{"id":6534,"date":"2013-11-19T08:29:10","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T22:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?p=6534"},"modified":"2013-11-19T08:29:10","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T22:59:10","slug":"2013-newcombe-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/news\/2013\/11\/19\/2013-newcombe-medal","title":{"rendered":"2013 Newcombe Medal – nominees announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia\u2019s top ranked players Samantha Stosur <\/strong>and Bernard Tomic<\/strong>, along with Lleyton Hewitt<\/strong>, doubles pair Casey Dellacqua <\/strong>and Ashleigh Barty<\/strong>, and rising star Nick Kyrgios<\/strong> have been named finalists for the 2013 Newcombe Medal<\/strong>, awarded to Australia\u2019s most outstanding tennis player.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to the following South Australians on being nominated in their respective categories.<\/p>\n

The 2013 Newcombe Medal, Australian Tennis Awards nominees are as follows:<\/p>\n

Newcombe Medal
\n<\/strong>Finalists: Ashleigh Barty (Ipswich, Qld)\/Casey Dellacqua (Perth, WA),Lleyton Hewitt (Adelaide, SA), Nick Kyrgios (Canberra, ACT), Samantha Stosur (Gold Coast, Qld) and Bernard Tomic (Gold Coast, Qld)<\/p>\n

Coaching Excellence \u2013 Talent Development
\n<\/strong>Finalists: Clint Fyfe (Dicky Beach, Qld), Adrian Lombardi (Waverley Gardens, Vic) and Marc Sophoulis (Avondale Heights, Vic)<\/p>\n

Coaching Excellence \u2013 Club
\n<\/strong>Finalists: Craig Haslam (Warrandyte, Vic), Neil Smith (Castle Hill, NSW) and Rick Willsmore (Burswood, WA)<\/p>\n

Coaching Excellence \u2013 MLC Tennis Hot Shots
\n<\/strong>Finalists:\u00a0 David Grainger (Henley Beach, SA)<\/strong>, Craig Haslam (Warrandyte, Vic) and Helen Rice (Belair, SA)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coaching Excellence \u2013 High Performance
\n<\/strong>Finalists:\u00a0 Nicole Pratt (Melbourne, Vic), Simon Rea (Melbourne, Vic) and Jason Stoltenberg (Melbourne, Vic)<\/p>\n

Excellence in Officiating
\n<\/strong>Finalists:\u00a0 John Blom (Engadine, NSW), Thomas Sweeney (Benalla, Vic) and Pam Whytcross (Port Macquarie, NSW)<\/p>\n

Junior Athlete of the Year \u2013 Female
\n<\/strong>Finalists:\u00a0 Ashleigh Barty (Ipswich, Qld), Priscilla Hon (Rochedale, Qld) and Seone Mendez (Baulkham Hills, NSW)<\/p>\n

Junior Athlete of the Year \u2013 Male
\n<\/strong>Finalists: Oliver Anderson (Yeronga, Qld), Thanasi Kokkinakis (Seacombe Heights, SA)<\/strong> and Nick Kyrgios (Canberra, ACT)<\/p>\n

Most Outstanding 35+ Tennis Senior<\/strong>
\nFinalists:\u00a0 Ros Balodis (Flynn, ACT), Doug Corbett (Bronte, NSW) and Andrew Rae (Mt Eliza, Vic)<\/p>\n

Most Outstanding Athlete with a Disability<\/strong>
\nFinalists:\u00a0 Adam Kellerman (St Ives, NSW), Ben Weekes (Strathfield, NSW) and Kelly Wren (Engadine, NSW)<\/p>\n

Most Outstanding Tennis Club
\n<\/strong>Finalists: Boroondara Tennis Club (Vic), Burwood Tennis Club (Vic) and Shaw Park Tennis Centre (Qld)<\/p>\n

Most Outstanding Tennis Community<\/strong>
\nFinalists:\u00a0 City Community Tennis (NSW), Northern Suburbs Tennis (NSW) and Tennis Gove (NT)<\/p>\n

Most Outstanding Tournament<\/strong>
\nFinalists:\u00a0 2013 Hutchinson Builders Toowoomba International (Toowoomba, Qld), AGL Loy Yang Traralgon International (Traralgon, Vic) and Charles Sturt Adelaide International (West Lakes, SA)<\/p>\n

Most Outstanding School<\/strong>
\nFinalists:\u00a0 Nightcliff Primary School (Nightcliff, NT), Parkes Public School (Parkes, NSW) and Scotch College (Hawthorn, Vic)<\/p>\n

Volunteer Achievement Award
\n<\/strong>Finalists:\u00a0 Anne Baldwin (Frankston South, Vic), Julie Fidler (Bentleigh, Vic) and Gaye Hayes (Claremont, WA)<\/p>\n

President\u2019s Spirit of Tennis Award
\n<\/strong>Recipient selected by a panel appointed by Tennis Australia<\/p>\n

For more information about the Newcombe Medal, Australian Tennis Awards please click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to David Grainger, Helen Rice and Thanasi Kokkinakis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5915,"featured_media":6535,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6534","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\/6534","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=6534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6534\/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=6534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}