Edgemead Tennis Club
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What the youngsters are doing
The junior coordinator is Christine Rossouw.
Practice a lot ,you will be prepared a lot.
News
The Generation Gap day was held on Sunday 6 December 2009. 40 players took part with ages ranging from 5 yrs to "too old to mention". The winners of the various sections were Roland and Robert, Jessica and Steven, and Samantha and Gail. Well done to all, we hope the sore muscles the next day were bearable !
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Congratulations to Ross Walker, Matthew Tippet and Keri Ann Roos on being chosen to represent Western Province Tennis against Boland.
Junior League
Home games are marked in AQUA
| Date | EDGE U18A | EDGE U18B | EDGE U14A | EDGE U14B |
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| 10 Oct | PARO B Scholtz |
PARO A Stavreva/Algera |
PARO Withers |
WELG Breetzke/Byron |
| 17 Oct | KENR Timm |
TABL B Pienaar/Shearer |
DURB Tippet |
Bye |
| 24 Oct | TABL A Goncalves/Ryklief |
WELG Pinto |
KENR Kushnir/Wood |
MILN Arendse/Misplon |
| 7 Nov | 1 vs 4/2 vs 3 King |
Bye | WELG Roos |
TABL Tippet |
| 14 Nov | Final/Plate | MILN Wood |
TABL Walker/Withers |
PARO vd Westhuizen/Spamer |
Please note new scoring and ranking system for Saturdays. There will be a ranking system and at the end of the season there will be individual winners for the competition as well.
- 6 players to a team.
- 1 set singles & 1 set doubles (9 games and the 9th game is always a tie breaker. So the score might be 7- 2 or 5-4. There will be no bonus points.
- If possible, boys and girls in one team.
- All games start 8:30 sharp, leave at 8am for away matches.
- The home team supply the balls, eats and drinks.
- R5 to be brought.
Teams change all the time, please check every Wednesday where and in what team you are playing. Parents, please check the day that you are on duty.
Phone ASAP if there is a problem.
Thank you see you on the court.
Christine Rossouw
0215585750
0829695479
Congratulations to Ross Walker on coming 3rd in the recent U14 Western Province tournament. From your coaches at Hot Shot Tennis Academy and all at Edgemead Tennis Club.
On 5 September 2009 Edgemead Tennis Club and Hot Shot Tennis Academy's top 10 juniors went on a tennis tour to Robertson. Surrounding clubs were also invited while singles and doubles tournaments were held. Needless to say Edgemead players were the winners of the tournament.
The players were: Ross Walker, Matthew Tippett, Adrian Withers, Robert Shearer, Daniel King, Daniel Kushnir, Amy Scholtz, Natalie Pinto, Mikhaile Ryklief and Sasha Wood.
The coaches were Christine and Paul with Robin Tippett as assistant manager and Mike Shearer from African Window Tours as driver. We were so grateful to Mike Shearer for taking us safely there and back.
As usual the hospitality of the 'platteland mense' was outstanding and a fantastic time was had by all. Please see our photos on the website.
Rules of Tennis
WINNING AND LOSING
Losing makes winning worthwhile.
He who makes the fewest mistakes, wins.
He who hits the most winners, often loses.
You are more likely to start talking to your opponent when you are winning.
When you're losing, you are more likely to start talking to yourself.
When you win, it's usually on a back court with no one watching.
When you lose, it's usually in full public view.
If you try to change a losing game, you will lose by even more.
The more you lose, the more you are likely to lose.
Losing is more tiring than winning.
Your tennis elbow, or your bad back, are more likely to come on when you are losing.
Most losses are blamed on the court, the racket, or the weather.
Most wins are credited to your playing skill.
Results of the Junior Championships 2009 - Congratulations to everyone.
| Section | Cup | Plate | ||
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| Winner | Runner-up | Winner | Runner-up | |
| Girls Singles | Keri-Anne Roos | Meghan Goncalves | Amy Scholtz | Raya Stravreva |
| Girls Doubles | K Roos A Scholtz |
M Goncalves R Stravreva |
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| Boys Singles | Robin Timm | Matthew Tippet | Daniel Kushnir | Trevor Misplon |
| Boys Doubles | R Timm R Gething |
T Misplon B vd Westhuizen |
A Withers R Shearer |
J-C Spamer B Byron |
| Mixed Doubles | K Roos R Walker |
M Goncalves R Timm |
N Pinto M Tippet |
S Wood A Withers |
| Most Improved | Trevor Misplon | |||
| Comittment | Adrian Withers | |||
| Sportsmanship | Daniel King | |||
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The first 3 days of July were full of tennis fun for some children at Edgemead Tennis Club. The coaches, Paul and Christine, worked hard to teach children of all ages and standards a little more about tennis. Prizes, certificates and a lucky draw for a Prince tennis racket bag were handed out. Well done to all who attended.
Congratulations on the achievements of the following juniors:
Kerri-Ann Roos
Selected for Western Province junior schools tennis, under 13B. They will be going on an interprovincial tour
to Pietermaritzburg in the June/July holidays.
Ross Walker
Selected for Western Province schools under 13B side to play in the Western Cape interprovincial against Boland in October.
Matthew Tippet
Selected as a reserve for the Western Province schools under 13B side to play in the Western Cape interprovincial against
Boland in October.
| Selected for trials | U14 A and B teams |
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The club would like to congratulate the following players for being nominated to be entered in the WP Schools Tennis trials:
From the central zone:
Adrian Withers
Matthew Tippett
Robert Shearer
Daniel Kushnir
Ross Walker
Robbie Arends
and from the northern zone:
Keri Ann Roos
Anthony Scholtz
Good luck at all the zonal trials !