{"id":13834,"date":"2015-05-26T13:42:38","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T03:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/?p=13834"},"modified":"2015-05-26T13:42:38","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T03:42:38","slug":"victorian-tennis-awards-finalists-announced-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/news\/2015\/05\/26\/victorian-tennis-awards-finalists-announced-2","title":{"rendered":"Victorian Tennis Awards finalists announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tennis Victoria today announced the finalists for the upcoming Victorian Tennis Awards to be presented at Tennis Victoria\u2019s Championships Dinner, proudly supported by ANZ on Monday 29 June 2015 at the MCG. Held on the opening night of Wimbledon, it is Victorian tennis\u2019 night of nights to celebrate our great sport and opportunity to reward the efforts of the Victorian tennis community. All finalists and guests will be treated to a night of great entertainment including special guest seven time Grand Slam winner, <strong>Evonne Goolagong Cawley<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The number and quality of nominations received this year was of a very high standard with many new finalists announced showing the strength of Victoria\u2019s tennis community.<\/p>\n<p>The major award of the evening, the Most Outstanding Club, Centre or Association will be decided between three clubs making their debut in this category and an association. Berwick Tennis Club, Mt Eliza Tennis Club, Sale Tennis Club who are new to this award are joined by Waverley Tennis who were also nominated in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>St Mary\u2019s Greensborough will be hoping to repeat their win last year in the Most Outstanding School category but will be challenged by Nichols Point Primary School and St Gregory\u2019s The Great Primary School in Doncaster.<\/p>\n<p>In the Junior Athlete of the Year categories, last year\u2019s winners Destanee Aiava\u00a0and Marc Polmans\u00a0will be looking to go back to back again but will face strong competition from Jamiee Fourlis\u00a0and Danielle McIntyre\u00a0in the female award while Omar Jasika\u00a0and Lucas Vuradin\u00a0will challenge for the male award.<\/p>\n<p>All the award winners will be announced at Tennis Victoria\u2019s Championships Dinner, proudly presented by ANZ on Monday 29 June, 2015. Tickets are still available, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/doc\/2015-champs-dinner-booking-form\">click here<\/a> to book. The list of finalists are as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most Outstanding Club, Centre or Association <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Berwick Tennis Club<\/li>\n<li>Mt Eliza Tennis Club<\/li>\n<li>Sale Tennis Club<\/li>\n<li>Waverley Tennis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Volunteer Achievement<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sarah Crossman \u2013 Rich River Tennis Club<\/li>\n<li>Barbara Currie \u2013 Keon Park Tennis Club<\/li>\n<li>Robin Lowe \u2013 Sale Tennis Club<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Most Outstanding Tournament<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>91<sup>st<\/sup> Shepparton Easter Tournament<\/li>\n<li>VCTA Country Week<\/li>\n<li>Warrnambool Open Tournament<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Most Outstanding School<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nichols Point Primary School<\/li>\n<li>St Gregory\u2019s The Great Primary School<\/li>\n<li>St Mary\u2019s Primary School Greensborough<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Coaching Excellence &#8211; ANZ Tennis Hot Shots<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tim Connelly \u2013 Hume Tennis and Community Centre<\/li>\n<li>Emma Doyle \u2013 Leisure City Epping<\/li>\n<li>Vicky Lee \u2013 Doncaster Tennis Club<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Coaching Excellence &#8211; Club or Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jason Lindeman \u2013 Banyule Tennis Club<\/li>\n<li>Craig Haslam \u2013 Warrandyte TC and St Mary\u2019s Greensborough<\/li>\n<li>Stephen Storer \u2013 Bendigo Tennis Association<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Most Outstanding 35+ Tennis Senior<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Glenn Busby \u2013 Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club<\/li>\n<li>Nola Collins \u2013 Frankston East Tennis Club<\/li>\n<li>Andrew Rae \u2013 Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Most Outstanding Athlete with a Disability<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dylan Alcott<\/li>\n<li>Sharon Morse<\/li>\n<li>Zvi Schweitzer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Junior Athlete of the Year \u2013 Male<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Omar Jasika \u2013 Bentleigh Rec and Kooyong LTC<\/li>\n<li>Marc Polmans \u2013 Kooyong LTC<\/li>\n<li>Lucas Vuradin \u2013 Essendon TC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Junior Athlete of the Year \u2013 Female<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Destanee Aiava \u2013 Noble Park TC and Kooyong Lawn TC<\/li>\n<li>Jaimee Fourlis \u2013 MCC Tennis<\/li>\n<li>Danielle McIntyre \u2013 Red Hill TC and Kooyong LTC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Victorian Spirit of Tennis Award \u2013 <\/strong>Winner announced on the night<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennis Victoria today announced the finalists for the upcoming Victorian Tennis Awards to be presented at Tennis Victoria\u2019s Championships Dinner, proudly supported by ANZ on Monday 29 June 2015 at the MCG. 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