Vicki Reid creates historical past as Oceania Tennis Federation President | 10 April, 2025 | All Information | Information and Options | Information and Occasions

The Oceania Tennis Federation (OTF), and ladies’s tennis, celebrated historical past with the election of Vicki Reid because the organisation’s new President on 6 April.

Reid, additionally the Director of Authorities, Social Influence and Stakeholder Relations at Tennis Australia and Government Director of the Australian Tennis Basis, not solely turns into the primary girl to steer the organisation since its inception in 1993 but additionally the primary feminine president of any ITF Regional Affiliation globally.

“It’s an enormous honour, and I’m deeply dedicated to utilizing this chance to drive significant change and create extra alternatives for individuals to play, compete and lead in tennis throughout the Oceania area,” mentioned Reid, who has lengthy championed the game’s improvement, in addition to the development of gender equality and inclusive practices.

Reid was grateful for common help – together with from outgoing OTF president Cyrille Mainguy – in her election as OTF President, through which she is supported by seven different board members representing 5 nations.

“I’m wanting ahead to working carefully with the board and all Member Nations to develop tennis all through our various area,” mentioned Reid, who leads 21 nations in growing tennis throughout Pacific-Oceania.

“We’ve great potential to develop the game in any respect ranges, from grassroots participation to high-performance pathways.”

With intensive expertise in sport administration and improvement, Reid’s achievements within the area embody launching Australia’s main junior participation initiative, Sizzling Photographs Tennis, that now engages a whole bunch of hundreds of kids within the area.

Via collaboration with authorities stakeholders, she has sourced vital funds for services, applications and occasions in any respect ranges of the game.

“All through my profession I’ve seen first-hand how sport can rework lives, create resilient communities and create pathways for individuals of all backgrounds,” Reid added

“My imaginative and prescient is to harness the collective knowledge of the member nations to make tennis extra accessible, inclusive and impactful throughout the complete area.”

Reid, who has served on the OTF board since 2019, can be a member of the Governance, Schooling and Gender Equality committee and the ITF Benefit All Committee.

She is the architect of the Australian and Pacific Ladies and Women program, which has not solely impressed vital development in girls’s tennis participation however elevated illustration in any respect ranges of the sport.

Oceania has the very best share of ladies coaches and the OTF board options the very best stage of ladies’s illustration of any regional board.

The Pacific Ladies and Women Program grew from session throughout the Pacific and help of the Commonwealth authorities by way of the Pacific-Aus program, establishing a community of ladies leaders, together with a pipeline of expertise throughout the Pacific area.

“I’d wish to congratulate Vicki on her well-deserved election as President of the Oceania Tennis Federation,” Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley mentioned.

“Vicki’s management fashion, which is outlined by real empathy, strategic imaginative and prescient, and an unwavering dedication to inclusion, has already remodeled tennis initiatives throughout Australia and the Pacific.

“Vicki has the good potential to construct relationships cross various communities and create significant change by way of tennis. Below her steering, I’m assured the OTF will flourish and create new pathways for participation all through the area.”