4 March 2016 | Tennis Victoria

The 2016 Tennis Victoria Premier League season, set to get underway this weekend in Mornington and Bendigo, will see the introduction of the Paul Arber Memorial Award.

The Award was named in honour of the late Paul Arber, a well-respected member of the Victorian Tennis community who passed away in 2013.

The Award will recognise one male and one female player who displays the qualities of determination, teamwork and sportsmanship. The Award celebrates these qualities in young and emerging junior players and was created in collaboration with Paul’s parents, Sam and Richelle Arber.
“We greatly appreciate Tennis Victoria creating the Paul Arber Memorial Award to now be part of their Premier League competition,” said Mr Arber.

“Paul played inter-club competition in Victoria for many years and would have been honoured by this Award and he’d appreciate the qualities that the award seeks to recognise in emerging junior tennis talent.”

Recipients of the annual award will also receive a $1,500 grant from the Arber family, to go towards supporting their professional tennis journey.

Judging of the award will take place throughout the regular rounds of the season and will include input from each club’s Team Manager. The winners will be announced at the Premier League finals day on Saturday 9 April at Glen Iris Valley Recreation Club.

Tennis Victoria’s Premier League competition continues to attract the best local Pro Tour players, includuing ITF Mildura Pro Tour doubles finalists Andrew Whittington and Marc Polmans (Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club) and recent Perth ITF Futures tournament champion Jaimee Fourlis (MCC Tennis).

2016 has seen an increase in the total prize money pool to $20,000, with round 1 kicking off this Sunday, March 6. The Men’s competition will get underway at the Bendigo Tennis Association while the women’s teams will head to the Mornington Tennis Centre.

2016 Premier League Teams: