{"id":13928,"date":"2017-11-17T07:33:55","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T21:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?p=13928"},"modified":"2017-11-17T10:24:14","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T23:54:14","slug":"tennisfest-announces-partnership-with-the-australian-melanoma-research-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/news\/2017\/11\/17\/tennisfest-announces-partnership-with-the-australian-melanoma-research-foundation","title":{"rendered":"TennisFest announces partnership with the Australian Melanoma Research Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tennis SA today announced a charity partnership with the Australian Melanoma Research Foundation <\/strong>(AMRF) for TennisFest. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Established in 2009, the AMRF is a not-for-profit organisation with the purpose of funding research into a cure for melanoma, raising awareness of its risks and providing support to those affected by melanoma.<\/p>\n

The partnership will kick off with the TennisFest Ace Chase<\/strong> at the State League grand final rematch, taking place Sunday 19 November at the Playford City Tennis Centre<\/strong>, $20 for each ace served will be donated to the AMRF, courtesy of the Australian Tennis Foundation and Tennis SA.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Australian Melanoma Research Foundation is thrilled to come on board as the official charity partner for Tennis SA\u2019s TennisFest,\u201d Rachael Sporn,<\/strong> CEO AMRF said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMelanoma is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australian men and women.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith this in mind, TennisFest was an ideal fit to continue to raise further awareness of this disease.\u201d<\/p>\n

The connection with the AMRF was a logical partnership for TennisFest said Tennis SA CEO, Steven Baldas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing the passing of our former Tennis SA President, Bill Cossey AM, as a result of melanoma in July this year, it made sense for us to partner with the AMRF,\u2019 Baldas said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are passionate about raising awareness of melanoma in memory of Bill, and we saw TennisFest as the perfect opportunity to do so.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are grateful to Rachael and her team for their support over the past several months, and we look forward to this partnership continuing well into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

The State League Grand Final rematches will be played between Glenlea and Trinity Gardens in the men\u2019s and The Drive and Seaside in the women\u2019s, matches will start at 1.00pm.<\/p>\n

Donation boxes will be available at TennisFest venues throughout the week. Alternatively, donations can be made by visiting melanomaresearch.com.au<\/u><\/a> (please specify \u2018TennisFest\u2019 in the comments box).<\/p>\n

Background<\/strong><\/p>\n

The TennisFest Ace Chase <\/strong>is a part of Tennis SA\u2019s TennisFest <\/strong>being held at venues around Adelaide from 17-to 24 November 2017.<\/p>\n

For more information on TennisFest or to view the event schedule, please visit tennis.com.au\/sa<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

For more information about the Australian Melanoma Research Foundation, please visit melanomaresearch.com.au<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tennis SA today announced a charity partnership with the Australian Melanoma Research Foundation (AMRF) for TennisFest. Established in 2009, the AMRF is a not-for-profit organisation with the purpose of funding research into a cure for melanoma, raising awareness of its risks and providing support to those affected by melanoma. The partnership will kick off with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5736,"featured_media":13931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5736"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}