{"id":27849,"date":"2022-12-02T07:56:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T21:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?p=27849"},"modified":"2022-12-02T07:56:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T21:26:31","slug":"seven-finalists-to-represent-south-australia-at-2022-newcombe-medal-australian-tennis-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/news\/2022\/12\/02\/seven-finalists-to-represent-south-australia-at-2022-newcombe-medal-australian-tennis-awards","title":{"rendered":"Seven finalists to represent South Australia at 2022 Newcombe Medal, Australian Tennis Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seven finalists are set to lead South Australia at the upcoming\u00a02022 Newcombe Medal, Australian Tennis Awards<\/strong>\u00a0following the announcement of finalists today.<\/p>\n

Returning to the Palladium <\/strong>at Crown <\/strong>on Monday 12 December<\/strong>, the awards ceremony will recognise the outstanding contribution of the tennis community around Australia.<\/p>\n

South Australia is set to be represented in seven out of a possible 13 categories.<\/p>\n

David Grainger<\/strong> from Henley South Tennis Club has been announced as a finalist for the Coaching Excellence Club award, and after winning the Coaching Excellence Club award in 2021, Domenic Marafiote<\/strong> is this year a finalist for the Coaching Excellence Development award.<\/p>\n

Robyn Tucker<\/strong> will be a finalist for the Excellence in Officiating award for the second time, while Ian Delbridge<\/strong> is in the running for the Most Outstanding 30+ Tennis Senior.<\/p>\n

Edward Winter<\/strong>\u00a0is a finalist for the Junior Athlete of the Year – Male category for the second year running. Winter won his first ITF singles title in Traralgon last month with a 6-4 6-2 win over Tristan Schoolkate (WA).<\/p>\n

Torrens Valley Christian School<\/strong>\u00a0will be vying for the Most Outstanding School award and Port Lincoln\u2019s Julie Polkinghorne <\/strong>is a finalist for the Volunteer Achievement Award.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are so excited to congratulate our seven South Australian finalists,\u201d Tennis SA CEO Debbie Sterrey<\/strong> said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese finalists are wonderful ambassadors for our sport in South Australia. Their commitment and enthusiasm is truly commendable, and their selection as finalists is thoroughly well deserved.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wish our finalists the very best of luck and we will be proudly cheering them on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Please see below for a full list of South Australian finalists for the 2022 Newcombe Medal, Australian Tennis Awards:<\/u><\/p>\n

Coaching Excellence Club
\n<\/strong>David Grainger<\/p>\n

Coaching Excellence Development
\n<\/strong>Domenic Marafiote<\/p>\n

Excellence in Officiating<\/strong>
\nRobyn Tucker<\/p>\n

Most Outstanding 30+ Tennis Senior
\n<\/strong>Ian Delbridge<\/p>\n

Junior Athlete of the Year \u2013 Male <\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Edward Winter<\/p>\n

Most Outstanding School
\n<\/strong>Torrens Valley Christian School<\/p>\n

Volunteer Achievement Award
\n<\/strong>Julie Polkinghorne<\/p>\n

Please see below, full list of past South Australian recipients at the Newcombe Medal, Australian Tennis Awards:<\/u>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

2021
\n<\/strong>Domenic Marafiote (Coaching Excellence Club)
\nSam Wall (Coaching Excellence Development)
\nCobdogla Primary School (Most Outstanding School)<\/p>\n

2020
\n<\/strong>Event not held due to COVID pandemic<\/p>\n

2019
\n<\/strong>Darren Wunderer\u00a0(Volunteer Achievement Award)
\nElizabeth North Primary School (Most Outstanding School)
\nCity of Playford Tennis International (Most Outstanding Professional Tournament)<\/p>\n

2018<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Henley South Tennis Club (Most Outstanding Club)
\nDarren Cahill (Coaching Excellence – High Performance)
\nJohn Pick (Volunteer Achievement Award)<\/p>\n

2017<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Helen Rice (Coaching Excellence – Club)<\/p>\n

2014
\n<\/strong>Thanasi Kokkinakis (Junior Athlete of the Year – Male)<\/p>\n

2013
\n<\/strong>Lleyton Hewitt (Newcombe Medal)
\nDavid Grainger (Coaching Excellence – ANZ Tennis Hot Shots)<\/p>\n

2012
\n<\/strong>Luke Saville (Junior Athlete of the Year – Male)<\/p>\n

2011
\n<\/strong>Luke Saville (Junior Athlete of the Year – Male)
\nLleyton Hewitt (President\u2019s Spirit of Tennis Award)<\/p>\n

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Seven finalists are set to lead South Australia at the upcoming\u00a02022 Newcombe Medal, Australian Tennis Awards\u00a0following the announcement of finalists today. Returning to the Palladium at Crown on Monday 12 December, the awards ceremony will recognise the outstanding contribution of the tennis community around Australia. South Australia is set to be represented in seven out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5736,"featured_media":19413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27849","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\/27849","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=27849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}