{"id":8419,"date":"2025-03-03T01:02:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T15:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nt\/?p=8419"},"modified":"2025-03-03T01:02:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T15:32:24","slug":"greg-dickson-named-a-finalist-for-nt-official-of-the-year-at-the-2025-nt-sports-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nt\/news\/2025\/03\/03\/greg-dickson-named-a-finalist-for-nt-official-of-the-year-at-the-2025-nt-sports-awards","title":{"rendered":"Greg Dickson named a finalist for NT Official of the Year at the 2025 NT Sports Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Greg Dickson on being named a finalist for NT Official of the Year at the 2025 NT Sports Awards. Greg&#8217;s award selection recognises his dedication and achievements as an official, especially his successes over the past year.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a shortlist of just some of Greg\u2019s achievements over the past 12-months:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chair Umpire for the Victorian Wheelchair Open and Canberra International.<\/li>\n<li>Official at Multiple Australian Open\u2019s<\/li>\n<li>Venue Supervisor for the Bruce Cup at Gardens Tennis Club<\/li>\n<li>Chair Umpire for ITF Men\u2019s Pro Tour Quarterfinals<\/li>\n<li>Chair Umpire for All ITF Juniors Finals Matches<\/li>\n<li>Venue Supervisor at Numerous Junior Tournaments in NT<\/li>\n<li>Selection for the 1000 Masters ATP Tournament in Shanghai<\/li>\n<li>Mentorship and Development of new Officials<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The winners will be announced at the NT Sports Awards Gala on March 29th 2025. Tennis NT would like to wish Greg the best of luck on the night! If successful, Greg will join a list of past winners including:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Junior Sportsperson of the Year<\/strong><br \/>\nKassandra Dunser &#8211; 2009<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coach of the Year<\/strong><br \/>\nMatt Roberts \u2013 2015<br \/>\nPat Coburn \u2013 2009<br \/>\nRohan Fisher \u2013 2006<br \/>\nPat Coburn &#8211; 2004<\/p>\n<p><strong>Official of the Year<\/strong><br \/>\nLeanne Usher \u2013 2020<br \/>\nGary Bigg &#8211; 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Roll of Honour<\/strong><br \/>\nDianne MacDonald \u2013 2022<br \/>\nPat Coburn &#8211; 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Greg Dickson on being named a finalist for NT Official of the Year at the 2025 NT Sports Awards. Greg&#8217;s award selection recognises his dedication and achievements as an official, especially his successes over the past year. Below is a shortlist of just some of Greg\u2019s achievements over the past 12-months: Chair Umpire [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6403,"featured_media":8420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6403"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}