Australian tennis great Evonne Goolagong Cawley will be in Adelaide tomorrow to launch the Learn Earn Legend! Tennis Come and Try Days in South Australia for Indigenous Australians, which swing into action this Saturday in Murray Bridge.
Media opportunity
Venue: Kaurna Plains School, 83 Ridley Road, Elizabeth, SA, 5112
Date: Tuesday 24 April 2012
Time: 10.25 am for 10.30am start (please report to reception upon arrival)
Who:
- Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Ambassador for Learn Earn Legend!
- Ian Goolagong, National Indigenous Coach
- Young Indigenous Australians participating in Tennis Australia’s kids’ starter program, MLC Tennis Hot Shots
The Learn Earn Legend! initiative aims to encourage and support young Indigenous Australians to stay at school, get a job and be a legend for themselves, their family and their community.
Learn Earn Legend! Tennis Come and Try Days in South Australia commence this Saturday 28 April at Murray Bridge Lawn Tennis Club, Sturt Reserve, Murray Bridge (10.30 am – 3.00 pm) and are run by the Evonne Goolagong Foundation in conjunction with Tennis Australia.
These clinics are designed to encourage young Indigenous Australians to pick up a racquet, have fun and give tennis a real go, with the aim to increase the number of Indigenous girls and boys playing tennis to help improve their health, education and employment opportunities.
Port Augusta and Adelaide will also host the Learn Earn Legend! Tennis Come and Try Days on respectively 29 and 30 April respectively.
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For further information on Evonne Goolagong Cawley and Learn Earn Legend! Tennis Come and Try Days please view the accompanying Media Biography.
Media contact:
Clare Chapman, Tennis Australia Media, 0412 484 453
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