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2023-2024 OTF Board Sub Committees

The OTF 2023-2024 Sub Committees have been announced as follows:

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Fiji World Tennis Tour  J60 Junior Events 2023

The Referee for both these events, Pat O’Rourke, writes that ” Two J60 events on the ITF Junior tour were held at the Regional Tennis Centre in Lautoka in October. Entries numbers were down compared to the J30 events in

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OTF Region Strongly Represented at the 2023 ITF AGM in Mexico

11 OTF Members attended the 2023 ITF AGM in Cancun, Mexico from Thursday 21st September-Sunday 24th September. This AGM also saw an election for the ITF President and also the ITF Board of Directors. The 11 attending from the OTF

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Samoa Win Men’s and Women’s 2023 Pacific Nations Cup

55 Pacific players (31 Men and 24 Women) competed in the 2023 Pacific Nations Cup held in Apia, Samoa from the 11th-16 September. This event is a Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup type event for Class C Pacific

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Pacific Nations Cup Reaches the Semi-Finals Stage

After 4 days of play at the National Tennis Facility in Apia Samoa. The 2023 Pacific Nations Cup has reached the semi-finals stage. The Draw for the semi-finals in the Men’s Event can be found here and the Women’s Event

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2023 Pacific Nations Cup Starts in Samoa

The 2023 Pacific Nations Cup has commenced at the Apia Park Tennis Facility in Apia, Samoa. This Event is for Class C Pacific Oceania Member Nations only. There are 10 Men’s Teams and 8 Women’s Teams. The following are the

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Empowering Tennis Coaches: ITF Coaching Course for Beginner and Intermediate Players

To enhance the quality of tennis coaching in the Pacific Oceania region, the recent ITF Coaching Beginner and Intermediate Players Coaching Course proved to be a transformative experience for ten dedicated coaches. Hailing from four different nations – Fiji, Papua

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ITF Facility Grant Funding Transforms Kosrae National Tennis Centre

Over the last 10 days, Julian Faulls and Mel Mann (Plexipave NZ) have been in Kosrae doing a major resurfacing of the courts at their National Tennis Centre. This has in part been funded by a Grant from the ITF

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2023 Oceania Closed Junior Championships (OCJC) J200 Event

The 2023 Oceania Closed Junior Championships (OCJC) J200 Event finished in Sydney last week. This was a closed event with only players from Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Oceania eligible to compete. Players from the following 6 Pacific Oceania nations

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Fiji World Tennis Tour Junior Events 2023

At the end of July, 2 World Tennis Tour Junior Events were completed in Fiji. Pat O’Rourke was the Referee and he writes that: “Two events on the ITF Junior tour were held at the Regional Tennis Centre in Lautoka

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