{"id":39698,"date":"2024-11-12T11:41:39","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T00:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/?p=39698"},"modified":"2025-01-15T00:41:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T13:41:58","slug":"community-champion-november-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/news\/2024\/11\/12\/community-champion-november-2024","title":{"rendered":"Community Champion of the Month &#8211; November 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our November Community Champion is Darren Anderson from South Gisborne Tennis Club. Darren is a player whose love for tennis shines through his dedication to competition and his commitment to introducing family and friends to the sport.<\/p>\n<p>For over 20 years, Darren and his family of five have been a mainstay in every competition the South Gisborne Tennis Club has been part of. Whether it\u2019s Tuesday nights or weekend matches, Darren&#8217;s presence on the court has been unwavering.\u00a0 His family and friends have become a regular fixture in his Thursday night competition team, which includes his sons and their friends. Together, this team has played for over 15 years, marking it as the club\u2019s longest-running team.<\/p>\n<p>Darren\u2019s spirit and passion for tennis never wavers. He\u2019s always ready for the next season, rallying the team with a positive attitude and ensuring everyone gets on court. His calm, no-fuss nature and reliability are embraced by all, especially the young players who look up to him as a supportive and encouraging figure.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Darren Anderson, our Community Champion of the Month, for exemplifying how tennis is a sport to be enjoyed with family and friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Darren Anderson, our Community Champion of the Month for November!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6423,"featured_media":39728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,1,56],"tags":[84,27],"class_list":["post-39698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-news","category-reward-recognition","tag-monthly-awards","tag-recognition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39698","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\/6423"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}