{"id":14586,"date":"2019-08-19T09:28:27","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T01:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/?p=14586"},"modified":"2019-08-19T09:28:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T01:28:27","slug":"promising-wa-tennis-stars-to-attend-the-2019-national-indigenous-tennis-carnival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/news\/2019\/08\/19\/promising-wa-tennis-stars-to-attend-the-2019-national-indigenous-tennis-carnival","title":{"rendered":"Promising WA tennis stars to attend the 2019 National Indigenous Tennis Carnival"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ten of WA\u2019s most promising junior tennis players have been selected to attend the 2019 National Indigenous Tennis Carnival<\/strong> (NITC) which kicks off in Darwin at the end of the month.<\/p>\n

Andrew Dickie, Angel Dickie, Malakai Dickie, Xavier Dickie<\/strong>, Jackson Phillips<\/strong>, Kale Stanton<\/strong>, Lesley Snowball,<\/strong>\u00a0Sebastian Savarese,<\/strong>\u00a0Tia Bellotti<\/strong>\u00a0and Shania Kent<\/strong>\u00a0will come together to compete as two representative teams in the NITC Fast4 Green Ball<\/strong> Teams Competition. The 18\/u team\u2019s event provides a platform for up and coming Indigenous tennis players to transition from participation to the tournament stream.<\/p>\n

Running for a second consecutive year, the highly successful carnival boasts a four-day celebration of tennis and culture, and will take place at the Darwin International Tennis Centre<\/strong> from 29 August 2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As the pinnacle event of the Indigenous tennis pathway, in addition to developing players who will compete in a NITC Fast 4 Green Ball team\u2019s competition, the carnival will also showcase some of the best Indigenous tennis talent from across the country. 14\/u and 18\/u boys and girls will compete to be crowned the National Indigenous Tennis Champion of each respective event.<\/p>\n

The NITC will be a celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, bringing together hundreds of individuals and groups to celebrate youth, music, art, food and health through the delivery of tennis, cultural activities and workshops.<\/p>\n

Tennis Australia Chair Jayne Hrdlicka<\/strong> was delighted with the success of the 2018 Carnival, and is passionate about promoting events like this, with the aim to make tennis more accessible to everyone.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so proud we\u2019ve been able to bring Indigenous players from across the country together for the National Indigenous Tennis Carnival,\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Carnival is pivotal to the growth of our Indigenous tennis pathway and a vital part of building and promoting tennis to all Australian communities,\u201d Hrdlicka said.<\/p>\n

Championed by Tennis legend and 14-time Grand Slam champion Evonne Goolagong Cawley<\/strong>, and in partnership with the Australian Government<\/strong>, the Dream, Believe, Learn, Achieve<\/strong> programme facilitates Come and Try<\/strong> days across each State and Territory. Successful participants of the Come and Try days are then chosen to receive assisted coaching, in addition to an invitation to the National Indigenous Tennis Carnival.<\/p>\n

Selected WA players were chosen from a pool of 19 players who attended the Tennis West Come and Try Day<\/strong> held at the State Tennis Centre in May. In preparation for the Carnival, the final team have strengthened their development with ongoing coaching and training sessions facilitated by Cameron Fenner<\/strong> of Frontier Tennis.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Goolagong Cawley believes that the 2018 event was the most significant gathering of indigenous tennis players ever in our country<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was wonderful to see kids of all ages enjoying the sport I love so much \u2013 whether discovering it for the first time, or having the opportunity to develop and improve their skills.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a dream come true to be part of this National Indigenous Tennis Carnival, and to see how tennis can have such a positive impact on communities, and do so much good,\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe celebration of culture, improving the health and wellbeing of everyone involved and promoting education are all so important to me. I can\u2019t wait to come to the event again this year,\u201d Goolagong Cawley said.<\/p>\n

Treasurer, and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Finance and Lands Mr Ben Wyatt<\/strong> congratulates the WA representatives and says that he wishes them all the very best for the upcoming carnival in Darwin.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a fantastic achievement for the young players to attend such an event and while I hope they get the results they hope for on the court, I also trust they will get just as much out of the various cultural activities and important lessons around education,\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur young tennis players are privileged to have such wonderful role models in Evonne Goolagong Cawley and Ash Barty to learn from and I trust that all participants will benefit from such great Aboriginal leadership,\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI would also like to congratulate Tennis West on encouraging broader participation through their Come and Try days and providing further pathways for these talented athletes,\u201d Minister Wyatt said.<\/p>\n

Celebrations will include the creation of a new mural designed to celebrate Indigenous tennis and culture. The artwork, painted by a group of local artists, including David Collins alongside Indigenous artists Shaun Lee \u2018Hafleg\u2019 and Jesse Bell, will feature Goolagong Cawley alongside current world No.1, French Open champion and Indigenous Tennis Ambassador, Ash Barty.<\/p>\n

World-acclaimed Aboriginal performers Djuki Mala will also take to the stage for a community concert on the evening of Friday 30 August.<\/p>\n

Goolagong Cawley, of Wiradjuri descent, and Barty, who has Ngarigo heritage, are the only two Australian women to achieve the world No.1 singles ranking in the modern era.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ten of WA\u2019s most promising junior tennis players have been selected to attend the 2019 National Indigenous Tennis Carnival (NITC) which kicks off in Darwin at the end of the month. Andrew Dickie, Angel Dickie, Malakai Dickie, Xavier Dickie, Jackson Phillips, Kale Stanton, Lesley Snowball,\u00a0Sebastian Savarese,\u00a0Tia Bellotti\u00a0and Shania Kent\u00a0will come together to compete as two […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6203,"featured_media":14590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14586","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\/14586","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\/6203"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}