Fijian Annie Shannon is turning her attention from playing to coaching tennis
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Annie Shannon grew up playing tennis in Fiji and it took her all the way to a College in the US as a teenager. These days Shannon has shifted her focus to coaching and making sure the next generation of Fijian and other Pacific Island tennis players can compete with the best up and comers around the world. Indra Singh and Kalo Manu-Moli join Bobby to chat about the biggest stories in Fiji, Tonga and across the region and we hear a few more amazing interviews from athletes who competed at the Micronesian Games in the Marshall Islands in June.
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