{"id":711,"date":"2011-03-15T01:00:28","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T15:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?p=711"},"modified":"2011-03-15T01:00:28","modified_gmt":"2011-03-14T15:30:28","slug":"fancy-becoming-an-australian-open-umpire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/news\/2011\/03\/15\/fancy-becoming-an-australian-open-umpire","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re recruiting Tennis Officials this week."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you love tennis, want to make new friends, and contribute to the growth of Australia\u2019s favourite sport, then chances are you already have what it takes to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tournaments\/officials\/become-an-official\/\" target=\"_self\">become a tennis official<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>What is a tennis official?<\/h3>\n<p>Tennis officials are the backbone of our sport. From weekend pennant competitions to the Australian Open, they\u2019re the men and women who help ensure the smooth conduct of tournaments and competitions both in Australia and internationally.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tournaments\/officials\/become-an-official\/\" target=\"_self\"> Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tournaments\/officials\/become-an-official\/\" target=\"_self\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Upcoming courses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tennis Australia will be holding Linespersons and Court Supervisor Courses in South Australia during March.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>General Principles &#8211;\u00a0 Friday 18th March,\u00a06:30pm, Memorial Drive, North Adelaide<\/li>\n<li>Linesperson course &#8211;\u00a0Saturday 19th March, 9:00am, Memorial Drive, North Adelaide<\/li>\n<li>Court Supervisor &#8211; Saturday 19th March, 12:30pm, Memorial Drive, North Adelaide<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To register your interest simply contact the SA\/NT Officiating Development Coordinator, Ty Allen on\u00a0(08) 7224 8106 or email <a href=\"mailto:tallen@tennis.com.au\">tallen@tennis.com.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s a great career move.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are fantastic career opportunities, too. Just imagine being out on Rod Laver Arena during the Australian Open, or travelling overseas or around Australia officiating the game you love. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tournaments\/officials\/become-an-official\/\" target=\"_self\">Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>For further information on tennis officiating, visit <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tournaments\/officials\"><em>tennis.com.au\/tournaments\/officials<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you love tennis, want to make new friends, and contribute to the growth of Australia\u2019s favourite sport, then chances are you already have what it takes to become a tennis official. What is a tennis official? Tennis officials are the backbone of our sport. From weekend pennant competitions to the Australian Open, they\u2019re the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5915,"featured_media":713,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-711","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\/711","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=711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711\/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=711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}