On Monday the 3rd and Tuesday the 4th of March secondary school students from all over canberra gathered together for the 2014 Secondary Schools Singles competition.This event is used as a trialling process to select the team for the Pizzey cup, with the squad of 8 boys and 8 girls travelling to Perth to compete in the annual event.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With over 200 players competiting over the two days the tournament was a great success. In the Open Boys A division Alex De Jong from Canberra Grammar School took home the title defeating Campbell High school’s Zac Donaldson 6-3. In the Open Girls A Division Tallulah Farrow from Canberra Girls Grammar School recovered from a 4-2 deficit to defeat Alfred Deakins Leah Williamson 6-4. The 14\/U Boys title\u00a0was won by Lyneham High school student\u00a0Hayden Okines while the 14\/U Girls title was won by Tara Dabrowski from Canberra Girls Grammar School. Overall the tournament was a great success and tournament organisers were\u00a0extremely happy\u00a0with the manner of all players and seeing how keen everyone was to get out\u00a0on court.<\/p>\n
Tennis ACT would like to thank all players and school staff members who attended over the two days and helped make everything run smoothly.<\/p>\n