4 June 2013 | Tennis Tasmania

Tennis Tasmania runs and coordinates the state trials and the national primary school teams’ event – the Bruce Cup. The events provide all Tasmanian primary school children with an opportunity to participate in this national event by representing Tasmania at the national primary school teams’ event, the Bruce Cup.

The Bruce Cup is a prestigious national schools tennis championships open to girls and boys aged 12/u. In Tasmania, this means students may be in year seven, grade six or grade five. The Bruce Cup is conducted by School Sport Australia (SSA) in partnership with Tennis Australia. The national event attracts Australian ranking points.

Tennis Tasmania selects a state representative team of seven boys and seven girls to compete in this annual national team competition through a state playoff held July 20-21 2013.  To be considered for the Bruce Cup, players must participate in the state playoff trials.

The Bruce Cup has been played since 1938 and was first presented by the Hon HA Bruce, MLA, a former Minister of Education in Queensland. Many players who won Wimbledon and become the finest players in the world played their first representative matches for their state in the Bruce Cup.

Rod Laver, arguably one of the greatest tennis players ever, represented Queensland in the Bruce Cup. Lew Hoad, Jan Lehane, Fred Stolle, John Alexander and Wally Masur all represented their state in the Bruce Cup. More recently, past Bruce Cup participants Jason Stoltenberg, Pat Rafter, Todd Woodbridge, Mark Philippoussis, Rachel McQuillan and Evie Dominokovic have all performed with distinction on the international scene.

Bruce Cup 2013 trials – 12/u boys and girls

Age eligibility: 12 years and under born as 30 June 2013. 
Trial levy: Nil  
Nominations: Online through typing in Bruce Cup Trials Tasmania into tournaments.tennis.com.au
Championship venue and dates: Brisbane, QLD, 19 – 26 October 2013

Trial/Process:

They playoff will be a round robin format with maximum seven boys and seven girls to be selected.

Trial Dates:

Saturday 20 July 2013 9:30am to 3:00pm
Sunday 21 July 2013 9:30am to 3:00opm

Venue:

Launceston Regional Tennis Centre,

23 Racecourse Cr, Launceston

A full canteen will be open on the trial days

2012 Bruce Cup Team:

Congratulations to the following players who earned their right to represent Tasmania in the Bruce Cup 2012;

Boys

• Leif Anderson
• Sebastian Altendeitering
• Benjamin Barnett
• Patrick Egerrup-Root
• Samuel Elliston-Buckley
• Tristan Lynch
• Henry Ostler

For further information about School Sport Australia tennis competitions, please visit their website.