{"id":7578,"date":"2013-10-02T11:24:33","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T03:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/?p=7578"},"modified":"2013-10-02T11:24:33","modified_gmt":"2013-10-02T03:24:33","slug":"ao-blitz-is-coming-to-wa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/news\/2013\/10\/02\/ao-blitz-is-coming-to-wa","title":{"rendered":"AO Blitz is coming to WA!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/news\/2013\/10\/02\/ao-blitz-is-coming-to-wa\/attachment\/boy-with-trophies-2\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7579\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7579\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/files\/2013\/10\/Boy-with-trophies1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"537\" height=\"466\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Welcome to the AO Blitz, <\/strong>a Grand Slam-sized challenge that anyone, anywhere can join. It\u2019s a competition for all ages, all tennis abilities, all around Australia!<\/p>\n<p>Wherever you are around the country, we\u2019re inviting <strong>you<\/strong> to take on a series of tennis challenges to <strong>score some great prizes<\/strong> and <strong>earn points<\/strong> for <strong>your community<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the AO Blitz, the community with the <strong>most points<\/strong> will have one of the <strong>world\u2019s top players<\/strong> at Australian Open 2014 <strong>play for their town<\/strong> on court at Melbourne Park.<\/p>\n<p>To help share the excitement of the AO Blitz, <strong>Tennis West<\/strong> will be holding community tennis events around Perth and the South West. These activations occur in other States too and will encourage all Australians to pick up a racquet and <strong>play tennis<\/strong>, as well as <strong>sign up<\/strong> to start collecting points online.<\/p>\n<p>Community activations may include:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Photo opportunities<\/strong> with the <strong>Australian Open trophies<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Free<\/strong> <strong>MLC Tennis Hot Shots<\/strong> and <strong>Cardio Tennis clinics<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Speed<\/strong> <strong>serve<\/strong> and other fun, tennis-themed activities<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spot prizes<\/strong> and <strong>tennis<\/strong> <strong>giveaways<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The following clubs\/open spaces will be hosting an <strong>AO Blitz<\/strong> <strong>Activation <\/strong>so ensure you keep these dates free!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1. <strong>Margaret River Tennis Club<\/strong>: Friday 11 October, 10am-5pm<br \/>\n2. <strong>Lawley Park Tennis Club (Albany):<\/strong> Sunday 13 October, 10am-2pm<br \/>\n3. <strong>Sorrento Tennis Club<\/strong>: Friday 18 October, 4pm-7pm<br \/>\n4. <strong>Fremantle Kings Square<\/strong>: Sunday 20 October, 10am-3pm<\/p>\n<p>So, <strong>how tennis is your town<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>Maybe some of the schools in your community are members of the Tennis Australia <strong>National Schools Partnership Program<\/strong>. Perhaps the local tennis club delivers <strong>MLC Tennis Hot Shots<\/strong> and <strong>Cardio Tennis<\/strong> programs. All will earn you <strong>bonus points<\/strong> in the AO Blitz, and help push your town higher up the community leaderboard to score a top player at Australian Open 2014.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more, the <strong>AO Blitz <\/strong>is proud to be working with <strong>National Breast Cancer Foundation<\/strong> and <strong>Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia<\/strong> to promote a healthy, active lifestyle and raise valuable funds for charity.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"AO-Blitz\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/files\/2013\/09\/About-the-AO-Blitz.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Click here <\/a>to read more about the AO Blitz.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"AO-Blitz-Prizes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/files\/2013\/09\/AO-Blitz-Prizes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Click here <\/a>to read more about the prizes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Register now<\/strong> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aoblitz.com.au\/\">www.aoblitz.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Like <\/strong>the AOBlitz at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AOBlitz\">www.facebook.com\/AOBlitz<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow <\/strong>@aoblitz #aoblitz<\/p>\n<p><strong>The AO Blitz: Play tennis, score prizes<\/strong>. It\u2019s that easy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the AO Blitz, a Grand Slam-sized challenge that anyone, anywhere can join. It\u2019s a competition for all ages, all tennis abilities, all around Australia! Wherever you are around the country, we\u2019re inviting you to take on a series of tennis challenges to score some great prizes and earn points for your community. 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