{"id":18922,"date":"2023-10-23T23:59:54","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T15:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/?p=18922"},"modified":"2023-10-23T23:59:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T15:59:54","slug":"2nd-wa-blind-and-low-vision-open-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/news\/2023\/10\/23\/2nd-wa-blind-and-low-vision-open-results","title":{"rendered":"2nd WA Blind and Low Vision Open Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2nd edition of the WA Blind and Low Vision Open was held once again at Edith Cowan University in Joondalup on the weekend of 7th and 8th of October.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The WA Blind and Low Vision Open comprises of various categories of competition, with play that is modified with an audible yellow or black ball depending on the category. Depending on the classification (see below), play is either with one, two or three bounces of the ball.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A total of 15 entrants from WA and interstate competed in the five events.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There are 4 classifications\/categories of Blind and Low Vision Tennis:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Classification<\/strong><\/td>\nEligibility criteria<\/strong><\/td>\nTennis Australia events<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
B1<\/td>\nVisual acuity poorer than LogMAR 2.60<\/td>\n\n
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  • State Blind & Low Vision Tennis Tournaments<\/li>\n
  • Australian Blind & Low Vision National Tennis Championships<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
B2<\/td>\nVisual acuity ranging from LogMAR 1.50 to 2.60 (inclusive)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
B3<\/td>\nVisual acuity ranging from LogMAR 1.0 to 1.40 (inclusive) OR visual fields less than 10 degrees diameter and visual acuity better than 0.5 (B4)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
B4<\/td>\nVisual acuity ranging from LogMAR 0.5 to 0.9 (inclusive) OR visual fields less than 40 degrees diameter and visual acuity better than 0.5.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The B2-4 Open Doubles<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>event was run as a pilot to gauge feedback from players\/officials as this was a suggestion from some players after experiencing it at the 2023 IBSA World Games in Birmingham (B2, B3 and B4 all have a different number of bounces allowed).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Tennis West were pleased to be supported by six volunteers who assisted staff to ball person for the players.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

WA retained the B1 singles title for the event, with Ben Rowe (Chair of Blind Sports WA) taking out the win.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Congratulations to all the participants and the winners. See the full list of winners here:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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B2 Men\u2019s Singles\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winner: Scott Dan<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Runner Up: Robert Fletcher<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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B2 Women\u2019s Singles\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winner: Courtney Webeck<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Runner Up: Janet Etchells<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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B1 Singles\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winner: Ben Rowe<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Runner Up: David Gordon<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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B3\/4 Open Singles\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winner: Steve Art<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Runner Up: Matt Cameron<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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B2-4 Open Doubles\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winners: Matt Cameron & Courtney Webeck<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Runners Up: Robert Fletcher & Phoebe David<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 2nd edition of the WA Blind and Low Vision Open was held once again at Edith Cowan University in Joondalup on the weekend of 7th and 8th of October.\u00a0 The WA Blind and Low Vision Open comprises of various categories of competition, with play that is modified with an audible yellow or black ball […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6359,"featured_media":18923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18922","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\/18922","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\/6359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}