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Follow the links in the menu above for current and archived media releases from Tennis Victoria, as well as copies of the Victorian Tennis News magazine.
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AUGUST 2010
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| Tennis Victoria would like to congratulate the tennis players who have been selected to represent Victoria at the Bruce Cup (National Primary Schools Team Championships) from 9 – 16 October at the Bendigo Tennis Centre. |
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Brighton junior on the rise
| Currently ranked No.1 in Victoria and No.10 in Australia for her birth year, Michelle Pits has been playing tennis since she was four years old. After her initial introduction to tennis, Michelle’s curiosity to try other sports, such as calisthenics and ballet, got the better of her. |
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Ballarat welcomes Frank Sedgman Cup
| Australia’s largest indoor tennis centre, Tennis Ballarat, will host the 2010 Frank Sedgman Cup this weekend, the first time one of Tennis Victoria’s Junior Regional Cup events will be played indoors. |
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Nurturing a tennis talent
| Currently ranked No.2 in Australia and No.1 in Victoria for his age, Matthew Romios (Pascoe Vale South) is a natural tennis talent, having begun playing the game at just three years and 10 months of age.
It is an age his dad remembers well because he was surprised at how young he was. A love of rolling golf balls around the house while his dad tried to sleep prompted his parents to organise some tennis lessons. |
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Ugly behaviour in sport given the boot in new campaign
| A new education campaign targeting bad behaviour and ugly parent syndrome in grassroots sport will be rolled out shortly to Victoria’s 16,000 grassroots sporting clubs and associations. |
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Proposed changes to the Associations Incorporation Amendment Bill 2010
| The Victorian Government has released a draft of the proposed Associations Incorporation Amendment Bill 2010. The Bill will directly affect all National and State Sporting Organisations incorporated in Victoria and is intended to amend the Associations Incorporation Act 1981 (Vic) to introduce new rights and clarify others. |
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Tennis Australia Supports Grassroots Tennis
| The board of Tennis Australia (TA) met during Australian Open 2010 to consider a proposal to fund extra Community Tennis Officers (CTOs) around the country. All Member Associations (states) provided TA with detailed submissions on how, and where, CTOs could be deployed. |
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Victorian tennis news updates on SEN Radio
Every Tuesday Night from 10-11pm on 1116AM SEN Sports Radio, the First Serve Tennis Show goes inside the world of tennis with Brett Phillips and Mark Fine.
If you miss the show you can listen online by clicking here. Listen out each week for an update on tennis in Victoria.
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