{"id":8540,"date":"2018-11-13T15:58:54","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T04:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/?p=8540"},"modified":"2018-11-13T15:58:54","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T04:58:54","slug":"young-talent-shines-in-tassie-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/news\/2018\/11\/13\/young-talent-shines-in-tassie-showdown","title":{"rendered":"Young talent shines in Tassie Showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Competition was fierce as the state&#8217;s best junior players competed in the annual Tassie Showdown at Domain Tennis Centre in Hobart over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The event is the culmination of the Junior Development Series (JDS), with the 52 best performing players across the series invited to compete.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 90.2008%;height: 225px\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 29.2738%;height: 23px\"><strong>Event<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5836%;height: 23px\"><strong>Winner<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.2075%;height: 23px\"><strong>Runner-up<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 29.2738%;height: 23px\">Mixed singles, 9 and under<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5836%;height: 23px\">Ethan Clemons<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.2075%;height: 23px\">Rupert Mullins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 29.2738%;height: 23px\">Girls&#8217; singles, 9 and under<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5836%;height: 23px\">Britta Russell<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.2075%;height: 23px\">Lily Marshall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 29.2738%;height: 23px\">Boys&#8217; singles, 11 and under<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5836%;height: 23px\">Jack Heathcote<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.2075%;height: 23px\">Lucas Akl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 29.2738%;height: 23px\">Girls&#8217; singles, 11 and under<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5836%;height: 23px\">Olivia Wilkinson<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.2075%;height: 23px\">Lucy Bouwmeester<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 29.2738%;height: 23px\">Boys&#8217; singles, 13 and under<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5836%;height: 23px\">Edison Lee<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.2075%;height: 23px\">Jack Akl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 29.2738%;height: 23px\">Girls&#8217; singles, 13 and under<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5836%;height: 23px\">Alicia Dale<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.2075%;height: 23px\">Brooke Miller<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 29.2738%;height: 23px\">Boys&#8217; singles, 15 and under<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5836%;height: 23px\">Ben Fergusson<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.2075%;height: 23px\">Fletcher Young<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 29.2738%;height: 23px\">Girls&#8217; singles, 15 and under<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5836%;height: 23px\">Anamanu Vaka<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.2075%;height: 23px\">Felicity Radcliff<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/players\/kids\/junior-competitions\/about-the-jds\">Learn more about the Junior Development Series\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The junior tennis pathway is thriving in Tasmania, buoyed by the introduction of the Tassie Junior League and a state-first ANZ Tennis Hot Shots Match Play club competition this month.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/players\/kids\/junior-competitions\/tassie-junior-league\">Tassie Junior League<\/a> is played on Friday nights in north and south regions of the state, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/players\/kids\/anz-tennis-hot-shots-tournaments\">ANZ Tennis Hot Shots Match Play<\/a> is proving a popular way for beginners to get their first taste of competition.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hot Shots Match Play | Tennis Australia\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eOX7AoAtz14?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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