{"id":29012,"date":"2022-11-10T12:28:51","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T01:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/?p=29012"},"modified":"2022-11-10T12:28:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T01:28:51","slug":"message-from-the-ceo-november-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/news\/2022\/11\/10\/message-from-the-ceo-november-2022","title":{"rendered":"Message from the CEO &#8211; November 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Victorian Tennis Community,<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the November\u202fEdition of Tennis Victoria News.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:270,&quot;335559739&quot;:270,&quot;335559740&quot;:264}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Firstly, I want to recognise the communities and tennis people that have been impacted by the Victorian floods and severe weather across the last month. Our thoughts are with the Victorian communities affected, Tennis Victoria have been and will be continuing to provide assistance for those impacted. \u00a0If any affiliates need support, please reach out directly to your <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/about\/staff\"><span data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">Club Development Officer<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:270,&quot;335559739&quot;:270,&quot;335559740&quot;:264}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">On Thursday October 27 we celebrated all winners and finalists at the Victorian Tennis Awards. I<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">t was a fantastic evening to recognise the significant contributions across Victorian tennis, and congratulations to all of those who were nominated.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:270,&quot;335559739&quot;:270,&quot;335559740&quot;:264}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">A particular highlight from the evening was the 2019 Victorian Spirit of Tennis award winner Norm Cahill presenting the 2022 award to Dylan Alcott OAM, a very worthy winner for his amazing and continued contribution to tennis on and off the court. Please <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/visit%20here\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">visit here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> for a list of finalists and winners.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:270,&quot;335559739&quot;:270,&quot;335559740&quot;:264}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Last Tuesday evening, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dsr.org.au\/post\/2022-victorian-disability-sport-and-recreation-awards-winners\"><span data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">Disability Sport and Recreation Awards<\/span><\/a> were announced for 2022, Victorian Tennis was strongly represented, we congratulate all those in the tennis community that won an award: <span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:270,&quot;335559739&quot;:270,&quot;335559740&quot;:264}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Dylan Alcott OAM for receiving the Kevin Coombs Lifetime Achievement Award,\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Heath Davidson for Elite Sportsperson of the Year<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Robert Fletcher for Community Sportsperson of the Year<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Adam Fayad for Masters Sportsperson of the Year<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Get Skilled Access \u2013 Sport4All for Sport Initiative of the Year<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In late October our team were fortunate to assist communities in Genoa, Mallacoota, Orbost, Omeo, Eskdale &amp; Khancoban and Corryong as part of the Rally as One tour. Four community events were attended by over 400 people from bushfire affected communities and supported by 20 local community groups, with Australian Open trophies on show. <span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">It is a great time to be involved in tennis as we lead into a big the Summer of Tennis here in Victoria. It continues with our Victorian Hardcourt Championships on this week at Frankston Centenary Tennis Club and an exciting conclusion to Tennis Victoria Premier League this weekend at Royal South Yarra, Kooyong and Melbourne Park.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:270,&quot;335559739&quot;:270,&quot;335559740&quot;:264}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Premier League Grand Final will be staged this Saturday Night at the National Tennis Centre and we encourage you to come and watch Victoria\u2019s highest inter-club competition. Alternatively, if you cannot make it in person, we will have the Grand Final streamed live on Kayo Sports from 5pm. Click here to see the remaining schedule and results.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Additionally, our Associations Junior League Grand Finals will be held on Sunday November 20 at four locations across Melbourne. Good luck to all association teams playing their final round of competition this weekend.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:270,&quot;335559739&quot;:270,&quot;335559740&quot;:264}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Please continue to reach out to your\u202f<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/about\/staff\"><span data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">Tennis Victoria representative<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> in you require any support or information as we lead into the Summer of tennis!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:264}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Until next time,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:270,&quot;335559739&quot;:270,&quot;335559740&quot;:264}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Adam\u202f<\/span>Crameri<br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">Chief Executive Officer<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the November\u202fEdition of Tennis Victoria News.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6297,"featured_media":28730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29012","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\/29012","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\/6297"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}