{"id":6309,"date":"2013-09-16T16:00:18","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T06:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?p=6309"},"modified":"2013-09-16T16:00:18","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T06:30:18","slug":"south-australian-medibank-junior-development-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/news\/2013\/09\/16\/south-australian-medibank-junior-development-series","title":{"rendered":"South Australian Medibank Junior Development Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/news\/2013\/09\/16\/south-australian-medibank-junior-development-series\/attachment\/on-october-24-2010-in-melbourne-australia-40\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6310\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2013\/09\/TA_Shoot_241010_RP0377-410x273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"273\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The spring leg of the South Australian Medibank Junior Development Series (MJDS) will begin in Tea Tree Gully on 21-22 September 2013. The tournament will then be followed by the City of Playford MJDS and Berri MJDS on 12-13 October 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst the tournaments do not hold Australian Ranking points, they add a crucial step in the tournament pathway for children looking to be involved in tournament play.\u00a0 MJDS tournaments have a strong focus on participation, with multiple playing opportunities for each child and the use of modified equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Each MJDS will cater for children aged 15\/u, 13\/u, 11\/u and 9\/u. 11\/u players will use 75% compression Hot Shots Green Balls, whilst 9\/u players will use the 50% compression Hot Shots Orange Balls.<\/p>\n<p>Children who participate and show a positive attitude, commitment, positive behaviour and enthusiasm can be nominated for the <a title=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nt\/files\/2013\/05\/MJDSHealthyAttitudeAward_EDITABLE.pdf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nt\/files\/2013\/05\/MJDSHealthyAttitudeAward_EDITABLE.pdf\">Medibank Junior Development Series Healthy Attitudes Award<\/a>. Two winners will be selected each month between May and October, with the chance of winning the grand prize of a family trip to the Australian Open.<\/p>\n<p>To register for a MJDS please visit the Tennis Australia Tournaments website <a href=\"http:\/\/tournaments.tennis.com.au\/\">http:\/\/tournaments.tennis.com.au\/<\/a>or contact the relevant Tournament Director.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please contact Breanna Hassam at Tennis SA on 7224 8109 or <a href=\"mailto:bhassam@tennis.com.au\">bhassam@tennis.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The spring leg of the South Australian Medibank Junior Development Series (MJDS) will begin in Tea Tree Gully on 21-22 September 2013. The tournament will then be followed by the City of Playford MJDS and Berri MJDS on 12-13 October 2013. Whilst the tournaments do not hold Australian Ranking points, they add a crucial step [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5915,"featured_media":6310,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6309","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\/6309","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=6309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6309\/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=6309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}