{"id":9782,"date":"2015-01-14T11:38:59","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T03:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/?p=9782"},"modified":"2015-01-14T11:38:59","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T03:38:59","slug":"2015-legends-breakfast-wrap-up-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/news\/2015\/01\/14\/2015-legends-breakfast-wrap-up-5","title":{"rendered":"2015 Legends Breakfast Wrap-up"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 27th Women in Tennis Legends Breakfast was held on Thursday January 8 at Perth Arena\u2019s VIP Granite Room. Over 190 people attended this very special event, which aims to raise funds for the promising junior tennis players in WA. Among those in attendance was outgoing Tennis West CEO Michael Robertson, Incoming CEO Geoff Quinlan, Hopman Cup Tournament Director Paul Kilderry, Women in Tennis President Trish Ross, Tennis Australia Board Members Kerryn Pratt and Janet Young and of course the Guest Speakers\/Legends, Matthew Ebden<\/strong> and Shannon Nettle<\/strong>, coach of WA tennis star, Casey Dellacqua.<\/p>\n

Channel 9’s Peter Vlaho<\/strong>s did a fantastic job as Master of Ceremonies, extracting some very interesting and funny stories from both Guest Speakers. Shannon \u2018Stinger\u2019 Nettle spoke about his playing and coaching background, before sharing with the audience some insights into Casey\u2019s recent ranking rise and her plans for the future. Matthew Ebden was a surprise guest speaker, and a real crowd-pleaser, as he spoke about his delight at being picked for the Australian Hopman Cup team and his heartbreak when he realised his injury would mean his withdrawal from the tournament.<\/p>\n

After the audience heard from the Special Guests and tucked into their superbly presented breakfast, there was a live auction of Sam Stosur\u2019s signed sneakers, worn by Stosur at Wimbledon, along with a much-anticipated raffle draw. The winners of the raffle were as follows:
\n\u2022 1st Prize \u2013 A Stunning Sapphire Bracelet \u2013 Kindly donated by Brinkhaus Jewellers \u2013 won by Judy Ellison (Maylands Tennis Club)
\n\u2022 2nd prize – a $300 voucher to Tennis Only kindly donated by Tennis Only – won by Deanne Maloney (North Beach Tennis Club)
\n\u2022 3rd prize – A petite tennis Ball Pendant kindly donated by Doris Brinkhaus – won by Pat Tighe
\n\u2022 4th prize \u2013 a Holman Greenwall – Vertical Garden Kit with timer – won by Gaye Hayes – Dalkeith Tennis Club<\/p>\n

All proceeds from the sale of the raffle and the auction went directly to the Women in Tennis Fundraising Committee, to assist with the development of junior female tennis players in this state.<\/p>\n

Tennis West also conducted a Silent Auction, with an Andy Murray signed and framed racquet, a Roger Federer signed tennis ball, a US Open tennis experience, an office massage and gold earrings just some of the items that were available to bid on. All monies raised through this auction were donated directly to the 100 Club, which aims to support junior tennis players in WA with the cost of travel to tournaments and events around Australia and the world.<\/p>\n

As part of the Breakfast package guests were given tickets to the Canada v Italy Hopman Cup match, which immediately followed the breakfast, featuring crowd favourite, and world number 7, Eugenie Bouchard.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s breakfast was a huge success, largely due to the hard work of the Women in Tennis Committee, and their very generous sponsors. Tennis West, and all of the juniors in WA who benefit from fundraising events such as these, are very thankful for all of the Committee\u2019s tireless work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 27th Women in Tennis Legends Breakfast was held on Thursday January 8 at Perth Arena\u2019s VIP Granite Room. Over 190 people attended this very special event, which aims to raise funds for the promising junior tennis players in WA. Among those in attendance was outgoing Tennis West CEO Michael Robertson, Incoming CEO Geoff Quinlan, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5812,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9782","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\/5812"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}