{"id":4951,"date":"2012-11-05T11:41:12","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T02:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?p=4951"},"modified":"2012-11-05T11:41:12","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T02:11:12","slug":"2012-tennis-sa-awards-night-finalists-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/news\/2012\/11\/05\/2012-tennis-sa-awards-night-finalists-announced","title":{"rendered":"2012 Tennis SA Awards Night finalists announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finalists for the 2012 Tennis SA Community Tennis Award categories have today been named in anticipation for the Tennis SA Annual Awards night\u00a0which will be held this Friday 9\u00a0November at Next Generation Clubs, North Adelaide.<\/p>\n<p>The annual event aims to\u00a0recognise the outstanding contribution made by Tennis SA\u2019s clubs, volunteers and coaches throughout the year whilst also celebrating the success of elite South Australian players representing the State on a national and international level.<\/p>\n<p>Finalists for the <strong>Tennis SA Community Tennis Award categories<\/strong> include:<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 421px;height: 517px\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\">Tennis Club of the Year &#8211; Metro<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"340\">Flagstaff Hill Tennis ClubHappy Valley Tennis ClubTrinity Gardens Tennis Club&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\">Tennis Club of the Year \u2013 Country<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"340\">Littlehampton Tennis ClubPort Lincoln Tennis Club<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\">Tennis SA\u00a0 Volunteer of the Year<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"340\">David CowellEdie DaviesGrant\u00a0 RobertsJim DicksonJulie PolkinghornePaul Crisanti<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\">Tennis SA\u00a0 Tennis Region of the Year<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"340\">Gawler and Districts Tennis AssociationHills Tennis AssociationMt Gambier and Districts Tennis AssociationPort Augusta Tennis Association<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\">Tennis SA\u00a0 Coach of the Year<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"340\">Craig MousleyDavid GraingerPeter SmithSimon Longhurst<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Elite South Australian sports persons are recognised via the following Tennis SA Awards categories;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Boyce Medal <\/strong>is awarded to the best and fairest female player who is based and plays most of their tennis in South Australia. This is the most prestigious award for female players in the state.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Burr medal<\/strong> is awarded to the best and fairest male player who is based and plays most of their tennis in South Australia. This is the most prestigious award for male players in the state.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gwen Thiele Memorial Trophy <\/strong>is awarded to the best Female tennis player under the age of 18 who is based and plays most of their tennis in South Australia.\u00a0 This is the most prestigious award for female players in the state under the age of 18.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Don Turnbull Trophy is<\/strong> awarded to the best Male tennis player under the age of 18 who is based and plays most of their tennis in South Australia.\u00a0 This is the most prestigious award for male players in the state under the age of 18.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Peter Carter, Nick Altman and Jeff Penfold Awards <\/strong>recognises the Male and Female player of the year across the 12 &amp; Under, 14 &amp; Under and 16 &amp; Under age groups. The criterion for the award recognises an individual\u2019s best performances as well as being regarded as the complete sportsperson.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Past recipients of these awards include several famous South Australians, such as <strong>Mark Woodforde<\/strong>, <strong>Roger Rasheed, Lleyton Hewitt<\/strong> and <strong>Alicia Molik.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All winners will be announced on the evening by MC Mark Soderstrom.<\/p>\n<p>The annual Tennis SA Annual Awards night\u00a0will be held from 6.00pm \u2013 8.00pm this Friday 9\u00a0November 2012 at Next Generation Clubs, North Adelaide.<\/p>\n<p>Tennis SA Annual Awards night\u00a0tickets are still available.\u00a0 A ticket for the event is $25 for children (under 18yrs) and $35 for adults and includes a 2-hour drinks package and canap\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets can be purchased via Tennis SA on (08) 7224 8100 or by submitting the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2012\/09\/TSAAwardsNight_bookingform.pdf\">club booking form<\/a> before 5.00pm this Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The 2012 Tennis SA Awards Night has been proudly brought to you by Health Partners, Macquarie Private Wealth and Kelly &amp; Co.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To view the 2011 Awards Night honour roll please see visit <a href=\"..\/news\/2011\/10\/22\/results-2011-tennis-sa-awards\">tennis.com.au\/sa<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-ends-<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For media enquiries:<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nClare Chapman, Tennis SA , Marketing &amp; Sponsorship Manager (08) 7224 8108<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finalists announced <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5915,"featured_media":4952,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4951","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\/4951","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\/5915"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}