{"id":38388,"date":"2024-07-02T13:45:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T03:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/?p=38388"},"modified":"2024-09-18T11:16:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T01:16:13","slug":"affiliate-of-the-month-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/news\/2024\/07\/02\/affiliate-of-the-month-july","title":{"rendered":"Affiliate of the Month &#8211; July"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Congratulations to the July Affiliate of the Month &#8211; Yarra Glen Tennis Club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Yarra Glen hosted hosted a Pennant specific event called the &#8220;Pennant Picnic&#8221; to showcase Tennis Victoria Pennant and the club as a whole to the local community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The day attracted up to 40 additional spectators, a significant number for a club of Yarra Glen&#8217;s size and favourable weather was a bonus. The day was a big win for the programs, pathway and exposure of Tennis Victoria Pennant at Yarra Glen Tennis Club which, like many, is competing against other sports in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The Yarra Glen Tennis Club had a dip in membership in 2016, falling below 25 members. Therefore, fielding two Pennant teams and attracting spectators to the club is a significant achievement for the developing club.<\/p>\n<p>The Men&#8217;s Grade 11 match provided the nail biting highlights of the day. Hosting West Brunswick, who were considered by the home team to be the number one seed, it was a match worthy of a final that came down to the last rubber of the day. Yarra Glen&#8217;s No. 3 was trailing 6-4 in the singles, managed to shift the momentum and win four games in a row to secure the win with the support of the home crowd.<\/p>\n<p>For a club that is 128 years old and has only won a solitary Women&#8217;s Pennant flag in 2000, and has never had a Men&#8217;s team progress to the grade finals, the future is looking bright.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations Yarra Glen Tennis Club and good luck for the rest of the season and beyond!<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pennant Picnics and community engagement gains reward for the July Affiliate of the Month. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6382,"featured_media":38391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,1,56],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-38388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-news","category-reward-recognition","tag-monthly-awards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38388","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\/6382"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}