{"id":14558,"date":"2015-11-11T13:23:30","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T02:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/?p=14558"},"modified":"2015-11-11T13:23:30","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T02:23:30","slug":"congratulations-to-all-victorian-newcombe-medal-nominees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/news\/2015\/11\/11\/congratulations-to-all-victorian-newcombe-medal-nominees","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to all Victorian Newcombe Medal nominees"},"content":{"rendered":"

Six of Australia\u2019s top tennis players \u2013 2015 Australian and US Open winner Dylan Alcott<\/strong>, breakthrough talent Sam Groth<\/strong>, rising star Thanasi Kokkinakis<\/strong>, evergreen champion Sam Stosur<\/strong> and doubles stars Casey Dellacqua<\/strong> and John Peers <\/strong>\u2013 have been named finalists for this year\u2019s Newcombe Medal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The highest honour in Australian tennis will be presented to the most outstanding elite tennis player and ambassador for the sport at a special awards ceremony to be held in Melbourne on Monday 23 November.<\/p>\n

Tennis Australia CEO<\/strong> Craig Tiley <\/strong>said the Newcombe Medal, Australian Tennis Awards<\/strong> celebrated all levels of achievement within the tennis community.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not just about honouring Australia\u2019s most outstanding tennis player, the awards are about recognising and celebrating the exceptional accomplishments and contributions of tennis communities, coaches, clubs and schools around the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The 2015 finalists were honoured to learn of their nomination for the sport\u2019s top gong.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s unbelievable. I think I\u2019m the first athlete with a disability to ever be nominated for the Newks, which is absolutely incredible,” said two-time Grand Slam Champion\u00a0Alcott. \u00a0“To be recognised purely as an elite athlete and to be among the other nominees and those who have won in the past, it\u2019s humbling. I can\u2019t believe it, it\u2019s awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dellacqua said: \u201cI\u2019m excited to be nominated for the Newcombe Medal again. There have been some great results by all Australian players this year, and it\u2019s an honour to be nominated.\u201d<\/p>\n

Groth said: \u201cTo be nominated for the Newcombe Medal really caps off what I feel was a real breakthrough year for me. I was really happy with the way 2015 went and although I stopped my season a little early due to injury, being nominated is a great way to close my best season yet. It was a great year for a lot of Aussie players so for now I’ll keep my fingers crossed and look forward to November 23.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kokkinakis said: \u201cI\u2019m pretty excited, It\u2019s obviously an honour to be nominated for the big medal. I won the junior medal last year so it\u2019s obviously a good transition I\u2019ve made. I\u2019m in good company so it should be a great night.”<\/p>\n

Peers said: “It\u2019s a great honour to be nominated for the Newcombe Medal. It has been a great year for me and to get nominated for this award is a privilege.”<\/p>\n

Stosur said: \u201cIt\u2019s nice to be nominated again. Obviously I\u2019ve been nominated five times now and have won it a couple of times. I guess to be back in that position is a good feeling, to still be up there in Australian tennis.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sixth edition of the Newcombe Medal, Australian Tennis Awards will take place at Crown Palladium in Melbourne.<\/p>\n

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The full list of finalists is as follows:<\/p>\n

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Newcombe Medal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/strong> Dylan Alcott (Vic), Casey Dellacqua (WA), Sam Groth (Vic), Thanasi Kokkinakis (SA), John Peers (Vic), Sam Stosur (Qld)<\/p>\n

President\u2019s Spirit of Tennis Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

Recipient selected by a panel appointed by Tennis Australia<\/p>\n

Coaching Excellence \u2013 High Performance<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/strong> Mark Draper (Qld), Ben Mathias (Qld), Nicole Pratt (Qld)<\/p>\n

Coaching Excellence \u2013 Club<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/strong> Matt Bull (Nedlands, WA), Jason Lindeman (Hawthorn, Vic), Adrian Muscillo (Kew, Vic)<\/p>\n

Coaching Excellence \u2013 ANZ Tennis Hot Shots<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/strong> Jason Lindeman (East Hawthorn, Vic), Adrian Muscillo (Kew, Vic), Theresa Stapp (Cromer, NSW)<\/p>\n

Coaching Excellence \u2013 Talent Development<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/strong> Graham Charlton (Traralgon, Vic), Ben Milner (Glenelg East, Vic), Janine Thompson (Lalor Park, NSW)<\/p>\n

Junior Athlete of the Year \u2013 Female<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/strong> Kimberly Birrell (Hope Island, Qld), Jaimee Fourlis (Preston, Vic), Priscilla Hon (Rochedale, Qld)<\/p>\n

Junior Athlete of the Year \u2013 Male<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/strong> Alex de Minaur (Rhodes, NSW), Blake Ellis (Bellbowrie, Qld), Omar Jasika (Clarinda, Vic)<\/p>\n

Most Outstanding Athlete with a Disability<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/strong> Dylan Alcott (East St Kilda, Vic), Glen Flindell (Yallambie, Vic), Adam Kellerman (St Ives, NSW)<\/p>\n

Volunteer Achievement Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/strong> Lyn Duffy (Melton South, Vic), Julie Fidler (Bentleigh, Vic), Robin Lowe (Sale, Vic)<\/p>\n

Tennis Senior of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/strong> Bob Howes (Highett, Vic), Wayne Pascoe (Beauty Point, NSW), Margaret Robinson (City Beach, WA)<\/p>\n

Excellence in Officiating<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/strong> John Blom (Heathcote, NSW), Glen Toland (Engadine, NSW), Emma Walter (Swinger Hill, ACT)<\/p>\n

Most Outstanding Club presented by Medibank<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/strong> Alexander Park Tennis Club (WA), City Community Tennis (NSW), Mt Eliza Tennis Club (Vic)<\/p>\n

Most Outstanding Australian Ranking Tournament<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/strong> 91st<\/sup> Shepparton Easter Tournament (Vic), Bendigo Bank Winter Junior Tour & Australian Money Tournament (Vic), Rod Laver Queensland Junior State Championships (Qld)<\/p>\n

Most Outstanding Professional Tournament<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/strong> 2014 Hutchinson Builders Toowoomba International (Qld), 2015 McDonald\u2019s Burnie International (Tas), 2015 Mildura Grand International (Vic)<\/p>\n

Most Outstanding School<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/strong> Creaney Primary School (WA), Brisbane Boys\u2019 College (Qld), Prince Alfred College (SA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Six of Australia\u2019s top tennis players \u2013 2015 Australian and US Open winner Dylan Alcott, breakthrough talent Sam Groth, rising star Thanasi Kokkinakis, evergreen champion Sam Stosur and doubles stars Casey Dellacqua and John Peers \u2013 have been named finalists for this year\u2019s Newcombe Medal. The highest honour in Australian tennis will be presented to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5914,"featured_media":14560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14558","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\/14558","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\/5914"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}