Well Done, Taylor!

We are incredibly proud of Grade 7 learner ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€, who recently represented the Eastern Cape Elephants at the Interprovincial Tennis Tournament held in Bloemfontein from 8 to 11 January.

Competing in her very first IPT for the Eastern Cape Elephants, ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป while playing as the No. 3 seed.

๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ-๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ-๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ด.

Over the four days, Taylor spent an impressive ยฑ13 hours on court in singles alone, playing a total of six singles matches, along with six doubles and six mixed doubles matches.

๐——๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, Taylor rose to the challenge and gained invaluable experience at provincial level.

The Eastern Cape Elephants finished 12th out of 16 teams, placing ahead of the Eastern Cape Aloes team who came 13th.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต, ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต.