{"id":11420,"date":"2013-10-25T14:18:16","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T04:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/?p=11420"},"modified":"2013-10-25T14:18:16","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T04:18:16","slug":"congratulations-anne-hubbard-tennis-service-award-recipient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/news\/2013\/10\/25\/congratulations-anne-hubbard-tennis-service-award-recipient","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations Anne Hubbard &#8211; Tennis Service Award recipient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before a packed gathering at the now iconic annual Eastern Region Tennis Association\u2019s \u201cPresident\u2019s Dinner\u201d, long-standing tennis volunteer, Anne Hubbard, was recognised for her 55 years of Volunteer Service to Tennis on Friday evening 18 October 2013.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Eastern Region (ERT) President Robert Jackson spoke of the enormous and selfless contribution that Anne has made over so many years and continues to do so today.\u00a0\u00a0 Anne was formally presented with a Tennis Service Award by Tennis Victoria Awards Director Anne Baldwin and Vice-President Maria Keys.<\/p>\n<p>A summary of Anne\u2019s wonderful achievements include \u00a0:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>recently completing a 50 year consecutive record as the Junior Secretary\/Convenor for Ringwood Uniting Tennis Club. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A remarkable achievement and one which may not \/ or will ever be, achieved by anyone else in Victorian Tennis, let alone within Australia;\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>55 years ago, Anne, originally from the Ringwood Scots TC proposed that the local Saturday Competition, namely Eastern Metropolitan Lawn TA, introduce a Ladies&#8217; mid-week competition. This was formed and Anne became the first Secretary and Record Secretary;<\/li>\n<li>1963 &#8211; As the Mid-Week competition grew, the parent body, EMRLTA, decided that Ladies&#8217; Competition form their own Committee but remain subject to the main body;<\/li>\n<li>In 1975, Anne was honoured with Life Membership of the Association.;<\/li>\n<li>Further, in recognition of her commitment to the Association, the Executive Committee introduced the Anne Hubbard Perpetual Trophy which is presented annually to the club whose overall performance over the Winter and Summer seasons is the best;<\/li>\n<li>In 1982, the Mid-Week competition became completely autonomous and became known as Midweek Eastern Metropolitan Region Ladies&#8217; Tennis Association\u2014M.E.M.R.L.T.A. Inc;<\/li>\n<li>Junior Shell Squad Co-ordinator from EMRLTA ( prior to their amalgamation into ERT) some 24-25 years ago; and<\/li>\n<li>Ringwood Uniting Church Tennis Club milestones :\n<ul>\n<li>President\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 17 years\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Vice President\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4 years\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Secretary\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 years\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Committee\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9\u00a0 years\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Selection\u00a0 Committee\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 23 years\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Junior Convenor\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 33 years\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Anne is a true Legend of the Club, having spent a lifetime as a Volunteer contributing tirelessly to this wonderful game of tennis; as an unsung hero &#8211; until now.\u00a0 Congratulations Anne.<\/p>\n<p>Another highlight of the Night was Guest Speaker, Tennis Legend Judy Dalton \u00a0reminiscing over many humourous tales of on-tour antics as well as enlightening the gathering with an insight into life on the tour in the earlier days of the Professional Womens Circuit ; and the different challenges and demands that face the current pro-circuit player today.\u00a0 Other attendees included the likes of Ian Barclay &amp; Kevin Bolton, Presidents of ERT Clubs &amp; their guests, ERT Shield Winners (both Senior and Junior) as well as TV Metro Associations Director Peter Cuxson, CEO Matthew Kennedy, Executive Manager Belinda Kleverlaan and Past Vice President Geoff Stone.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0What a wonderful night for Tennis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before a packed gathering at the now iconic annual Eastern Region Tennis Association\u2019s \u201cPresident\u2019s Dinner\u201d, long-standing tennis volunteer, Anne Hubbard, was recognised for her 55 years of Volunteer Service to Tennis on Friday evening 18 October 2013.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Eastern Region (ERT) President Robert Jackson spoke of the enormous and selfless contribution that Anne has made over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5907,"featured_media":11421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5907"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}