The next generation of tennis players have battled it out in Season 1 of the Super 10’s competition held in May at the Canberra Tennis Centre.<\/p>\n
Thirty-six boys and 16 girls from the ACT, South East and South West NSW competed in six rounds of competition over two weekends which also included two training sessions.<\/p>\n
The competition for 10\/u athletes creates a culture of fair play, team work and engaging environment.<\/p>\n
Tennis Australian Tennis Development Manager – ACT SE NSW, Alun Jones was pleased with the success of the competition.<\/p>\n
“I was very impressed with the talent coming through.<\/p>\n
“Super 10’s offers a team competition which is very important at this age, providing the chance to make new friends and have a lot of fun.<\/p>\n
“The team environment with an on court manager provides players valuable feedback during matches and helps take the pressure off themselves”.<\/p>\n
In the boys competition, team Orange, consisting of Luka Cowles, Will Hatcher-nee, Will Fletcher, Rafael Karippanon, Luke Burgess and Joey Arundell went through the competition undefeated.<\/p>\n
The girls competition was taken out by team Orange, featuring Hannah Philips, Mackensie Dugdale Chloe Beetson and Ada Zhang.<\/p>\n
Thank you to the 12 local coaches who were involved in managing teams and running the training sessions.<\/p>\n