23 January 2014 | Tennis Queensland

2014 Brisbane International Teachers Conference:
On the 30^th December 2013, the Brisbane International played host to 20 National School Partnership Program registered teachers from the South-East corner of Queensland. The conference was held on the 2014 Suncorp SunWise Kids Day which was a perfect setting for teachers to jump on court and complete a professional development opportunity with Tennis Australia facilitators. The teachers were able to watch the action of centre court from a corporate suite in Pat Rafter Arena where they also completed a forum/workshop for the day and even got to be on court with Roger Federer and Victoria Azarenka! If you would like to apply to be involved in the 2015 Brisbane International Teachers Conference, please contact Rachel Wright on [email protected].

2014 Australian Open Teachers Grand Slam Conference:
Four lucky National School Partnership Program (NSPP) and two Cardio Tennis in Secondary School (CTSS) registered teachers were flown to the Australian Open on the 13^th and 14^th of Melbourne to participate in the Australian Open Teachers Grand Slam Conference with fellow teachers from across Australia. The two day conference included a workshop/forum environment based on the NSPP program and the direction in which MLC Tennis Hot Shots is heading for 2014. Teachers were treated to corporate villas for dinner, watching the live action from Rod Laver Arena and also on-court activities on Rod Laver Arena and Hisense Arena! Aussie tennis stars Alicia Molik and Casey Dellacqua thanked the teachers for their help in growing Tennis.

Congratulations to the following NSPP teachers on their invitation to the AO Teachers Grand Slam Conference:
Michael Singh (Merrimac Primary School – Gold Coast Region)
Roanne Lemmon-Warde (Brookfield State School – Metropolitan Region)
Annette Hammermeister (St Patrick’s Catholic School (Bundaberg) – Central Region)
Stefan Poropat (Bentley Park College – Far North Region)

Congratulations to the following CTSS teachers on their invitation to the AO Teachers Grand Slam Conference:
Jacob Stanton (Trinity Bay State High School – Far North Region)
Kirran Foller (Brisbane State High School – Metropolitan Region)