{"id":11684,"date":"2016-11-18T23:49:09","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T13:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?p=11684"},"modified":"2016-11-18T23:49:48","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T13:19:48","slug":"tennisfest-day-1-wrap-up-friday-18-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/news\/2016\/11\/18\/tennisfest-day-1-wrap-up-friday-18-november","title":{"rendered":"TennisFest Day 1 &#8211; Friday 18 November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TennisFest has got off to a spectacular start on Day 1 with Australian Open trophy visits, Sets in the City and a Junior State League Super Round.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Australian Open trophies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Australian Open trophies, Norm and Daph, started the day with a breakfast radio appearance at 891 ABC Adelaide with Matthew Abraham and David Bevan. They then went back to school, visiting some very excited junior school students at Prince Alfred College, St Dominic\u2019s Priory College and St Ignatius\u2019 College. In the afternoon, Norm and Daph made a special visit to the families currently residing at Ronald McDonald House Adelaide.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sets in the City <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The very first Sets in the City social tennis night at Next Generation Memorial Drive was a roaring success.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to pool winners, Belles of the Ball in the \u2018Could have been Wimbledon Champions\u2019 division and RLB Blue, The Boys are Back in Town and Taylor Collison in the \u2018We Rock at Wii Tennis\u2019 division.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to the following award winners:<\/p>\n<p>Best Dance Moves:\u00a0The Boys are Back in Town<\/p>\n<p>Best Outfit:\u00a0Alex Sauers<\/p>\n<p>Best Team Spirit:\u00a0DG Sports<\/p>\n<p>Best Team Name: \u00a0Roger Djokerfaces<\/p>\n<p>Fastest serve:\u00a0Gianni Francisco<\/p>\n<p>A special thank you to our Sets in the City Official Ambassador, Jodie Oddy, a.k.a. Jodie Kyrgi-Oddy-os, and the team at Mix102.3 for being a part of Sets in the City. We cannot thank you enough for your support of this event in its first year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Junior State League Super Round<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Junior State League girls teams took part in a special TennisFest Super Round held at Peake Gardens Riverside Tennis Club and were treated to a visit from Norm and Daph to start the night.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Schedule: Saturday 19 November<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow will see Drive Tennis played at the Memorial Drive Tennis Centre and Next Generation Memorial Drive starting at 8:30 am. Also in the morning, the South Australian Tennis Championships for Players with an Intellectual Disability will kick off 9:00 am. In the afternoon, a State League Super Round will hit the grass courts at Next Generation Memorial Drive starting at 1:00 pm. The Australian Open trophies will also be on display at various times between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm at Next Generation Memorial Drive.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on TennisFest, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2016TennisFest\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2016TennisFest<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To view the TennisFest Schedule of Events, visit:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2fWbiqc\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2fWbiqc<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TennisFest has got off to a spectacular start on Day 1 with Australian Open trophy visits, Sets in the City and a Junior State League Super Round. Australian Open trophies The Australian Open trophies, Norm and Daph, started the day with a breakfast radio appearance at 891 ABC Adelaide with Matthew Abraham and David Bevan. 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