{"id":1695,"date":"2014-05-16T14:07:16","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T06:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/?p=1695"},"modified":"2014-05-16T14:08:49","modified_gmt":"2014-05-16T06:08:49","slug":"1695","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/latest\/1695\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 Oceania Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span style=\"color: #2e74b5;\">2014 Oceania Championships<\/span><span style=\"color: #2e74b5;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Tennis Australia and the Oceania Tennis Federation would like to invite you to take part in the 2014 Oceania Championships to be held at the Cairns Tennis Centre, Queensland.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><b>When: <\/b>August 31<sup>st<\/sup> 2014 \u2013 September 7<sup>th<\/sup> 2014<br \/>\n<b>Days 1-3:<\/b> Team events for both men and women<br \/>\n<b>Days 4-8:<\/b> Individuals\u2019 events for both singles and doubles<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/JBT-ACADEMY-Cairns-International-Tennis-Centre...jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"JBT ACADEMY - Cairns International Tennis Centre..\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/JBT-ACADEMY-Cairns-International-Tennis-Centre..-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><b>Oceania Tennis Championship 2014<br \/>\n<\/b><b>First Information Circular<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Dates of 2014 Championships: <\/b>Sunday 31 August 2014 to Sunday 7 September 2014<br \/>\n<b>Venue for the 2014 Championships:<\/b>The Cairns Tennis Centre, Cairns, Queensland,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>12 Tennis courts with floodlights<\/p>\n<p><b>Format of Competition:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Teams EventUp to eight national\/international men\u2019s and eight national\/international women\u2019s teams playing round robin and knockout ties over three days. Ties to consist of two singles and one doubles.<\/li>\n<li>Individual ChampionshipsMen\u2019s and Women\u2019s singles and doubles championship and consolation events played over five days.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>Team Invitations:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Nations do not have to enter both a men\u2019s and women\u2019s team. All Nations are invited to express interest in entering a team and then if there are more than eight entries, selection of the strongest teams will be made by the Oceania Championships organising committee.<\/p>\n<p><b>Team Composition:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Each team will comprise a maximum of three men or three women and a captain\/coach per team. The team members will participate in both the teams and individual competitions.<\/p>\n<p><b>Costs\/Hospitality:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Tennis Australia will be responsible for all staging costs.<\/p>\n<p>Tennis Australia will provide hospitality for all participating teams, including hotel, meals and airport transfers.<\/p>\n<p><b>Travel Costs:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>National Tennis Associations with players participating and\/or the players will be responsible for making their own travel arrangements to Cairns. This includes airfares and any visa costs.<\/p>\n<p><b>Timeline:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>June 6<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Expressions of Interest in participating from nations<br \/>\nJune 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Acceptance of teams confirmed<br \/>\nJuly 31<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Team (player) nominations submitted<br \/>\nAugust 30<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Arrival in Cairns<br \/>\nAugust 31st-September 7th\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Oceania Championships<\/p>\n<p><b>Contact Persons:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Oceania Organising Committee \u2013 Bruce Osborne <a href=\"mailto:bosborne@tennis.com.au\"><a href=\"mailto:bosborne@tennis.com.auOceania\">bosborne@tennis.com.au<br \/>\n<\/a><a>Oceania<\/a> Tennis Federation \u2013 David Smith <a href=\"mailto:prokiwi1@xtra.co.nz\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\">david@oceaniatennis.com<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a02014 Oceania Championships Tennis Australia and the Oceania Tennis Federation would like to invite you to take part in the 2014 Oceania Championships to be held at the Cairns Tennis Centre, Queensland. 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