{"id":7550,"date":"2016-11-29T12:24:18","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T01:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/?p=7550"},"modified":"2016-11-29T16:11:15","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T05:11:15","slug":"2017-australian-masters-games-entries-open-21-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/news\/2016\/11\/29\/2017-australian-masters-games-entries-open-21-november","title":{"rendered":"2017 Australian Masters Games &#8211; entries now open!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">Registrations are now open for the 16th Australian Masters Games\u00a0to be held in Tasmania\u2019s North West this October.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.australianmastersgames.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7583\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/files\/2016\/11\/Master-Games-2017.jpg\" alt=\"master-games-2017\" width=\"516\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/files\/2016\/11\/Master-Games-2017.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/files\/2016\/11\/Master-Games-2017-72x72.jpg 72w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/files\/2016\/11\/Master-Games-2017-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/files\/2016\/11\/Master-Games-2017-260x260.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/files\/2016\/11\/Master-Games-2017-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/files\/2016\/11\/Master-Games-2017-175x175.jpg 175w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #008000\"><em>Click on the image above to enter now!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">Tennis will be amongst the 40+ sports on offer at the Games, with the sport as popular as ever in Australia thanks to the rise of the Australian Open.\u00a0The tennis competition will be conducted by <strong>Tennis Tasmania<\/strong>, with men\u2019s, women\u2019s and mixed competitions on offer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">The Games are a great excuse for a week away with friends, whilst enjoying the sport you love and a busy Games social program. Apart from meeting the minimum age requirement there is no qualifying standard, so players of all levels and abilities are welcome.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">Stay tuned for further announcements, including the release of the exciting social program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"color: #008000\"><em>By entering now, during the Gold Entry window, (which closes <strong>Friday 1 May<\/strong>) you will receive a reduced Games entry fee of <strong>$99*<\/strong> and become a <strong>Gold Participant<\/strong> which entitles you to:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000\"><em>priority access at the accreditation centre<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000\"><em>a Gold accreditation pass<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000\"><em>a unique 16th Australian Masters Games souvenir, not available in the merchandise range<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>COMPETITION DATES<\/strong>\u00a0 23-28 October 2017<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>VENUE<\/strong> \u00a0Burnie Tennis Club, Eastwood Drive, Burnie<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>AGE GROUPS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">Singles\/Doubles: 35+, 40+, 45+, 50+, 55+, 60+, 65+, 70+, 75+, 80+<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">Combined Age Doubles\/Mixed Doubles: 70+, 90+, 110+, 130+<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\"><em>*Please note: a $9.00 service fee is payable per person at the time of submitting your registration as well as a $45 sport fee. Further details available in the <strong><a style=\"color: #008000\" href=\"http:\/\/www.australianmastersgames.com\/_uploads\/res\/35_11865.PDF\" target=\"_blank\">Games Entry Terms &amp; Conditions<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #008000\"><a style=\"color: #008000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AustralianMastersGames\/\" target=\"_blank\">Australian Masters Games <strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #008000\"><a style=\"color: #008000\" href=\"http:\/\/www.australianmastersgames.com\/subscribe.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"s1\">Australian Masters Games <strong>mailing list<\/strong> <em>(click to subscribe)<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Registrations are now open for the 16th Australian Masters Games\u00a0to be held in Tasmania\u2019s North West this October.\u00a0 Click on the image above to enter now! Tennis will be amongst the 40+ sports on offer at the Games, with the sport as popular as ever in Australia thanks to the rise of the Australian Open.\u00a0The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5828,"featured_media":7553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5828"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}