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MLC Ballkids play an important and integral role in ensuring that tennis tournaments run smoothly, with each MLC Ballkid playing a focal part of every game during the Australian Open.

MLC Ballkids are carefully selected from thousands of applicants from Australia and overseas.

Each potential MLC Ballkid is put through strenuous and extensive trials. The trial tests fitness, concentration, ball skills and above all, attitude towards this important job.

MLC is proud to continue Aviva’s long term commitment to the Australian Open and the MLC Ballkids, supporting the dreams of young Australians.

Founded as a life insurance business for miners during the gold rush of 1887, MLC has become one of Australia’s iconic brands. As the wealth management division of the National Australia Bank, MLC provides investment, super, insurance and private wealth solutions to over 1.5 million people around Australia.

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MLC Ballgirl and MLC Ballboy Awards
Australian Open 2010

To recognise the outstanding performance of the MLC Ballkids at Australian Open 2010, MLC is proud to provide a specially designed trophy and cheque for $1,000 each to the best MLC Ballgirl and best MLC Ballboy, as selected by Tennis Australia.

Aviva Ballgirl and Ballboy Awards
Australian Open 2009

Darcy Vescio and Jack Newnes were named the Most Outstanding Aviva Ballgirl and Ballboy for 2009.

For their excellent performances as Aviva Ballkids at Melbourne Park, Darcy and Jack each received specially designed trophies and a cheque for $1000 each from Aviva.

Aviva Ballkids 2009

Anderson J Archer L Baker J Ball C Barca A Barca J Baroch M Basso J Bateman S Bertram S Blanc S Brand J Brauman G Brick L Bruce V Buckley L Buffon J Busch J Bushby B Capannolo M Capannolo T Carroll L Cevec K Cham M Chiodo A Choi D Chua N Ciantar T Clark S Clifton A Cohen D Colaci J Colcheedas A Coles J Collin E Condon T Consiglio J Corboy T Cosgrave T Cotrim J Cseszko G Curran B Curran J Cuthbertson G Dalbosco B Dargan M Deery T Dickie J Digby-Diercks R Dogliotti M Donnelly M Douglas W Dowling T Dowling T Doyle J Drew J Dudley T Durie D Durie T Egerton L Eimutis J Evans J Evans M Fallon J Feher C Ficatas N Field M Fuller M Garcia A Giapantzakis C Gilbert R Gilmour S Gluyas J

Goad H Goldberg L Gough M Graham J Grgic I Griffith A Griffith D Grounds L Hamilton S Hammond J Handley H Harkin A Harney B HARRIDGE O Harris A Harwood R Hendriksen B Hendriksen R Hilbig R Hobijn-Allen S Hoinville K Hood S Hose M House L Howell D Humphrey J Ilgoutz M Irwin F Jacob K James R Jansen J Jansen S Jones H Jovanovic M Jupp G Jurcic N Kale H Karatzas E Kaye D Keleher J Keoh J Kirwan J Kosorog A Koutsonikolas J Koutsonikolas T Kreher M Lambert R Lam M Lepa M Lescai J Lewis R Lipshatz E Logan M Loh B Luppino M Lyell C Macleod C Macpherson S Manolitsas S Marama E Marley J Marshall S Marshall T Matotek A Maugeri L May O Mazzoni D McCutchan T McDonald M McKay C McKellar S McKimm P

McKinna M Mclean J McMahon J Meaney B Menzies J Meyer R Monkman D Monro M Moore A Morris C Mottin C Mulholland J Newcombe J Newnes J Nguyen O Nolan M Noonan M Noone J Oakman G O'Brien S O'Grady J OMeara H O'Neill J Ooi S Owen T Parker T Parnaby A Parrotte F Paterson S Pearson O Petrucci C Petrucci T Phillips S Pietsch N Pietsch O Plowman L Ponton S Popovic L PSALTIS J Quigley J Riviere E Robb S Robertson K Robertson M Ross C Rowe J Ryan S Say J Scott S Serry B Shand M Shan J Shanker S Shea J Sheffield J Siapkas D Sibilia S Sinclair L Sitzoukis T Slater K Smart S Smith B Smith J Smith K Soon M Spence M Spiezia L Sproule A Stanboultgis L Steedman B Steedman M Steele C

Stenta T Stephens L Stephens M Stevens J Stobie H Stott M Street M Sullivan Mcneill C Sultana K Svinos E Tate J Tench M Thakker N Thomas M Thomson K Thomson N Thorn D Thorne T Tidy J Tobin D Tobin J Toscano B Towers S Trac K Trainor J Triegaardt S Tseros J Turner W Tyson A Varnava T Varricchio J Vecoli R Verity J Verstandig C Verwey N Vescio D Vidin D Vitinaros G Vockler T Wadelton O Walker J Walker J Warren T Waters D Waterson A Watts D Watts O Weatherlake D Weatherlake J Weintraub D Wellington E Wells D Wells R Whinray C White J Wijesinghe C Wilkie T Wilkinson T Williams B Williams K Williams P Williams T Wilson F Wilson M Wilson R Witherow T Wood C Woolcock B Woolley I Youn A Young M Youn K

Aviva Ballgirl and Ballboy Awards
Australian Open 2008

Ben Ramsay and Georgia Sverns were named the Most Outstanding Aviva Ballboy and Ballgirl for 2008.

For their excellent performances as Aviva Ballkids at Melbourne Park, Ben and Georgia each received specially designed trophies and a cheque for $1000 each from Aviva.

Aviva Ballkids 2008

Aley T Andressen L Antonellos D Askey B Baker D Barca A Barca C Barden L Barker J Barnhoorn L Baroch M Basso J Beard N Beazley R Bertram S Bing R Booth S Brauman G Bruce V Bubb L Buckley L Buffon J Busch J Bushby B Byrnes H Caire P Campagna M Cannizzaro S Capannolo M Carman T Carothers C Casey O Cattapan A Cevec K Chng G Choi D Chua N Clark C Clough J Coles J Consiglio A Consiglio J Constable L Cook L Corboy T Cosgrave T Cowling J Cussen L Da Bin J Dalbosco B Darcy H Dargan M Dogliotti M Donnelly J Duff M Durie T Dymalovski N Egerton L El Zoghbi P Evans M Exon N Fallon J Federico J Feher C Feher M Ferguson L Fischer Z Fletcher S Florrimell S Foster B Freshwater S Frezza R Fruzynski C Fuller M Gaff J Gaffey A Garcia A Garside D Garside T Gazdowicz A

Gazdowicz N Gheorghisor E Giapantzakis C Giarrusso A Gilbert E Gilbert R Giles C Gilmour S Glass J Gluyas J Graham J Graham L Greaves T Green T Grounds L Hagger A Hamilton J Handrinos O Harney B Hayden D Heiser A Hendriksen B Henson S Herrmann M Hilbig R Hood S Howell D Hubble T Hwang S Hynes J Jacob J Jacob K James A Jamieson H Jansen J Jee H Jeffery-warren B Jeffs N Jiwon N Jones D Jovanovic M Julian C Jun S Jurcic N Kang S Karatzas E Kaye J Kealy B Kearton D Keoh J Kettle J Khokhar J Kim D Kim M Kim S Kirwan J Kirwan M Ko E Kosorog A Kreher M La Rocca T Lambert R Lawrence C Lee D Lee J Lee S Lepa M Lescai J Lewinsky B Lewis R Logan M Loh B Longano J Lu D Ludgater K Lundborg C Luppino M Lyell C Macleod C

Manolitsas S Marama E Marlin B Marshall T Marshall W Martin J Martin N Matthews D Maugeri L Mcdonald M Mckay C McKennariey L Mckimm P Mckinley C Melia K Michell R Miller J Mitchell G Mitchell M Monester J Monro M Moore A Morris B Mundkur T Munro Z Narang A Neal D Newcombe J Newnes J Nguyen O Nguyen S Nicholls Z Noonan M Noone J Noor E O'brein S O'connell P O'grady J Omeara H O'neill J Ooi S Owen T Owen W Paolucci J Parker T Parnaby A Paul B Petalas C Petrucci C Petrucci T Pietsch N Pietsch O Plowman L Poole D Popovic L Ramsay B Read J Rice M Riordan G Ritterman A Riviere E Robb S Robertson M Rock J Rodgers J Rodgers S Ross C Rowe J Santamaria B Sargeant A Sargent M Seoud N Serry B Seung Hyun L Shackleton B Shackleton S Shadrack P Sheahan S Sher J

Shin J Slater K Sloane S Smart S Smith J Smorgon D Song Bong J Soon M Southee P Spilkin D Sproule A Stammers J Stanboultgis L Stass O Steedman B Stephens E Stephens L Stewart D Stobie H Stone J Street M Sultana K Sung Eun N Sverns G Szoka T Tate J Taylor J Taylor S Tench M Thomas M Thompson C Thorn D Towers S Trac K Trainor J Trytell M Turner S Tyrrell A Tyson A Van Dore N Van Unen J Vanderkley S Vaughan D Verity J Verstandig C Verwey N Vescio D Vo S Vockler T Vogiatzis G Wadelton O Walton S Wang M Waters D Waterson A Weatherlake D Weber D Webster J Webster M Wells R West E Whelan J Williams B Williams P Williams T Wilson D Wilson R Winfield S Witherow T Wood C Wook Jae L Woolley I Woolley O Worley T Wright J Yeo H Yeong Jun S You S You Y

Aviva Ballgirl and Ballboy Awards
Australian Open 2007

Timothy Tham and Shae Sloane were named the Most Outstanding Aviva Ballboy and Ballgirl for 2007.

For their excellent performances as Aviva Ballkids at Melbourne Park, Timothy and Shae each received specially designed trophies and a cheque for $1000 each from Aviva.

Aviva Ballkids 2007

Allinson B Allinson C Arendtsz M Barca A Barca C Barden L Barnett S Barnhoorn L Baroch M Barrie T Barry D Bartlett R Basso J Beagley R Bedford-Lee B Bell A Bertram S Bilalis R Bing R Bird M Brauman G Brauman S Bubb L Buckley B Buckley D Buckley L Bunston J Busch J Byrnes H Byrnes J Carman T Casey S Cattapan A Chang A Chee J Chng G Chua M Chua N Clark B Coles J Consiglio A Consiglio J Constable L Cosgrave T Crawford J Curtis J Dalbosco B Dann J Darcy H Darmenia J De Lisle N Di Stefano D Doggett C Dogliotti M Donchi D Donnelly J Dowler A Doyle T Dumitriu L Duong C Durie T Dymalovski N Eckersley L Egerton L

El Zoghbi P Fallon J Ferguson L Ferraro M Ficatas T Findeisen M Fischer Z Friend C Fruzynski C Furlonger S Gaffey A Gazdowicz N Gheorghisor E Giannetta A Giarrusso A Gilbert E Giles C Glass J Graham J Graham J Graham J Griffiths H Hamilton J Hamilton T Hannemann W Harbour P Harney B Harper A Haughey C Hay A Hayden D Heid J Herrmann M Hewitt T Heywood K Hilbig R Hill R Hodgkinson L Hogan T Holland D Hood S Hore-Lacy T Hoskins C Howell D Hsieh K Hubble T Hunkin S Hunter G Hynes J Indian B Jamieson H Jansen J Jones D Jones R Joo I Jovanovic M Karanikolaou E Kealy B Kearton D Kirwan J Kirwan M La Rocca A La Rocca T

Lambert D Lambert R Lawrence C Lee D Lewinsky B Lewis I Lim C Loh B Madafferi R Manolitsas S Marshall W Martin A Martin N Martnich P Matthews D Maxwell H Mcclure P Mcevey R Mckinley C Mcmahon J Mejia D Memmler L Michell R Milliken G Milnes C Monester J Monro M Moore A Moore C Murphy Cruise J Neal D Neav A Newman S Newnes J Nguyen O Nguyen S O'Brien S O'Connell P O'Grady J O'Malley D Omeara H Ooi S Ovens C Owen A Owen W Paolucci J Parker T Paterno B Paul B Payne L Pedersen L Petalas C Petrucci C Petrucci T Polak M Portet H Potkonjak B Quarterman T Quick S Ramsay B Ravida D Riviere E Robb L

Rock J Rodgers S Ross C Rowntree N Ryan K Salmon J Sandler J Sargeant A Sheahan S Sher J Shield J Simmons S Slater D Slater K Sloane S Slorach J Smith J Smorgon D Soon M Sproule A Stammers J Stass O Stass T Stephens E Sutcliffe L Suwignjo J Sverns G Taylor J Tham T Thorn D Toovey L Towers S Townshend P Trac K Tyrrell A Van Dore N Van Unen J Vanderkley S Verwey N Vescio D Vickers-Willis E Vo S Vogiatzis G Wadelton O Wang M Warhurst J Weber D Webster M West E Whelan M Wilde H Williams B Williams M Willox S Wilson R Wilton J Wittison B Wood C Woodbridge T Woolley I Wright J Yammouni D Yip M

Aviva Ballkids 2006

Allinson B Anderson J Anderson M Anthony J Barca A Barca C Barlow G Barnett S Barrie T Barry D Bartlett R Batten K Beagley R Beaton A Benjamin J Bertram J Bertucci J Bird M Bosua-White T Brauman S Bubb L Buckley B Bunston J Bunston T Burrows J Byrnes H Byrnes J Cantelmi D Carman T Casey S Chelper M Chua M Clark B Clark T Clarke T Colangelo D Corsetti A Cosgrave S Cottee M Crawford J Dale W Daly L Danda T Dean A Deveson S Dimitropoulos S Dogliotti M Dolder V Donnelly J Dorrington B Doyle D Dumitriu L Dundas K Dymalovski N Eaton K Eckersley L Egerton D Eramo D Eshak S Farrell C Federico J Feher T

Ferguson L Fowless S Friend C Gaffey A Gazdowicz N Gilbert E Giles C Gillies R Gilmour D Glass D Glass J Gleeson T Gokhmark G Graham J Graham J Graham J Green M Gupta R Hamilton J Hamilton T Hannemann W Harbour P Harney B Harper A Heffernan C Herbert B Herrmann M Hewitt T Heywood K Hill L Hill M Hindson C Hodgkinson L Hogan T Holland D Holman J Hopkins E Hore-Lacy T Hoskins C Howell C Howell D Hunkin S Hunt T Indian B Jacks A Jamieson H Jones D Jones P Kealy B Kelly S Keys C La Rocca A La Rocca T Lachal E Lahoud J Lambert D Lambert R Leeder J Lees S Lekawa J Lewis I Lewis T

Lika D Lim C Maddison W Maher T Majid E Mant-Smith H Marshall J Marshall W Matthews D McClure P McNamara S Melville R Milnes C Milton N Mitrovski T Monro M Moodie A Moore C Morris T Morris W Mullane B Murdoch A Naicker A Neal T Newnes J Nixon W Noble T Norris C O'Brien C O'Connell P O'Grady J O'Malley D Ovens C Owen A Paolucci D Parker A Payne L Pearson S Pietsch K Pike N Pitney E Pizzey S Pohl C Portet H Price T Quick S Ramsay B Ramzy A Ravida D Redmond B Riviere D Robb L Rock J Rodgers J Rosengarten C Rowntree N Ryan K Safar R Sandler J Sargeant A Seymour J Shackleton T

Shea F Sheahan C Sheahan S Shield J Shields S Sikora L Simmonds J Simmonds K Simmons S Slater D Sloane S Smith J Smith J Smorgon D Soon M Srinivasan A Stafford C Stass T Steele R Stephen C Stephens E Stephens J Stephens P Stokes P Suwignjo J Sverns G Swingler J Tan L Taylor J Tham T Thorburn C Trac K Trumble T Trytell A Turner N Tyrrell A Tyrrell J van der Koogh N Van Unen D Van Unen J Vasantharajah S Verwey N Vickers-Willis E Visa A Weber D Webster M Weston R Whelan M Williams M Willox S Wilson M Wilson R Wilton J Wittison B Wong C Woodbridge D Woodbridge T Woodhouse C Wright J Yip M Yoannidis N Zaicos N

Aviva Ballkids 2005

Adamson N An J An S Anania M Anderson M Anderson-Scott E Angerame M Anspach C Atienza I Baek E Baker S Barca C Barlow G Barr K Barrie T Bartlett R Beagley R Benjamin J Bertram J Bertucci J Bodey D Boschin D Branchi J Brenan R Brown M Bubb L Buckey B Buckley H Bunston J Bunston T Burden K Burke R Burns M Byrnes H Byrnes J Cantelmi A Cantelmi D Carman T Cernaz A Chelper M Cherman A Chi D Choi H Choi J Chua M Clarke D Clarke D Clarke T Coghlan M Confait S Cosgrave S Cottee M Cox A Cox M Craddock B Crawford J Crawford N Crawford S Crosbie N Dale W Daly L Danda T Debernardi A Denton M Dewar A Dickinson J Djukic N Dolder V Donnelly J Doupe D Doyle D Eckersley W Egerton D Eke W Eramo D Eshak S Exner D

Fallon V Farrelly P Federico J Fenton D Ferguson L Findeisen N Flack J Fowless S Frizzell N Gartland M Gibbons J Gilbert E Gilchrist T Gillies R Gilmour D Glass D Glass J Gleeson T Go S Gokhmark G Goodrope M Graham C Graham J Grindal N Gu S Hall T Hamilton N Hannemann W Harper A Haussrer T Hearn J Heffernan C Heywood K Hill L Hill M Hoare J Hodgkinson L Hogan T Hood L Hopkins E Howe A Howell C Irvine S Jadav R Jeffrey H Jones E Jones M Joshi A Kater S Kealy B Keys C Khunpanitchakit P Kim M Kim R King J Kirwan T Klein C Knox H Ko S Krstic L Kusia J Lachal E Lahoud J Lamattina J Lambert D Lazar J Lee C Lee W Leeder J Lees S Leetham S Lewis T Li Z Lim M Lorbergs G Ma Z MacMillan S

Maher T Mant-Smith H Marshall J Martin E Martin K Mathews B May T McCarthy D McCoy J McDonald L McDonald M McIntosh E McMillan C McNamara S McPherson T Milford-Robertson J Miller P Milnes A Mitchell W Morris T Mulsap S Murdoch A Murnane L Murphy J Murray C Muschialli Z Neal T Nixon D Nixon W Nolan M Norris C O'Brien C Oh C Osborn B Owen A Owen J Owen M Pace C Paolucci D Park J Parker A Parker T Pattanachote T Peers S Petersen L Petrucci D Phillips H Phillips J Pietsch K Pike N Pitney E Plowman J Pohl C Potenza D Ramesh P Ratanakrong N Redmond B Rhee Z Richardson A Riordan E Riviere D Roberts T Rodgers J Rowntree N Safar R Schulberg T Seo T Seymour J Shackleton T Sharkey C Sharma V Shea F Sheahan C Sheahan S Shepherd P Shield J

Shields S Simmonds J Simmons S Simpson D Slater L Sloane S Smarrelli C Smith J Smith J Smorgon D Song S Splatt L Springall M Spruzen J Srinivasan A Stafford C Stasiak D Steele R Stephens E Stephens P Stokes P Sutton G Sverns G Sverns J Swingler J Szabo J Szabo J Taylor C Tellefson J Tham T Thompson A Thompson F Thorburn C Trethowan A Trumble T Trytell A Tudor V Turner N Turzi K Tyrrell J Van Unen D Van Unen J Vartto N Vasantharajah S Velardo D Vickers-Willis K Visa A Vyas A Walsh A Walter C Wang W Waugh A Weir B Weston R Whelan M Williams R Williamson A Willoughby A Willox S Wilton J Wilton W Wong C Wood M Wood N Woodbridge D Woodbridge T Woodhouse C Woodward A Woodward E Woolley L Wright H Yadav M Ye N Yoannidis N Yoo M Zaicos N