Our top four girls and boys represented Union in the annual Jocelyn Marais Invitational Tennis Tournament organised by MatchPoint Tennis on Friday and Saturday.
Although we played against very strong teams, our players rose to the challenge and played very good tennis. It was a great experience and the players certainly benefitted from exposure to tennis of such a high standard.
Well done to all the players on an excellent tournament. Our girls ended in fifth place and the boys seventh.
On Saturday morning the top 8 Junior girls travelled to Port Elizabeth to play tennis against Collegiate.
Despite losing to Collegiate there was some excellent tennis played with many games going to deuce/add and some matches being decided by a tie breaker.
The boys lost 4-5 to a very motivated Gill side. Our players sold themselves short and failed to capitalize on important points. Special mention must be made of Finn and Chuma, playing at couple number 3, who managed to beat Gill’s first couple.
The Girls won 5 matches to 4. Gemma and Sade played well at couple number 3, winning the deciding match against a strong 2nd couple from Gill.
Well done to all.