{"id":33953,"date":"2025-07-22T17:06:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T07:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?p=33953"},"modified":"2025-07-22T17:07:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T07:37:32","slug":"tennis-sa-blind-low-vision-awards-night-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/news\/2025\/07\/22\/tennis-sa-blind-low-vision-awards-night-2025","title":{"rendered":"Tennis SA Blind &amp; Low Vision Awards Night 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What an incredible night celebrating a truly unforgettable season of Blind and Low Vision Tennis in South Australia!<\/p>\n<p>It was a night of celebration and reflection on what has been the biggest, boldest season yet. Celebrating all of the amazing players, volunteers, and supporters who make this league so special.<\/p>\n<p>This year saw a record-breaking 240 matches across two seasons, national and international titles, and the Most Outstanding Inclusion Initiative award at the Newcombe Medal.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, BLV welcomed their new league partner, Design Eyewear, truly a season to remember!<\/p>\n<p><strong>BLV 2025 award winners:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Volunteer of the Year<\/em> \u2013 Col<br \/>\n<em>Most Improved<\/em> \u2013 Sophie &amp; Adeline<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-33954\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2025\/07\/Adelaine.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2025\/07\/Adelaine.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2025\/07\/Adelaine-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2025\/07\/Adelaine-614x768.png 614w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Adeline<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-33956\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2025\/07\/Sophie.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2025\/07\/Sophie.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2025\/07\/Sophie-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2025\/07\/Sophie-614x768.png 614w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sophie<\/p>\n<p><em>Rising Star<\/em> \u2013 Leah Glassenbury<\/p>\n<p><em>MVP<\/em> \u2013 Ethan Cook<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-33955\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2025\/07\/Erthan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"342\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2025\/07\/Erthan.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2025\/07\/Erthan-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2025\/07\/Erthan-614x768.png 614w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Spirit of Blind Tennis<\/em> \u2013 Mick Butler<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What an incredible night celebrating a truly unforgettable season of Blind and Low Vision Tennis in South Australia! It was a night of celebration and reflection on what has been the biggest, boldest season yet. Celebrating all of the amazing players, volunteers, and supporters who make this league so special. This year saw a record-breaking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6443,"featured_media":33958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33953","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\/33953","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\/6443"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}