Union High Schoolโs ๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฒ ๐/๐ญ๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐โ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐โ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ players took to the courts against their Kingswood Junior School, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape counterparts this afternoon.
With key players Dante Mills and Madison Tam unfortunately sidelined due to injury, Gemma Murray and Keith Hudson stepped in and rose to the occasion – their beautiful tennis was a joy to watch!
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐โ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, securing a well-deserved 47 – 18 victory. The boys fought hard in a tightly contested match, narrowly losing 35 – 31.
๐๐โ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐น๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, much of which can be credited to the dedicated coaching and mentorship of coaches Tiaan and Lente Mostert from Born To Play Tennis Academy.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต.
Perhaps the most heartening moment of the day came after the official matches were over – when the learners, still full of energy and excitement, chose to keep playing among themselves. The joy of the game, the laughter and the camaraderie on the courts spoke volumes about the thriving tennis spirit at Union.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐น ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐.