{"id":7971,"date":"2025-01-27T16:32:44","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T08:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/?p=7971"},"modified":"2025-01-27T16:32:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T08:32:44","slug":"11-pacific-women-attend-the-pacific-women-leaders-in-tennis-programme-in-melbourne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/latest\/11-pacific-women-attend-the-pacific-women-leaders-in-tennis-programme-in-melbourne\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Pacific Women Attend the Pacific Women leaders in Tennis Programme in Melbourne"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>11 Pacific Women Attended the Pacific Women Leaders in Tennis Programme in Melbourne during the Australian Open as an ongoing Tennis Australia-PacificAus Sports Pacific Women Leaders in Tennis Program. This Australian Government initiative continues to empower women, foster leadership, and strengthen the future of tennis in the Pacific region.<br>Over the past three years, the Pacific Women Leaders in Tennis Program has successfully graduated 29 women, equipping them with essential skills in leadership, coaching, and community engagement. The program\u2019s 2024\/2025 attendees were representatives from the following Pacific Nations (Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu, and Nauru). <br>The Graduates were:<br>\u2022 Branicia Itsimaera &#8211; Nauru<br>\u2022 Cynthia Wickham &#8211; Solomon Islands<br>\u2022 Daisy Sipiti &#8211; Vanuatu<br>\u2022 Eglynda Bagadouwe &#8211; Nauru<br>\u2022 Fenuatapu Mesaako &#8211; Tuvalu<br>\u2022 Karen Fonua &#8211; Tonga<br>\u2022 Lorraine Kaiulo &#8211; Papua New Guinea<br>\u2022 Nadya Domasheva &#8211; Samoa<br>\u2022 Sarojini Lal &#8211; Fiji<br>\u2022 Suliana Mausia &#8211; Tonga<br>\u2022 Yvonne Carruthers &#8211; Samoa<br>The OTF President, Cyrille Mainguy, who attended the graduation ceremony, shared his pride and optimism for the future of tennis in the Pacific. In his remarks, he stated: &#8220;These women are not only leaders in their communities but also powerful ambassadors for tennis and the values it represents. Their achievements inspire us all to build a more inclusive and vibrant tennis community across Oceania.&#8221;<br>The Pacific Women Leaders in Tennis Program continues to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of tennis in the region. 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This Australian Government initiative continues to empower women, foster leadership, and &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/latest\/11-pacific-women-attend-the-pacific-women-leaders-in-tennis-programme-in-melbourne\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">11 Pacific Women Attend the Pacific Women leaders in Tennis Programme in Melbourne<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7971"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7983,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7971\/revisions\/7983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}