{"id":8107,"date":"2013-12-17T16:20:15","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T08:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/?p=8107"},"modified":"2013-12-17T16:20:15","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T08:20:15","slug":"alicia-molik-launches-an-australian-made-summer-of-tennis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/news\/2013\/12\/17\/alicia-molik-launches-an-australian-made-summer-of-tennis","title":{"rendered":"Alicia Molik launches an Australian Made Summer of Tennis"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Alicia<\/a><\/p>\n

Tennis champion Alicia Molik<\/strong> is serving up an Australian Made Summer of Tennis<\/strong>, as the face of a campaign that celebrates sporting achievements while highlighting the importance of buying Australian<\/strong> products and produce.<\/p>\n

Events that feature as part of the campaign include the Australian Made Foundation Cup<\/strong> \u2013 the only national tennis tournament for junior players from rural and regional Australia<\/strong> \u2013 and the Breakfast with the Stars<\/strong> events in Sydney<\/strong> and Melbourne<\/strong>, which promote the achievements of women in tennis.<\/p>\n

The Fed Cup Foundation<\/strong> coordinates the events, which are sponsored by the not-for-profit Australian Made<\/strong> Campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Australian Made Campaign is all about ensuring a better future for Australians.\u00a0 We are proud to support the children of regional and rural Australia, and to celebrate the achievements of women in tennis,\u201d Australian Made Chief Executive, Ian Harrison<\/strong>, said.<\/p>\n

Alicia Molik<\/strong> said that she was delighted to be the ambassador for the campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese events give regional and rural kids the opportunity to participate at the highest level, and encourage greater participation by women \u2013 I\u2019m proud to be a part of that,\u201d Ms Molik<\/strong> said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPart of my role involves educating families about the importance of buying local. It\u2019s something I\u2019m passionate about, because I believe we should teach our kids where products come from, and feed them fresh Australian-grown produce so they grow up healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Australian Made<\/strong> and the Fed Cup Foundation will award the most outstanding male and female player, based on performance and sportsmanship, $1,000 each to assist with their tennis development.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cRural Australia has produced some of the biggest names in our sport. I am confident that Australian tennis champions of the future will have competed for their state in the Australian Made Foundation Cup. I\u2019d like to thank the Australian Made Campaign for their investment in the future of these children,\u201d Fed Cup Foundation President, Judy Dalton, said.<\/p>\n

The Australian Made Foundation Cup<\/strong> will be played at the Royal South Yarra Lawn Tennis Club<\/strong> from 6-10 January 2014. Breakfast with the Stars<\/strong>, presented by Australian Made<\/strong>, will take place at the Apia International Sydney<\/strong>, 7 January 2014, and in Melbourne<\/strong> at the Hilton<\/strong> on the Park, 14 January 2014.<\/p>\n

To find out how you can participate in Australian Made Summer of Tennis<\/strong> events, visit www.australianmade.com.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tennis champion Alicia Molik is serving up an Australian Made Summer of Tennis, as the face of a campaign that celebrates sporting achievements while highlighting the importance of buying Australian products and produce. Events that feature as part of the campaign include the Australian Made Foundation Cup \u2013 the only national tennis tournament for junior […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5894,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8107","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\/5894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8107\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}