Eleven girls from Pacific nations have graduated from the 2024-25 Tennis Australia-PacificAus Sports activities ‘Pacific Girls Leaders in Tennis’ program.
Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 23 January 2025 | Tennis Australia
A bunch of inspiring Pacific girls have achieved a major milestone of their management journey each on and off the court docket.
Eleven girls from Pacific nations – Fiji, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu – graduated from the 2024-25 Tennis Australia-PacificAus Sports activities ‘Pacific Girls Leaders in Tennis’ program.
The management program is a part of Tennis Australia’s Pacific Girls and Ladies in Tennis – Rising on to the World Stage program and funded by the Australian Authorities’s elite sports activities pathways program, PacificAus Sports activities. This system goals to help and empower Pacific girls to take up management positions via skilled improvement and networking alternatives.
Daisy Sipiti, from Vanuatu, and Cynthia Wickman, from the Solomon Islands, have been two of the latest graduates from this yr’s management program.
“I discovered the Pacific Girls Leaders in Tennis program extremely insightful and versatile, offering worthwhile classes not solely on management but additionally on private development. Transferring ahead as a younger lady chief, I feel it is rather vital that I take ahead these classes and techniques into my very own neighborhood,” Sipiti mentioned.
“For me personally, the community and connection that’s shaped with different contributors and program facilitators has been the most important take away for me, as with out this program I in all probability wouldn’t have had the possibility to not solely meet however get to know and bond with these fantastic girls that I’ll proceed to be in contact with within the pacific tennis neighborhood,” Wickman mentioned.
The ladies have been welcomed on the AO Pacific Showcase dinner on Tuesday night time – offering them a useful alternative to immerse themselves within the international tennis neighborhood, additional strengthening their aspirations to turn into leaders throughout the sport.
“I’m excited to see the tennis rising in our area and am impressed by the ladies getting concerned as athletes and in management roles,” Minister for Worldwide Growth and the Pacific, the Hon Pat Conroy MP mentioned.
“The Albanese Authorities is proud to associate with Tennis Australia via PacificAus Sports activities to help tennis within the Pacific, and to offer skilled improvement alternatives for girls in teaching, officiating and sports activities administration.”
“This partnership is a superb instance of how our sporting ties are persevering with to deepen.”
Earlier within the week, 4 girls from throughout the Pacific took half in a Coach Join networking and mentoring alternative at Grace Park Garden tennis membership in Hawthorn – partaking and connecting with girls coaches from throughout the nation.
Girls coaches and proficient junior women from throughout the Pacific have additionally had the chance to compete in regional Victorian tennis tournaments and attend a participant improvement camp targeted on constructing technical expertise in addition to their confidence.
The highest eight girls and boys from the Asia-Pacific area will even be competing within the AO Asia-Pacific Elite 14 & Below Trophy that kicked off on Wednesday.
“We’re pleased with our sturdy reference to the Pacific and our collaboration with nationwide federations to empower and develop girls leaders in tennis.”
“These girls are actually outstanding – pushed by ardour and a dedication to rising tennis throughout the communities the place they play, coach and lead. Having extra girls in management positions helps to create a welcoming, secure, and inclusive atmosphere for all,” Director of Authorities, Social Influence and Stakeholder Relations Vicki Reid mentioned.
The Girls Leaders in Tennis graduates will even attend one of the prestigious off-court occasions on Thursday afternoon, the AO Inspirational Collection. Celebrating the achievement of girls in all fields of endeavour, the AO Inspirational Collection can be the prelude to a spectacular night time of tennis for the Pacific girls leaders, as they watch the world’s prime girls compete within the semifinals to win a coveted spot within the AO 2025 ultimate.
