{"id":12162,"date":"2017-07-11T16:39:31","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T08:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/?p=12162"},"modified":"2017-07-11T16:39:31","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T08:39:31","slug":"national-academy-update-queensland-tours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/news\/2017\/07\/11\/national-academy-update-queensland-tours","title":{"rendered":"National Academy Update &#8211; Queensland Tours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The School holidays provide a great opportunity for more time on court and tournament travel. Damien Ward and Charlotte Connon travelled to Queensland for a junior tour with 15 WA players. The first tournament was played on the\u00a0Gold Coast for 12\/U &amp; 14\/U players. The GCA Tennis Championships is a silver OJT event and contained a very strong field of players. There were some outstanding results from the WA players with <strong>James Newton<\/strong> winning the 12\/U Boys Singles and Doubles events,<strong> Lily Fairclough<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Rhea Makesar<\/strong> were in the final of the 12\/U Girls Doubles which was\u00a0abandoned due to rain. <strong>Arden De Melo<\/strong> was a singles finalist in the 14\/U boys event. Arden teamed up with <strong>Ethan Cook<\/strong> to win the U\/14 doubles event.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>State Coach Len Cannell and John Thorpe joined Damien and Charlotte and a number of WA athletes in Brisbane at the Rod Laver Lead in Gold Event. <strong>Zach Viiala<\/strong> was the 12\/U Boys\u00a0Singles\u00a0Winner.<strong> Tara Gilich<\/strong> finished 5th in the 16\/U Girls event, <strong>Jaime Edwards<\/strong> finished 6th in the 16\/U Girls event. Tara and Jaime were runner ups in the 16\/U Girls Doubles event,<strong> Matthew De Groot<\/strong> finished 5th in the 16\/U Boys event, <strong>Jerome Iaconi<\/strong> finished 6th in the 16\/U Boys Event.<\/p>\n<p>All of the results are below:<\/p>\n<p><strong>ROD LAVER LEAD IN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>12 boys<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Zach Viiala \u2013 singles <strong>winner;<\/strong> doubles <strong>semi-finalist<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>James Newton &#8211; doubles <strong>semi-finalist<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>12 girls<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lily Fairclough \u2013 doubles <strong>semi-finalist<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Rhea Makesar &#8211; doubles <strong>semi-finalist<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>14 boys<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ethan Cook \u2013 singles <strong>quarter finalist 7<sup>th<\/sup> placing<\/strong>; doubles <strong>finalist<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Arden De Melo &#8211; doubles <strong>finalist<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>14 girls<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Natasha Camer-Pesci \u2013 singles <strong>semi-finalist 4<sup>th<\/sup> placing<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Shanelle Iaconi &#8211; doubles <strong>semi-finalist<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Ella Hunt &#8211; doubles <strong>semi-finalist<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>16 boys<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sam De Andrade \u2013 singles <strong>semi-finalist 3<sup>rd<\/sup> placing; <\/strong>doubles <strong>semi-finalist<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Matt De Groot &#8211; singles <strong>quarter finalist 5<sup>th<\/sup> placing; <\/strong>doubles <strong>quarter finalist<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Jerome Iaconi &#8211; singles <strong>quarter finalist 6<sup>th<\/sup> placing<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>16 girls<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jaime Edwards &#8211; singles <strong>quarter finalist 6<sup>th<\/sup> placing; <\/strong>doubles <strong>finalist<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Tara Gilich &#8211; singles <strong>quarter finalist 5<sup>th<\/sup> placing; <\/strong>doubles <strong>finalist<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>18 boys<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Evan Manso &#8211; singles <strong>quarter finalist 5<sup>th<\/sup> placing<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>SINGLES \u00a0<\/u> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong><u>DOUBLES<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Winners \u2013 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Winners &#8211; 0<\/p>\n<p>Finalists \u2013 0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Finalists \u2013 4<\/p>\n<p>Semi-finalists \u2013 2 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Semi-finalists &#8211; 7<\/p>\n<p>Quarter-finalists \u2013 6 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Quarter-finalists \u2013 1<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>28 WA entries<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>21 Main Draw<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ROD LAVER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>12 boys<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Zach Viiala \u2013 singles <strong>finalist;<\/strong> doubles <strong>finalist<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>14 girls<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Natasha Camer-Pesci \u2013 singles <strong>semi-finalist 3<sup>rd<\/sup> placing<\/strong>; doubles <strong>finalist<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Shanelle Iaconi &#8211; doubles <strong>quarter finalist<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Ella Hunt \u2013 singles <strong>quarter finalist 6<sup>th<\/sup> placing<\/strong>; doubles <strong>quarter finalist<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>16 boys<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sam De Andrade \u2013 singles <strong>semi-finalist 4<sup>th<\/sup> placing; <\/strong>doubles <strong>semi-finalist<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Matt De Groot &#8211; singles <strong>consolation winner; <\/strong>doubles <strong>semi-finalist<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>16 girls<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jaime Edwards &#8211; singles <strong>consolation winner; <\/strong>doubles <strong>semi-finalist<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Tara Gilich &#8211; singles <strong>quarter finalist 7<sup>th<\/sup> placing; <\/strong>doubles <strong>semi-finalist<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>18 boys<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Evan Manso &#8211; singles <strong>finalist<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>SINGLES<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><u>DOUBLES<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Winners \u2013 0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Winners &#8211; 0<\/p>\n<p>Finalists \u2013 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Finalists \u2013 2<\/p>\n<p>Semi-finalists \u2013 2 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Semi-finalists &#8211; 4<\/p>\n<p>Quarter-finalists \u2013 2 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Quarter-finalists &#8211; 2<\/p>\n<p>Consolation winners \u2013 2<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>National Academy Head Coach Andrew Roberts is taking a group of players to the Queensland ITF\u2019s. The first ITF is played on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. The Elite Tennis International Qld Junior Winter International #1 with the second tournament, the Queensland Junior International #2 played on the Gold Coast. They are both Grade 4 ITF\u2019s.\u00a0The ITF Junior Circuit is the premier level for worldwide competition among under-18 \u00a0junior tennis players. The ITF Junior Circuit\u2019s aim is to improve competitive opportunities and help develop players\u2019 skills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The School holidays provide a great opportunity for more time on court and tournament travel. Damien Ward and Charlotte Connon travelled to Queensland for a junior tour with 15 WA players. The first tournament was played on the\u00a0Gold Coast for 12\/U &amp; 14\/U players. 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