Honing the skills of tomorrow’s tennis stars

The Boksburg/Benoni Primary Schools Tennis League season ended with a prize-giving held recently at the Gauteng East Complex, Lakeside, Benoni.

Gauteng East president Ken Smith’s vision is for all leagues in the Gauteng East area to be affiliated to the Gauteng East Provincial Body and for schools’ tennis to develop and improve.

League organisers Desiré Wilson and Carlouw Thompson are excited about how the league has grown in their second year of running it.

They would like to see more interest from the schools in tennis.

League results:

A League: First: Ashton College A; second Farrarmere Primary A; top girl performer A1 group Sarah Moyo (Ashton College A); top boy performer A1 group Arron van Eck (Ashton College A); top doubles team A1 group Sarah Moyo/Arron van Eck (Ashton College A); top girl performer A2 group Jenna Feiertag (Farrarmere Primary A); top boy performer A2 group Zander de Jager (Laerskool Oosterkruin A); top doubles team A2 group Pieta Loubser/George Piek (Laerskool Baanbreker A)

B League: First: Laerskool Baanbreker C; second Farrarmere Primary B; top girl performer B1 group Leandré Botha (Laerskool Baanbreker C); top boy performer B1 group Jordan Niemand (Laerskool Baanbreker C); top doubles team B1 group: Tyronne Knoetze/Kaeden Naidu (Tom Newby Primary C); top girl performer B2 group: Courtney Postma (Farrarmere Primary B); top boy performer B2 group Marco Squara (Ashton College B); top doubles team B2 group Adam Lacy/Courtney Postma (Farrarmere Primary B)

C League: First: Farrarmere Primary C; second Ashton College C; top girl performer Hannah Jordaan (Laerskool Baanbreker D); top boy performer Jamie Jukes (Farrarmere Primary C); top doubles team Wian van der Merwe/Hannah Jordaan (Laerskool Baanbreker D)

D League: First: Summerfields Primary Cl; second Laerskool Northmead C; top girl performer Angelika Stelzer (Summerfields C); top boy performer Aryan Dhaya (Summerfields C); top doubles team Cullen Posthumus/Arno Geyer (Northmead C)

Selected Boksburg/Benoni girls team: Mia Enslin – Laerskool Oosterkruin A; Jenna Feiertag – Farrarmere Primary A; Gizelle Jordaan – Laerskool Baanbreker B; Sarah Moyo – Ashton College A; Anna Piper – Farrarmere Primary A; Tya Schultz – Laerskool Northmead A; Duné Visser – Laerskool Westwood A

Selected Boksburg/Benoni boys team: Aidan Blaauw – Laerskool Baanbreker A; Zander de Jager – Laerskool Oosterkruin A; Julian Lee – Farrarmere Primary A; Thinus Marais – Laerskool Rynfield A; Kaeden Posthumus – Laerskool Northmead A; Theuhan van Dyk – Laerskool Baanbreker A; Arron van Eck – Ashton College A