{"id":12404,"date":"2014-05-26T11:44:53","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T01:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/?p=12404"},"modified":"2014-05-26T11:44:53","modified_gmt":"2014-05-26T01:44:53","slug":"victorian-tennis-award-finalists-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/news\/2014\/05\/26\/victorian-tennis-award-finalists-announced","title":{"rendered":"Victorian Tennis Award finalists announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tennis Victoria today announced the finalists for the upcoming Tennis Victoria Championships Dinner to be held at the MCG on Monday 23 June 2014. In what is sure to be a fantastic night of entertainment it is more importantly an opportunity to reward the efforts of the tennis community on the night. \u00a0Hosted by Ian Cover and with special tennis guest Margaret Court, we will celebrate the esteemed Victorian Tennis Awards.<\/p>\n<p>The list of finalists are as follows:<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.5em\">Most Outstanding Club, Centre or Association<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kyneton &amp; District Tennis Club<\/li>\n<li>Melton South Tennis Club<\/li>\n<li>Willison Park Tennis Club<\/li>\n<li>Yaapeet Tennis Club<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Volunteer Achievement<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Domenico Alberico of Blackburn South; Blackburn TC and B&amp;DNTA<\/li>\n<li>Eric Beeston of Wantirna South; Waverley Tennis and Knoxfield TC<\/li>\n<li>Trudy Miles of Melton South; Melton South TC and Melton District TA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Most Outstanding Tournament<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AGL Loy Yang Traralgon International<\/li>\n<li>Bendigo Festival of Tennis<\/li>\n<li>90<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Shepparton Easter Tournament<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Most Outstanding School<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reservoir East Primary<\/li>\n<li>Scotch College<\/li>\n<li>St Mary\u2019s Primary &#8211; Greensborough<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Coaching Excellence &#8211; ANZ Tennis Hot Shots<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vicky Lee of Templestowe: Doncaster TC<\/li>\n<li>Pavlina Ticha of Elsternwick; Elsternwick Park Tennis Centre<\/li>\n<li>Rob Urquhart of Warrnambool; Warrnambool Indoor Tennis Centre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Coaching Excellence &#8211; Club or Centre<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vicky Lee of Templestowe; Doncaster TC<\/li>\n<li>Adrian Muscillo of Kew; Eildon Park TC<\/li>\n<li>Mark Sheppard of Richmond; Willison Park TC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Most Outstanding 35+ Tennis Senior<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Glenn Busby of Eltham; Tennis Seniors Victoria<\/li>\n<li>Nola Collins of Frankston; Frankston East TC<\/li>\n<li>Karen Kleverlaan of Cranbourne; Narre Warren TC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Most Outstanding Athlete with a Disability<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dylan Alcott of East St Kilda<\/li>\n<li>Sarah Calati of Mont Albert<\/li>\n<li>Zvi Schweitzer of Murrumbeena; Maccabi TC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Junior Athlete of the Year \u2013 Male<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Greg Polmans of Maribyrnong; Kooyong Lawn TC<\/li>\n<li>Marc Polmans of Maribyrnong; Kooyong Lawn TC<\/li>\n<li>Lucas Vuradin of Sydenham; Green Gully TC and Essendon TC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Junior Athlete of the Year \u2013 Female<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Destanee Aiava of Narre Warren; Kooyong Lawn TC<\/li>\n<li>Jaimee Fourlis of Preston; MCC Tennis<\/li>\n<li>Danielle McIntyre of Red Hill; Red Hill TC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Victorian Spirit of Tennis Award &#8211;\u00a0<\/b>Winner to be announced on the night<\/p>\n<p>The number and quality of nominations received this year was of a high standard with the tennis community fully supporting the Victorian Tennis Awards initiative.<\/p>\n<p>It is pleasing to see two country Clubs named as finalists in the final category of the night with Kyneton and District TC and Yaapeet TC joining Melton South TC and Willison Park TC with all four clubs also making their Victorian Tennis Awards debut as well.<\/p>\n<p>In the Junior Athlete of the Year categories, last year\u2019s winners Destanee Aiava and Marc Polmans will be looking to go back to back but will face strong competition from Jamiee Fourlis and Danielle McIntyre in the female award while younger brother Greg Polmans along with Lucas Vuradin will challenge Marc Polmans for the male award.<\/p>\n<p>Details for the night:<\/p>\n<p><b>Date:<br \/>\n<\/b>Monday 23 June, 2014<\/p>\n<p><b>Venue:<br \/>\n<\/b>MCC Members Dining Room<br \/>\nMelbourne Cricket Ground<\/p>\n<p><b>Time:<br \/>\n<\/b>6:30pm for a 7 pm start<\/p>\n<p><b>Dress:<br \/>\n<\/b>Lounge Suit<\/p>\n<p><b>Tickets:<br \/>\n<\/b>Table of 10 $1500<br \/>\nIndividual $160 per person<\/p>\n<p>More information is available on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/about-us\/championships-dinner\">Championships Dinner page of the Tennis Victoria website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennis Victoria today announced the finalists for the upcoming Tennis Victoria Championships Dinner to be held at the MCG on Monday 23 June 2014. 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