{"id":8922,"date":"2019-08-22T13:58:27","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T03:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/?p=8922"},"modified":"2019-08-22T13:58:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T03:58:27","slug":"record-number-of-volunteers-recognised-at-tasmanian-tennis-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/news\/2019\/08\/22\/record-number-of-volunteers-recognised-at-tasmanian-tennis-awards","title":{"rendered":"Record number of volunteers recognised at Tasmanian Tennis Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An unprecedented eight finalists are vying to win the Volunteer Achievement Award at the Tasmanian Tennis Awards this month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVolunteers are the heart of any tennis club and it is terrific to have eight deserving finalists for this award,\u201d says Tennis Tasmania General Manager Darren Sturgess.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is pleasing to see so many clubs recognise their hard-working volunteers and nominate them for this honour. It has made selecting our finalists and winner a challenging task.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finalists for the Volunteer Achievement Award are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Christine Gleeson, Australian Italian Tennis Club, Launceston<\/li>\n<li>Colin Mathew, Devonport Tennis Club<\/li>\n<li>Damian Reeve, Burnie Tennis Club<\/li>\n<li>John Davies, Taroona Tennis Club<\/li>\n<li>Lisa McKay, Lindisfarne Memorial Tennis Club<\/li>\n<li>Lisa Sanderson, Port Sorell Tennis Club<\/li>\n<li>Mike Hodge, Geilston Bay Tennis Club<\/li>\n<li>Sue Hardwick, Richmond Tennis Club<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The winner will be announced at a presentation evening at Country Club Launceston on Saturday 31 August. Australian tennis legend Neale Fraser is the special guest and will share stories from his career during the evening.<\/p>\n<p>The winner of the Volunteer Achievement Award receives an accommodation getaway voucher, a Hobart International 2020 hospitality package for two that includes an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour and player meet and greet, as well as their club membership costs covered next season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/news-and-events\/events\/tennis-tasmania-awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&gt; Find out more about the Tasmanian Tennis Awards<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Volunteer Achievement Award is one of 11 Tasmanian Tennis Awards on offer at a weekend-long celebration, which also includes the Tennis Tasmania annual general meeting, club workshops and social play opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Tasmanian Tennis Awards are an opportunity to unite the Tasmanian tennis community and celebrate our sport. We hope to see lots of people there,\u201d says Sturgess.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are still available for the awards presentation evening, with $70 adult tickets including dinner and drink upon arrival. Book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/files\/2019\/07\/TTA2019_Booking_Form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online<\/a> or call (03) 6108 8205 to secure a place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are eight finalists for the Volunteer Achievement Award at the 2019 Tasmanian Tennis Awards<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6028,"featured_media":8924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[78,73,209,116,18],"class_list":["post-8922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-launceston","tag-news","tag-prizes","tag-tasmanian-tennis-awards","tag-volunteers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8922","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\/6028"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}