{"id":11784,"date":"2017-01-24T10:13:42","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T02:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/?p=11784"},"modified":"2017-01-24T16:37:49","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T08:37:49","slug":"lucky-anz-tennis-hot-shots-teams-hit-like-the-pros-at-the-ao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/news\/2017\/01\/24\/lucky-anz-tennis-hot-shots-teams-hit-like-the-pros-at-the-ao","title":{"rendered":"Lucky ANZ Tennis Hot Shots Teams Hit Like the Pros at the AO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Western Australia\u2019s <strong>James MacBeth (Leeming, WA) <\/strong>from<strong> Blue Gum Park Tennis Club <\/strong>won a trip of a lifetime to <strong>Australian Open 2017<\/strong> when he won the <strong>ANZ Tennis Hot Shots Leagues<\/strong> competition for himself and three team mates.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Late last week 9 year old James and his Hot Shots Leagues team mates <strong>Rylee Honore (Banjup)<\/strong>, <strong>Gerard Hadianto (Bateman) <\/strong>and <strong>Sam Hesp (Mount Pleasant)<\/strong> flew to Melbourne to experience the first Grand Slam of the year. They were given the chance to play on the same courts as the world\u2019s best and take a behind the scenes tour during the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>James was also lucky enough to toss the coin before Rafael Nadal played Alexander Zverev in the third round of the Men\u2019s draw on Rod Laver Arena on Saturday 21 January.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The competition was open to all ANZ Tennis Hot Shots Leagues participants around Australia and simply asked participants what they love about playing in ANZ Tennis Hot Shots Leagues at their local club with their friends.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The prize included return flights to Melbourne plus two nights\u2019 accommodation for the winner and their team mates.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>James\u2019 answer shows his passion for tennis and great camaraderie between him and his team mates. \u00a0\u201cIt is so much FUN playing ANZ Tennis Hot Shots League!\u00a0 We get to travel to different suburbs to play with different kids and sometimes those kids come to our club. I love playing tennis and I also like cheering for my friends when they are playing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tennis West\u2019s Tennis League is the largest single Association inter-club league competition in Australia. \u00a0ANZ Tennis Hot Shots Leagues form a major part of this competition and are the perfect way for children aged 7-11 years old to experience team tennis in a fun and safe environment, transitioning players from learning to playing the game.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more information about ANZ Tennis Hot Shots Leagues in WA, visit<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/players\/competitions\">http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/players\/competitions<\/a> or contact Tennis West on 6462 8300.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Western Australia\u2019s James MacBeth (Leeming, WA) from Blue Gum Park Tennis Club won a trip of a lifetime to Australian Open 2017 when he won the ANZ Tennis Hot Shots Leagues competition for himself and three team mates. &nbsp; Late last week 9 year old James and his Hot Shots Leagues team mates Rylee Honore [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5812,"featured_media":11785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5812"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}