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Air Pacific/Adidas Fiji Open and Veterans events
The Air Pacific/Adidas Fiji Open and Veterans Championship will be held at the Denarau Golf and Racquets Club i Fiji from 26 to 30 May. The tournament has events for all ages, with an open event, junior and seniors age groups. The photo shows star doubles players from the 2010 veterans competitions.
A calendar of events in Pacific Oceania for 2010 has been produced and two other veterans events feature, one in Norfolk Island and one in Samoa.
For details of these events and all events on the calendar in Pacific Oceania for 2010 read on.
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Oceania Junior Events 2010
TheOceania Junior Circuits calendar for 2010 has been released. It covers the circuit of ITF junior circuit events in Oceania and also the Goodman Fielder ITF Pacific Oceania Junior Championships and qualifying events. details can also be found in the junior section under calendar.
For the first time the East Pacific qualifying of the Goodman Fielder POJC will be held in Cook Islands. It will be played at the new tennis centre constructed for the 2009 Pacific Mini Games. Fact sheets for the ITF Junior circuit events in New Caledonia and Fiji will be posted on the website by the end of the first week in March.
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Thailand 5 Pacific Oceania 0
Thailand scored a straight sets wins in both the reverse singles to finsih with a 5-0 victory against Pacific Oceania in the Aisa/Oceania Group 2 first round tie in Bangkok.
Cyril Jacobe and Michael Leong played the reverse singles with Jacobe having his chances in the first set. .
Meanwhile Australia wrapped up their tie with Chimese Taipei 5-0 in Melbourne and New Zealand scraped home against Sri Lanka 3-2 in Colombo.
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New ITF RTC Coach Arrives
New Zealander Gene Ridgway has arrived in Fiji to take up the position of ITF Pacific Oceania Regional Tennis Centre head coach for 2010-2011.
Gene, with his wifeFiona and two young children, arrived in Lautoka in late February as a replacement for Talor Wain who has moved to USA after his two years as head coach. He will be straight into the coaching program with players from across the Pacific.
Gene spent a number of years living in Fiji as a teenager and played tennis there, training with a number of Fiji's Davis Cup squad. In recent years he has coached at the Hutt Valley club in Wellington, New Zealand, and assisted with the regional player development programs. Welcome Gene.
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