{"id":8521,"date":"2026-08-08T00:50:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T16:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/?p=8521"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:50:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T16:50:38","slug":"oceania-tennis-federation-signs-world-safe-sport-pledge-to-strengthen-safeguarding-across-the-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/latest\/oceania-tennis-federation-signs-world-safe-sport-pledge-to-strengthen-safeguarding-across-the-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"Oceania Tennis Federation Signs World Safe Sport Pledge to Strengthen Safeguarding Across the Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Oceania Tennis Federation (OTF) is proud to mark World Safe Sport Day on 8 August by signing the World Safe Sport Pledge, reinforcing its commitment to safe and inclusive tennis environments for children. This milestone follows a recent refresh of OTF\u2019s safeguarding policy and the launch of a regional programme working alongside member federations to strengthen safeguarding practices at all levels of the game for both children and adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Safeguarding is important to Oceania tennis federations. Australia, New Zealand, and Guam have established safeguarding frameworks in place, while a further 10 Pacific Island nations have each nominated Safeguarding Officers to develop and strengthen safeguarding practices within their own environments. Alongside this, OTF is playing a key role at the regional level by providing guidance, resources, and coordination to support consistent and meaningful implementation across its diverse membership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Signing the World Safe Sport pledge reflects our collective commitment to safeguarding across Oceania,&#8221; said Oceania Tennis Federation President Vicki Reid. &#8220;We&#8217;re proud of the progress already made, with more of our member nations actively building their safeguarding capability. But we recognise this is an ongoing journey, not a finish line. OTF is committed to working alongside our member nations to embed safeguarding in ways that are practical, culturally relevant, and sustainable across our region&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information contact Oceania Safeguarding Lead Lusiana Vakere at lucy@oceaniatennis.com <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/World-Safe-Sport-Day-Image_Oceania-Tennis_POJC-2024-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/World-Safe-Sport-Day-Image_Oceania-Tennis_POJC-2024-2.png 640w, https:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/World-Safe-Sport-Day-Image_Oceania-Tennis_POJC-2024-2-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/World-Safe-Sport-Day-Image_Oceania-Tennis_POJC-2024-2-100x125.png 100w, https:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/World-Safe-Sport-Day-Image_Oceania-Tennis_POJC-2024-2-150x188.png 150w, https:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/World-Safe-Sport-Day-Image_Oceania-Tennis_POJC-2024-2-200x250.png 200w, https:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/World-Safe-Sport-Day-Image_Oceania-Tennis_POJC-2024-2-300x375.png 300w, https:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/World-Safe-Sport-Day-Image_Oceania-Tennis_POJC-2024-2-450x563.png 450w, https:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/World-Safe-Sport-Day-Image_Oceania-Tennis_POJC-2024-2-600x750.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oceania Tennis Federation (OTF) is proud to mark World Safe Sport Day on 8 August by signing the World Safe Sport Pledge, reinforcing its commitment to safe and inclusive tennis environments for children. This milestone follows a recent refresh of &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/latest\/oceania-tennis-federation-signs-world-safe-sport-pledge-to-strengthen-safeguarding-across-the-pacific\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Oceania Tennis Federation Signs World Safe Sport Pledge to Strengthen Safeguarding Across the Pacific<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"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\/8521"}],"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\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8521"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8525,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8521\/revisions\/8525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceaniatennis.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}