{"id":34554,"date":"2026-03-30T10:52:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T00:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?p=34554"},"modified":"2026-04-01T12:34:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:04:56","slug":"seacliff-and-east-adelaide-payneham-crowned-2025-26-junior-state-league-champions-at-the-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/news\/2026\/03\/30\/seacliff-and-east-adelaide-payneham-crowned-2025-26-junior-state-league-champions-at-the-drive","title":{"rendered":"Seacliff and East Adelaide Payneham Crowned 2025\u201326 Junior State League Champions at The Drive!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34556\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2026\/03\/State-League-2-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2026\/03\/State-League-2-1.png 900w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2026\/03\/State-League-2-1-768x341.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>Seacliff and East Adelaide Payneham have claimed the 2025\u201326 Tennis SA Junior State League premierships at The Drive.<\/p>\n<p>In the girls\u2019 competition, Seacliff delivered a strong performance to secure the Junior State League premiership, continuing their impressive run after last season\u2019s success.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in the boys\u2019 competition, East Adelaide Payneham rose to the occasion once again, taking home the title with a determined effort in the grand final.<\/p>\n<p>Junior State League Coordinator Jordan O\u2019Donohoe was proud to recognise the achievements of both teams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to congratulate Seacliff and East Adelaide Payneham on their victories in the 2025\u201326 Tennis SA Junior State League,\u201d O\u2019Donohoe said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth teams showed outstanding commitment and resilience throughout the season, and it was great to see them perform so strongly on the big stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would like to thank all the clubs, players, and volunteers who contributed to another fantastic season. It was also wonderful to see such strong support at the Junior State League grand finals. Events like these highlight the strength and spirit of our junior tennis community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Boys\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>EAP JSL 5 &#8211; 46 def Tea Tree Gully 1 &#8211; 22 (GF[3]);<br \/>R1 &#8211; Kai Coghlan def Max Edwards 9-7;<br \/>R2 &#8211; Andy Venning def Sarvin Mahadavan 9-5;<br \/>R3 &#8211; Elisha Wee def Joseph Nak 9-1;<br \/>R4 &#8211; Ashton Lim def Uvain Samaraweera 9-1;<br \/>R5 &#8211; Kai Coghlan\/Andy Venning def Max Edwards\/Uvain Samaraweera 6-2;<br \/>R6 &#8211; Bryson Reid\/Kohei Moriyasu def by Harry Hillam\/Sarvin Mahadavan 4-6;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Girls<\/p>\n<p>Seaside Community Bank West Beach 3 &#8211; 34 def by Seacliff 3 &#8211; 41 (GF[3]);<br \/>R1 &#8211; Taylah Lessue\/Nahla Salley def Eliza Gauvin\/Nexis Bermingham 9-6;<br \/>R2 &#8211; Ashlee Lessue\/Soraya Kadiric def by Dayna Harrison\/Christina Bennett 2-9;<br \/>R3 &#8211; Taylah Lessue def Dayna Harrison 9-6;<br \/>R4 &#8211; Nahla Salley def Eliza Gauvin 9-2;<br \/>R5 &#8211; Ashlee Lessue def by Nexis Bermingham 2-9;<br \/>R6 &#8211; Jordyn Ozga def by Christina Bennett 3-9;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seacliff and East Adelaide Payneham have claimed the 2025\u201326 Tennis SA Junior State League premierships at The Drive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6443,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6443"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34554\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}