{"id":32823,"date":"2024-11-15T14:43:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T04:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?p=32823"},"modified":"2024-11-15T14:50:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T04:20:30","slug":"our-largest-school-carnival-takes-over-playford-tennis-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/news\/2024\/11\/15\/our-largest-school-carnival-takes-over-playford-tennis-centre","title":{"rendered":"Our largest Hot Shots Tennis School carnival takes over Playford Tennis Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-32827\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2024\/11\/asidhfsdf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"784\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2024\/11\/asidhfsdf.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2024\/11\/asidhfsdf-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2024\/11\/asidhfsdf-1024x697.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday 14 November, a historic milestone for Tennis SA was reached as the team gathered for the largest-ever school carnival. The event brought together an impressive number of teams from across the Metro North District, creating a day filled with spirited competition, camaraderie, and celebration.<\/p>\n<p>The carnival featured teams from a wide range of schools across South Australia, including <strong>St Columba<\/strong>, <strong>St Monica&#8217;s<\/strong>,<strong> St Martin&#8217;s<\/strong>, <strong>Xavier College<\/strong>, <strong>St Francis Xavier<\/strong>, <strong>St Augustine&#8217;s<\/strong>,<strong> St Francis of Assisi<\/strong>, <strong>Holy<\/strong> <strong>Family<\/strong>, and <strong>Catherine<\/strong> <strong>McAuley<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>With over 400 students of all ages and skill levels in attendance, the carnival was a true celebration of tennis, fostering fun, friendship, and sportsmanship throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today marks a monumental day for Tennis SA as we host our largest-ever school carnival at the Playford Tennis Centre.\u201d Said<strong> Debbie Sterrey<\/strong>, Tennis SA CEO.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith 50 teams, each comprising 8-10 players, from 10 Catholic schools across the Metro North District, this event is a true reflection of our commitment to growing the sport.<\/p>\n<p>This carnival also represents the 50th event held in 2024 across Regional and Metro South Australia, with more still to come.<\/p>\n<p>Delivering tennis to school-aged children is a key part of our strategic plan, and we\u2019re particularly focused on ensuring a smooth transition from school to club tennis, helping these young players stay engaged with the sport and continue their tennis journey long after they leave the school courts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This event also marked the 50th carnival held this year across both Metro and Regional South Australia. The team have a few more carnivals to run this year, however this milestone underscores the tremendous growth of school-based tennis competitions across the state.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday 14 November, a historic milestone for Tennis SA was reached as the team gathered for the largest-ever school carnival. The event brought together an impressive number of teams from across the Metro North District, creating a day filled with spirited competition, camaraderie, and celebration. The carnival featured teams from a wide range of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6355,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32823","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\/6355"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32823\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}