{"id":6494,"date":"2013-11-07T10:55:58","date_gmt":"2013-11-07T01:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?p=6494"},"modified":"2013-11-07T10:55:58","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T01:25:58","slug":"is-littlehampton-home-to-australias-fastest-serve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/news\/2013\/11\/07\/is-littlehampton-home-to-australias-fastest-serve","title":{"rendered":"Littlehampton gets Blitzed!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>AO Blitz<\/strong> will appear at the <strong>Littlehampton Tennis Club<\/strong> on <strong>Friday 8 November <\/strong>as the largest participation drive in Australian tennis history continues in South Australia.<\/p>\n<p>The AO Blitz is a national competition that allows people who play tennis \u2013 and those who have never picked up a racquet \u2013 the chance to win major prizes and have an <strong>Australian Open 2014<\/strong> player represent their local town.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The AO Blitz is comprised of two parts \u2013 free community tennis days and an online interactive competition at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aoblitz.com.au\/\">www.aoblitz.com.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the lead-up to Australian Open 2014 the AO Blitz will be visiting communities in every state and territory of the country, encouraging Australians of all ages and tennis abilities to pick up a racquet and have a hit.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday the AO Blitz will visit <strong>Littlehampton Tennis Club<\/strong>, <strong>Anembo Park, Littlehampton SA 5250<\/strong> from <strong>3.30pm \u2013 7.30pm.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Locals will have the chance to participate in a range of free activities including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Photo opportunities with the Australian Open trophies \u2013 the <strong>Norman Brookes Challenge Cup <\/strong>(men\u2019s singles trophy) and <strong>Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup<\/strong> (women\u2019s singles trophy)<\/li>\n<li><strong>MLC Tennis Hot Shots<\/strong> \u2013 modified tennis designed especially for children<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cardio Tennis<\/strong> \u2013 new tennis fitness workout<\/li>\n<li>Speed Serve, jumping castle, face painters<\/li>\n<li>Plus fun giveaways to take home<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Media opportunity<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Date:\u00a0 Friday 8 November 2013<br \/>\nVenue:\u00a0 Littlehampton Tennis Club, Anembo Park, Littlehampton SA 5250<br \/>\nTime: 3:30pm<br \/>\nWho: <strong>Alicia Molik<\/strong>, former world No. 8 and current Australian Fed Cup captain<\/p>\n<p><em>**At the Littlehampton stop we will be fundraising for our charity partners the <strong>National Breast Cancer Foundation<\/strong> and <strong>Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia<\/strong>.<\/em><br \/>\n&#8211; ends &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>* Rights-free, high-res image attached for media use<br \/>\n<strong><em>For further media information please contact:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Clare Chapman, Tennis SA, 0412 484 453<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join Alicia Molik and Spongebob Square Pants this Friday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5915,"featured_media":6495,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6494","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\/6494","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=6494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6494\/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=6494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}