Wodonga Tennis Centre member Sandra Griffin (pictured in the middle) has been recognised for her years of service with a Tennis Service Award on Monday night.<\/p>\n
The award, which is part of Tennis Victoria\u2019s Recognition Program, was presented in front of a small gathering at the local pub, O\u2019Maille\u2019s Pub in Wodonga.<\/p>\n
The presentation of the Tennis Service Award was met with thunderous applause from her family and friends, and with overwhelming emotion from Sandra herself.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a shock, it really was. I wasn\u2019t expecting it and I do appreciate it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut as I\u2019ve said I\u2019m only one person because I\u2019ve had a whole community [helping me].\u201d<\/p>\n
Since 1998, Sandra has been volunteering her time from canteen duties to her five-year stint as the club\u2019s president between 2011-2016. She was instrumental during her time in charge of the club applying for grants and requesting to host tournaments.<\/p>\n
Mayor of Wodonga and Tennis Victoria board member, Anna Speedie, was on hand for the official presentation and to show her appreciation for an outstanding member of the tennis community.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you see stalwarts in any sport, Sandra absolutely epitomises that,\u201d Speedie said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter if you\u2019re brand new to the club or not you\u2019re always welcomed and really that culture is always set from the top.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe has been an integral part of the club growing but also developing it into an awesome facility.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sandra\u2019s dedication has not gone unnoticed. Her achievements include, consistent maintenance of the club facilities, the employment of Margaret Court Academy coaches and overseeing the installation of 10 plexicushion courts \u2013 the latter Sandra lists as her crowning accomplishment.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had a great team behind me and that was a major coup for the tennis centre in getting the blue courts,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
During the times when Wodonga has played host to Country Week Tennis it is Sandra who wouldn\u2019t be too far away from the organising responsibilities.<\/p>\n
Aptly known as \u201cthe little lady whom runs the Wodonga Tennis Centre\u201d, Sandra always made it her mission to ensure all members, participants and the like enjoy their time on and off the court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Wodonga Tennis Centre member Sandra Griffin (pictured in the middle) has been recognised for her years of service with a Tennis Service Award on Monday night. The award, which is part of Tennis Victoria\u2019s Recognition Program, was presented in front of a small gathering at the local pub, O\u2019Maille\u2019s Pub in Wodonga. The presentation of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6038,"featured_media":16986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16981","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\/16981","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\/6038"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}