{"id":69232,"date":"2025-08-15T03:17:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T03:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/69232\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T03:17:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T03:17:11","slug":"2025-northern-skies-champions-crowned-15-august-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/69232\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Northern Skies Champions Crowned | 15 August, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> 15 August 2025 | Tennis Queensland<a class=\"st_twitter_hcount\"\/><a class=\"st_facebook_hcount\"\/><a class=\"st_plusone_button\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The 2025 Northern Skies Tournament Series has wrapped up over the weekend at the 2025 O8k J125 Townsville Open Age \u2013 Western Suburbs, with Rudy Thorogood and Ruby Luc claiming the titles of King and Queen of the Northern Skies.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-34690 size-standard-portrait\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Image-8-e1755226905575-330x520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"520\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Over the past six weeks, the series brought high-calibre tennis to Townsville and Cairns, with just over 400 players competing across three action-packed tournaments. From rising stars to seasoned competitors, the Northern Skies once again showcased the depth of talent in regional Queensland.<\/p>\n<p>Rudy and Ruby proved their consistency and composure across all three events, earning their places at the top of the leaderboard and securing $2,250 each of the series prize.<\/p>\n<p>2025 Northern Skies King\u2019s Race \u2013 Top 5<\/p>\n<p>Rudy Thorogood \u2013 3600 pts<br \/>\nStephen Tomkins \u2013 1000 pts<br \/>\nOliver Hancin \u2013 900 pts<br \/>\nBilly Haoda \u2013 700 pts<br \/>\nOm Kumaran Chinnaswamy \u2013 675 pts<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-34692 size-standard-portrait\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Image-9-e1755227019655-330x520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"520\"\/><\/p>\n<p>2025 Northern Skies Queen\u2019s Race \u2013 Top 5<\/p>\n<p>Ruby Luc \u2013 2300 pts<br \/>\nLilly Shepherd \u2013 2075 pts<br \/>\nVanessa Fitzgerald \u2013 1600 pts<br \/>\nKarma Havini \u2013 1175 pts<br \/>\nZednaiyar Meafua-Uren \u2013 1050 pts<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 Northern Skies series has not only celebrated outstanding performances on court but has united communities across North and Far North Queensland. After the success within its first year, this will continue to make an impact in the years ahead.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about this event please visit the website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/qld\/tournaments-competitions\/opens\/northern-skies\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"15 August 2025 | Tennis Queensland The 2025 Northern Skies Tournament Series has wrapped up over the weekend&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69233,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":{"0":"post-69232","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}