{"id":8088,"date":"2015-05-28T13:50:08","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T04:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?p=8088"},"modified":"2015-05-28T13:50:08","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T04:20:08","slug":"woolworths-ballkid-program-congratulations-bailey-and-rebeka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/news\/2015\/05\/28\/woolworths-ballkid-program-congratulations-bailey-and-rebeka","title":{"rendered":"Woolworths Ballkid Program &#8211; Congratulations Bailey and Rebeka!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bailey McCarthy and Rebeka Schaefer are set to represent South Australia in the 2016 Australian Open Ballkid Squad after being selected for the official Interstate Ballkid Visitor Program.<\/p>\n<p>Bailey and Rebeka were outstanding participants in the 2015 World Tennis Challenge Ballkid Squad, showing a willingness to listen, learn and improve with every training session and match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are, of course, very excited to announce that Bailey and Rebeka will be representing South Australia at the Australian Open in 2016. Both Bailey and Rebeka displayed an outstanding attitude during the World Tennis Challenge and are very worthy recipients of this opportunity,\u201d said Breanna Hassam, Tennis SA Competitive Play and Programs Coordinator and manager of the World Tennis Challenge Ballkid Program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe chance to represent South Australia at the Australian Open is the opportunity of a lifetime for Bailey and Rebeka, and we wish them all the very best of luck,\u201d Hassam added.<\/p>\n<p>The official Interstate Ballkid Visitor Program representatives will attend intensive on court training sessions, an official Australian Open induction and orientation days during 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Follow in Bailey and Rebeka\u2019s footsteps and express your interest\u00a0in the 2016 World Tennis Challenge Ballkid Squad and Woolworths Ballkid Program! Register now\u00a0by completing the expression of interest form available at:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1x7uVy2\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1x7uVy2<\/a>. Expressions of interest close on Friday 31 July 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Ballkids play an integral role in ensuring that tennis tournaments run smoothly. Throughout the Australian Open series, each ballkid is a focal part of every game, be it at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne or at the Brisbane International, Hobart International,\u00a0Apia International Sydney or South Australia\u2019s very own, World Tennis Challenge!<\/p>\n<p>Ballkids are aged between 11 and 17 years depending on the tournament age restrictions. Please see below exact ages for each tournament:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Australian Open, Melbourne (age: 12\u201315 years)<\/li>\n<li>Brisbane International presented by Suncorp (age: 12\u201317 years)<\/li>\n<li>Hopman Cup\u00a0(age: 12\u201315 years)<\/li>\n<li>Hobart International (age: 11\u201315 years)<\/li>\n<li>Apia International Sydney (age: 13\u201317 years)<\/li>\n<li>World Tennis Challenge, Adelaide (age: 12\u201317 years)<\/li>\n<li>Australian Pro Tour events around Australia (age: up to 18 years)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bailey McCarthy and Rebeka Schaefer are set to represent South Australia in the 2016 Australian Open Ballkid Squad after being selected for the official Interstate Ballkid Visitor Program. Bailey and Rebeka were outstanding participants in the 2015 World Tennis Challenge Ballkid Squad, showing a willingness to listen, learn and improve with every training session and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5915,"featured_media":8089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8088","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\/8088","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=8088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8088\/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=8088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}