{"id":70,"date":"2015-07-16T15:38:42","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T06:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2026-02-26T15:30:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T05:00:02","slug":"foundation-cup","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/players\/events\/foundation-cup","title":{"rendered":"State Foundation Cup 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-standard-landscape wp-image-33021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2025\/01\/Tennis-SA-Foundation-Cup-2024-Web-sized-1-700x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2025\/01\/Tennis-SA-Foundation-Cup-2024-Web-sized-1-700x450.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2025\/01\/Tennis-SA-Foundation-Cup-2024-Web-sized-1-360x230.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2025\/01\/Tennis-SA-Foundation-Cup-2024-Web-sized-1-200x128.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The State Foundation Cup is the culmination of each of the six regional areas selecting boys and girls teams in the 10\/u, 12\/u, 14\/u and 16\/u age groups. The State Foundation Cup provides a platform for the best regional junior players to compete in teams and individual events across four days.<\/p>\n<p>The six regions are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hills Fleurieu<\/li>\n<li>River Murray<\/li>\n<li>Eyre Peninsula<\/li>\n<li>Upper Northern and Yorke<\/li>\n<li>Lower Northern<\/li>\n<li>South East<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The six\u00a0regional areas\u00a0are outlined in the\u00a0Regional Boundaries Map. Each of these regional areas have an appointed Regional Coordinator who are responsible for communicating to the players and parents and two appointed Regional Coaches who are responsible for coordinating the State Foundation Cup squad training and team selection within their region.<\/p>\n<p>Regional Boundaries Map &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/edit?mid=1XVwjrMRQZIXanp44aCo9avOkPng23sU&amp;usp=sharing\">Click HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please note that it is a requirement for all players to show proof of residency within their relevant regional boundary.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Region Specific Information<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Please click on the applicable region below for further information regarding Selection Criteria, Trial Dates &amp; Key Contacts.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hills Fleurieu<\/li>\n<li>River Murray<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?p=34488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eyre Peninsula<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Upper Northern and Yorke<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?p=34490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lower Northern<\/a><\/li>\n<li>South East<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>2026 State Foundation Cup<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Date: 6-9 October<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>State Team Selection and Eligibility Criteria<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>From the State Foundation Cup, Regional State Representative teams are selected in the 12\/u, 14\/u and 16\/u age groups. These Regional State Teams compete in national events held in December.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tennis SA Foundation Cup Leads<\/strong><br \/>\nSteve Dawson<br \/>\nstephen.dawson@tennis.com.au<br \/>\n0481 463 698<\/p>\n<p>Mitch Reilly<br \/>\nmitchell.reilly@tennis.com.au<br \/>\n0436 288 789<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The State Foundation Cup is the culmination of each of the six regional areas selecting boys and girls teams in the 10\/u, 12\/u, 14\/u and 16\/u age groups. The State Foundation Cup provides a platform for the best regional junior players to compete in teams and individual events across four days. The six regions are: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5850,"featured_media":0,"parent":20180,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-70","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5850"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}