{"id":15339,"date":"2016-03-31T16:08:55","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T05:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/?p=15339"},"modified":"2016-03-31T16:16:40","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T05:16:40","slug":"meet-the-staff-andrew-reynolds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/news\/2016\/03\/31\/meet-the-staff-andrew-reynolds","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Staff – Andrew Reynolds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Name: <\/strong>Andrew Reynolds<\/p>\n

Title:\u00a0 <\/strong>Tournaments and Events Manager<\/p>\n

What is your role here at Tennis Victoria?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m the Tournaments and Events Manager at Tennis Victoria so I oversee all Tournaments issues, officials issues, player issues, Pro Tour, JT and general tournaments. I have one direct report, Shelly Hart who works on tournaments and events as well.<\/p>\n

I oversee Regional Team Events, which is nine events per year across regional Victoria, culminating in the Inter-regional Country Championships tournament in January with about 250-300 players participating across several days.<\/p>\n

There are 90 Australian Ranking sanctioned tournaments, about 70 general tournaments and then the regional events plus the Junior Development Series events of which there are about 60. It\u2019s a busy calendar.<\/p>\n

How long have you been involved in tennis?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I started at Tennis Victoria at the end of 2012. Before that I was at Tennis Australia from 2007 \u2013 2010.<\/p>\n

Who is your favourite tennis player and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I like a lot of the up and coming players like Kimberly Birrell, Priscilla Hon andTammi Patterson, the players that we have a lot to do with, to see the success that they\u2019re being rewarded with is great. As for the international scene I\u2019d have to say Federer over Nadal any day.<\/p>\n

What is something people wouldn\u2019t know about you? <\/strong><\/p>\n

I lived in Doha, Qatar for several years and I can speak fluent Arabic.<\/p>\n

Which is your favourite AFL team?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Dees, the juga naught is just starting. It\u2019s going to be a fantastic 10 years ahead.<\/p>\n

Who are six people you would invite to a dinner party?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Morgan Freeman<\/em><\/p>\n

Paul Roos<\/em>, to breed the winners mentality<\/p>\n

I love Princess Mary<\/em>, which could be something people might not know about me<\/p>\n

Just for the laugh factor, Ken Jacobs<\/em> (Tennis Vic Exec Manager, Places to Play and Government Relations).<\/p>\n

Anyone of my friends here at work, anyone but Jeff (Downes, Competitions Manager)<\/p>\n

Would you like to invite your wife?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes of course, she would be one of the six for sure!<\/p>\n

Favourite tennis experience?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I would say the Newcombe Medal nights are pretty great, second to the Victorian Tennis Awards of course. When at Tennis Australia, working on the Australian Open was amazing.\u00a0 It\u2019s crazy hours but also a very rewarding experience. From a participation perspective, watching some 9 and 10 year olds become very good tennis players has been great. Marc Polmans for example, I\u2019ve known him since he was a young boy, now he\u2019s a Junior Australian Open doubles title winner so that\u2019s always great to see and feel like you contribute in some way to their pathway to success, so that\u2019s pretty special.<\/p>\n

Who would play you in a movie?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Clearly Richard Gere or George Clooney.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the next big thing for the Tournaments and Events Team?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m in the middle of the Victorian Junior State Clay court Championships which is across five venues. After that we have a quiet period. We will start to work on the calendar for 2017.<\/p>\n

To see some of Andrew’s previous work at our ANZ Victorian Community Tennis Forums click here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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