{"id":19126,"date":"2019-10-16T16:07:53","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T05:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?p=19126"},"modified":"2019-10-16T23:46:10","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T13:16:10","slug":"top-12-and-under-tennis-stars-in-western-australia-for-2019-bruce-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/news\/2019\/10\/16\/top-12-and-under-tennis-stars-in-western-australia-for-2019-bruce-cup","title":{"rendered":"Top 12-and-under tennis stars in Western Australia for 2019 Bruce Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<strong>Bruce Cup<\/strong>, 2019 School Sport Australia Tennis Championships, have kicked off this week with 112 athletes from across the country descending on Perth, Western Australia for the prestigious event from 12 to 19 October 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Tennis Australia in conjunction with School Sport Australia and School Sport Western Australia are joining forces to bring the tournament for kids aged 12 and under to life after the tournament first began in 1939.<\/p>\n<p>The Bruce Cup has impressive history, former greats such as\u00a0<strong>Rod Laver<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Ken Rosewall<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Pat Rafter, Todd Woodbridge<\/strong>,<strong>\u00a0Wally Masur<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Alicia Molik<\/strong>\u00a0and more recently, the likes of\u00a0<strong>Ash Barty<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Nick Kyrgios<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Thanasi Kokkinakis<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Jordan Thompson\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Destanee Aiava<\/strong>\u00a0all represented their respective states.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quick facts<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Bruce Cup was donated by Henry (Harry) Adam Bruce to encourage an interstate school tennis competition between Queensland and New South Wales<\/li>\n<li>New South Wales won the first event held in 1939<\/li>\n<li>The Bruce Cup is now a national competition with all eight states and territories competing<\/li>\n<li>The Bruce Cup has a long and proud tradition with many of Australia\u2019s finest tennis players beginning their international careers at this event<\/li>\n<li>At the 1948 competition\u00a0<strong>Ken Rosewall\u00a0<\/strong>played\u00a0<strong>Roy Emerson<\/strong>\u00a0and met his future wife Wilma McIvor<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rod Laver\u00a0<\/strong>represented Queensland in 1952.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For a full list of past winners click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.schoolsportaustralia.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/HISTORY-OF-THE-BRUCE-CUP.pdf\">here<\/a><br \/>\nFor schedule and results, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schoolsportaustralia.edu.au\/tennis\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Team SA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Boys<br \/>\n<\/strong>Bryan Dickson, Trinity College South<br \/>\nFilip Fantasia, Golden Grove Primary School<br \/>\nJonas Hahn, St Peter\u2019s College<br \/>\nAiden Lim, Trinity Gardens Primary School<br \/>\nMinh-Duc Nguyen, Prospect Primary School<br \/>\nGabriel Santos, Pimpala Primary School<br \/>\nMichael Smith, Sunrise Christian School Marion<\/p>\n<p><strong>Girls<br \/>\n<\/strong>Sari Barilla, Sailsbury Heights Primary School<br \/>\nEmily Briggs, Pedare Christian College<br \/>\nAlexandra Ciccone, Fulham North Primary School<br \/>\nOlivia Giotis, Walford Anglican School<br \/>\nEmily Glavas, Lockleys North Primary School<br \/>\nKalina May Stefanov, Stradbroke Primary School<br \/>\nSukhi Venkatesh, Holy Family Catholic School<\/p>\n<p><strong>Staff<br \/>\n<\/strong>Sam Wall, Coach<br \/>\nBev Virgin, Team Manager<br \/>\nAndrew Waters, Tennis SA representative<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Bruce Cup, 2019 School Sport Australia Tennis Championships, have kicked off this week with 112 athletes from across the country descending on Perth, Western Australia for the prestigious event from 12 to 19 October 2019. 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