A word of 𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗘 to our little tennis players who participated in this past weekend’s u/10 tennis tournament hosted by MatchPoint Tennis and Cricket.

The team of girls, consisting of 𝗝𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗹𝘆𝗻 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗧𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗯𝘀, 𝗘𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀 and 𝗞𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗝𝗮𝗮𝗿𝘀𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗱, claimed second place in the competition’s A league, beating stiff competition such as Stellenbosch Primary, DSG and Kathu Primary over the course of the two days. 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘱’𝘴 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 1 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴’ 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳, 𝘛𝘢𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘣𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 1 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴’ 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘛𝘢𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘳!

Although the boys’ team consisting of 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘆, 𝗘𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗻, 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘇 and 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘄 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗯𝘀 didn’t place among the top 3 in the boys’ A division, they played incredible tennis, stepping up their game in each new encounter. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦.

The mixed team entered into the competition’s B league also fared very well, winning all 5 of their encounters. The team consisted of 𝗘𝗺𝗺𝗮 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗿, 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗶𝗹𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗻, 𝗠𝗶𝗮 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲 and 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝘂𝗱é.

𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴.

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝘀𝗻𝗮𝗽𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.