{"id":21343,"date":"2025-10-23T15:44:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T07:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/?p=21343"},"modified":"2025-10-23T15:44:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T07:44:41","slug":"south-west-junior-league-gets-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/news\/2025\/10\/23\/south-west-junior-league-gets-underway","title":{"rendered":"South West Junior League Gets Underway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Tennis in the South West region of WA just got more exciting for young up and coming players with the launch of the South West Junior League for the upcoming 2025\/26 summer season.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Four South West regional clubs in Dunsborough, Margaret River, Bunbury and Busselton Tennis Club descended onto Bunbury Tennis Club on Sunday 19<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> October with the launch of the South West Junior League.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The South West League comprises of four South West regional tennis clubs that will play across 10 home and away matches. The league features an Orange Ball, Green Ball and Yellow Ball league with a total of 18 teams playing.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tennis West Tennis Development Manager \u2013 South Marisa Gianotti was excited to introduce the league and work closely with the coaches of the clubs to get the league up and running.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe South West coaches have been massive drivers in bringing their respective clubs&#8217; teams together.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThis league is a key part of Tennis West\u2019s strategy, which focuses on aligning regional competitions with metropolitan pathways. It\u2019s about creating meaningful opportunities for players across all areas of Western Australia and today marks the beginning of that journey,\u201d said Marisa.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The South West Junior League is supported by the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism and Sport and Tennis West extends its thanks for its ongoing support through the Regional Servicing Grant.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow the scores from the South West Leagues:\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Orange Ball: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/matchcentre.tennis.com.au\/leagues\/23844\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Match Centre &#8211; League Profile &#8211; 2025\/26 South West Juniors Sunday Mixed 11 &amp; Under -Orange Ball-S\/D F4 3P TW<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Green Ball: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/matchcentre.tennis.com.au\/leagues\/23845\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Match Centre &#8211; League Profile &#8211; 2025\/26 South West Juniors Sunday Mixed 13 &amp; Under -Green Ball-S\/D F4 4P TW<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Yellow Ball: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/matchcentre.tennis.com.au\/leagues\/23843\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Match Centre &#8211; League Profile &#8211; 2025\/26 South West Juniors Sunday Mixed 18 &amp; Under Open -Yellow Ball-S\/D 4P TW<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennis in the South West region of WA just got more exciting for young up and coming players with the launch of the South West Junior League for the upcoming 2025\/26 summer season.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6359,"featured_media":21344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21343","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\/21343","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=21343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}