Oceania Tennis Federation (OTF) is the regional governing body of tennis in Oceania. It was formed as a regional association of International Tennis Federation in 1993 with seven member nations to foster the development of tennis in the Oceania region specially main focus on small island nations (territories/dependencies) and Papua New Guinea as the structure of tennis in both Australia and New Zealand was already well developed. The organisation started with seven members now have twenty-one countries in its members list.
 Member nations of Oceania Tennis Federation | |
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| Sport | Tennis |
|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | Regional |
| Abbreviation | (OTF) |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Affiliation | International Tennis Federation |
| Affiliation date | 1993 |
| President | Cyrille MAINGUY (Vanuatu)[1] |
| Board members | Bruce Osborne (Australia), Davina Hosking (Cook Islands), Torgun Smith (Guam), Florence Wasko (American Samoa), Barbara Stubbings (Papua New Guinea), Vicky Reid (Australia), Terri-Ann Scorer (New Zealand), Gary Purcell (ITF Development Officer – Pacific Oceania)[1] |
| CEO | David Smith (New Zealand) & Richard Breen (Fiji))[1] |
| Sponsor | [2] |
| Official website | |
| www | |
Member nations
editOceania Tennis Federation has 20 full-time member nations and one New Caledonia associate member. This is an alphabetically ordered list of full members of OTF:[3]
| Country | Association | Headquarter |
|---|---|---|
 American Samoa | American Samoa Tennis Association | Pago Pago |
 Australia | Tennis Australia | Melbourne |
 Cook Islands | Cook Islands Tennis | Rarotonga |
 Fiji | Fiji Tennis Association | Lautoka |
 Guam | Guam National Tennis Federation | Agana |
 Kiribati | Kiribati Tennis Association | Tarawa |
 Federated States of Micronesia | Micronesia Tennis Association | Pohnpei |
 Nauru | Nauru Tennis Association | Nauru |
 New Caledonia | Ligue Caledonienne de Tennis (Associate member's) | Nouméa |
 New Zealand | Tennis New Zealand | Auckland |
 Norfolk Island | Norfolk Islands Tennis Association | Kingston |
 Northern Mariana Islands | Northern Mariana Islands Tennis Association | Saipan |
 Palau | Palau Tennis Federation | Koror |
 Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinea Lawn Tennis Association | Port Moresby |
 Samoa | Samoa Tennis Association | Apia |
 Solomon Islands | Solomon Islands Tennis Association | Honiara |
 Tahiti | Tahitian Tennis Federation | Papeete |
 Tonga | Tonga Tennis Association | Nuku Alofa |
 Tuvalu | Tuvalu Tennis Association | Funafuti |
 Vanuatu | Vanuatu Tennis Federation | Port Vila |
ANZ Schools plan
editIn 1994 OTF President Geoff Pollard initiated a program allowing more children to play tennis at school level; OTF player development and marketing consultant Barry McMillan reached to ANZ Banking Group with this scheme for financial support. ANZ group agreed to this deal to sponsor a tennis in schools program in Pacific Island nations.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- 1 2 3 "Assemblee Generale OTF 2021". Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
- ↑ "Official Sponsors". Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
- ↑ "Member Nations". Retrieved March 12, 2011.
- ↑ "ANZ Schools plan". Archived from the original on February 8, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2011.