msdynmkt_donottrack=0,_msdynmkt_fn=most-outstanding-growth-initiative,_msdynmkt_linkid=ec7a17bf-669a-4c57-a0a2-b5fc651ca9d8\">Most Outstanding Growth Initiative<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/files\/2025\/07\/George-Fletcher-Excellence-in-Officiating.pdf#_msdynmkt_donottrack=0,_msdynmkt_fn=george-fletcher--excellence-in-officiating,_msdynmkt_linkid=f4c1f8d7-ea17-48f8-8ecb-7b6b5eb01c37\">George Fletcher \u2013 Excellence in Officiating<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/files\/2025\/07\/Spirit-of-Officiating-Award.pdf#_msdynmkt_donottrack=0,_msdynmkt_fn=spirit-of-officiating-award,_msdynmkt_linkid=d39b530e-737b-4ef4-b9d8-2aaa8ea27f67\">Spirit of Officiating Award<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/files\/2025\/07\/Most-Outstanding-School.pdf#_msdynmkt_donottrack=0,_msdynmkt_fn=most-outstanding-school,_msdynmkt_linkid=4be2337f-9fbb-4654-bd4c-91d920e8b692\">Most Outstanding School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/files\/2025\/07\/Most-Outstanding-Tournament.pdf#_msdynmkt_donottrack=0,_msdynmkt_fn=most-outstanding-tournament,_msdynmkt_linkid=6f6f51fd-29f0-4ba8-905d-5b637dc75e69\">Most Outstanding Tournament<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/files\/2025\/07\/Tony-Podesta-Most-Outstanding-Inclusion-Initiative.pdf#_msdynmkt_donottrack=0,_msdynmkt_fn=tony-podesta-most-outstanding-inclusion-initiative,_msdynmkt_linkid=480730ec-86c9-4661-a1bf-7b17cf8b6571\">Tony Podesta Most Outstanding Inclusion Initiative<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/files\/2025\/07\/Volunteer-Achievement.pdf#_msdynmkt_donottrack=0,_msdynmkt_fn=volunteer-achievement,_msdynmkt_linkid=0fc94cfc-d9d5-41f8-afa8-d96ee12d03cb\">Volunteer Achievement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/files\/2025\/07\/Young-Volunteer-Achievement.pdf#_msdynmkt_donottrack=0,_msdynmkt_fn=young-volunteer-achievement,_msdynmkt_linkid=d6898977-bf85-4f1d-a9a8-8bea0afdd1dd\">Young Volunteer Achievement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/files\/2025\/07\/Jim-O%E2%80%99Neill-Service-to-Tennis-Award.pdf#_msdynmkt_donottrack=0,_msdynmkt_fn=jim-oneill-service-to-tennis-award,_msdynmkt_linkid=62fa31ab-0c04-423a-8721-05d8564bdf41\">Jim O\u2019Neill Service to Tennis Award<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>CLOSED AWARD CATEGORIES:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The awards listed below are not open for nominations due to the objective nature of the criteria. Expert panels in each category (comprising of relevant Tennis NSW and Tennis Australia staff, as well as members and\/or partners where appropriate) will determine finalists and a winner for these awards.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/files\/2025\/07\/Female-Junior-Athlete-of-the-Year-Closed-Award.pdf#_msdynmkt_donottrack=0,_msdynmkt_fn=female-junior-athlete-of-the-year,_msdynmkt_linkid=5b0f844a-b578-42fd-a1c5-d18cd397c9ce\">Female Junior Athlete of the Year<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/files\/2025\/07\/Male-Junior-Athlete-of-the-Year-Closed-Award.pdf#_msdynmkt_donottrack=0,_msdynmkt_fn=male-junior-athlete-of-the-year,_msdynmkt_linkid=e127db35-c699-49ac-b1f8-4469e0c66972\">Male Junior Athlete of the Year<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/files\/2025\/07\/Most-Outstanding-30-Tennis-Master-Closed-Award.pdf#_msdynmkt_donottrack=0,_msdynmkt_fn=most-outstanding-30-tennis-master,_msdynmkt_linkid=40959d89-4667-4e59-bc97-079b39f5142b\">Most Outstanding 30+ Tennis Master<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/files\/2025\/07\/Most-Outstanding-Athlete-with-a-Disability-Closed-Award.pdf#_msdynmkt_donottrack=0,_msdynmkt_fn=most-outstanding-athlete-with-a-disability,_msdynmkt_linkid=e6108346-c4f8-453e-adff-e815a1b9d517\">Most Outstanding Athlete with a Disability<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/files\/2025\/07\/Most-Outstanding-Young-Athlete-with-a-Disability-Closed-Award.pdf#_msdynmkt_donottrack=0,_msdynmkt_fn=most-outstanding-young-athlete-with-a-disability,_msdynmkt_linkid=522e6e5a-362f-4f93-8661-665ef551c9a2\">Most Outstanding Young Athlete with a Disability<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NSW Player of the Year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>TICKETS FOR THE EVENT:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>All finalists will receive a complimentary ticket to the event. Tickets will go on sale on\u00a0Tuesday 5 August.\u00a0Further information will be provided once tickets are available for purchase.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more, please visit our website\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/about-us\/events\/nsw-tennis-awards#_msdynmkt_donottrack=0,_msdynmkt_fn=here,_msdynmkt_linkid=4683e726-1261-4294-8329-f727651d7af4\">here.<\/a>\u00a0If you have any queries you can get in touch with us at <a href=\"mailto:NSWAwards@Tennis.com.au\">NSWAwards@Tennis.com.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nominations for the 2025 Tennis NSW Awards have officially closed. Aligning with the national Newcombe Medal, Australian Tennis Awards, this prestigious event celebrates the outstanding clubs, organisations and individuals in the New South Wales tennis community. Winners of a Tennis NSW Award, for which there is an equivalent Newcombe Medal, Australian Tennis Awards category, will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6323,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27095","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=27095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27095\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}