{"id":21437,"date":"2025-12-15T12:54:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T04:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/?p=21437"},"modified":"2025-12-15T12:55:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T04:55:44","slug":"fuel-to-go-play-red-ball-competitions-wrap-up-across-wa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/news\/2025\/12\/15\/fuel-to-go-play-red-ball-competitions-wrap-up-across-wa","title":{"rendered":"Fuel to Go &amp; Play Red Ball Competitions Wrap Up Across WA\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p><strong>The 2025 Fuel to Go &amp; Play Red Ball Competitions officially came to a close after the final event in Collie last Friday. An exciting statewide tour that brought tennis fun, participation, and great sportsmanship to schools across Western Australia.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This year\u2019s competitions took the Tennis West Schools Team far and wide, from Busselton, Dumbleyung, Goldfields, Margaret River, Merredin, Mount Lawley, Onslow Park, Esperance, Wembley Downs, York, Sorrento, Kardinya, Midland, South Mandurah, Mandurah, Ocean Ridge, Midwest (Geraldton\/Tarcoola), Narrogin, Blue Gum Park, Tenterden right through to Collie, reaching students in both metro and regional communities.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Across the series of events, we were thrilled to welcome 94 schools and 2,880\u00a0students across the 24 events to experience the joy of competitive tennis in a fun and supportive Red Ball format.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The events provided primary school students with their first taste of interschool tennis, encouraging participation, teamwork, and skill development, all in a modified match play environment designed for young players. These competitions continue to play an important role in inspiring long-term engagement with tennis and helping students find their pathway into the sport.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tennis West extends sincere gratitude to Healthway, Kinetic, and MaxiBlock for their ongoing support of the Red Ball Competitions. Their support has been instrumental in bringing these competitions to life and ensuring students across WA have access to quality, inclusive tennis opportunities.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Looking back on this year&#8217;s successful RBC\u2019s, Charlotte Connon, Tennis West Schools and Pathways Officer \u2013 North said:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It\u2019s been incredible to see so many schools and students embrace the Fuel to Go &amp; Play Red Ball Competitions this year. These events are all about creating positive first experiences with tennis, where fun, teamwork, and skill development come together. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWatching students discover the joy of the game and start their tennis journey is what makes these competitions so special.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe thank every student, teacher, parent, and volunteer who helped make the 2025 Red Ball season such a success. We can\u2019t wait to deliver even more opportunities for young players to get active and involved with tennis in 2026!\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW199881894 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW199881894 BCX8\">See below the full list of winners from each Red Ball Competition:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"EOP SCXW199881894 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;height: 566px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\"><strong>RBC Event<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\"><strong>Winning Team(s)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 217px\" rowspan=\"10\"><strong>METRO<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">Onslow Park<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">\n<p>Subiaco PS<\/p>\n<p>Rosalie PS<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">Mt Lawley<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">\n<p>Yokine PS<\/p>\n<p>North Perth PS<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 10px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 10px\">Wembley Downs<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 10px\">\n<p>Wembley PS<\/p>\n<p>Woodlands PS<\/p>\n<p>City Beach PS<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">Sorrento<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">Davallia PS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">CPSSA<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">\n<p>Mary MacKillip College<\/p>\n<p>St Peter&#8217;s PS<\/p>\n<p>Ursual Frayne Catholic College<\/p>\n<p>Infant Jesus PS<\/p>\n<p>Our Lady of Grace School<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">NIPSSA<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">\n<p>St Luke&#8217;s PS<\/p>\n<p>St Anthony&#8217;s PS<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">Midland<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">St Anthony&#8217;s &#8211; Greenmount<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">Ocean Ridge<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">Woodvale PS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">Kardinya<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">\n<p>Phoenix PS<\/p>\n<p>Newton PS<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">Blue Gum<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">Brentwood PS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 326px\" rowspan=\"14\"><strong>REGIONAL<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">Merredin<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">Narembeen DHS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">York<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">\n<p>York DHS<\/p>\n<p>Pingelly PS<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">Esperance<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">Esperance PS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">Dumbleyung\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">Nyabing PS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">Mid-West (Geraldton TC)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">Geraldton Grammar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">Mid-West (Tarcoola Park TC)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">Wandina PS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 27px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 27px\">Goldfields<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 27px\">\n<p>St Josephs PS<\/p>\n<p>Kalgoorlie PS<\/p>\n<p>North Kalgoorlie PS<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">Margaret River<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">\n<p>Rapid Landing PS<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">Busselton<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">\n<p>Geographe PS<\/p>\n<p>West Busselton PS<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">Mandurah<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">\n<p>Mother Theresa Catholic College<\/p>\n<p>Mandurah Catholic College<\/p>\n<p>Riversde PS<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">South Mandurah<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">\n<p>South Halls Head PS<\/p>\n<p>FIAS Halls Head PS<\/p>\n<p>Halls Head PS<\/p>\n<p>St Damien&#8217;s PS<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">Narrogin<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">Narrogin PS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">Kendenup<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">Cranbrook PS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">Collie<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px\">Amaroo PS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2025 Fuel to Go &amp; 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An exciting statewide tour that brought tennis fun, participation, and great sportsmanship to schools across Western Australia.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6414,"featured_media":21445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21437","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\/21437","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\/6414"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}