GETA puts tennis kids on map
“It was inspiring to see the determination and skills of all the players.”
Karen McRae, chairperson of the Gauteng East Tennis Association (GETA) juniors’ tennis, said GETA was honoured to host the South African Schools Sports Championship winter games from July 3 to 6. Schools from across the country attended.
GETA also hosted the Gauteng East leg of the Tennis South Africa Super 8 tournament last week, which drew South Africa’s top U16 and open-division players.
“Over the past two weeks, we hosted three great juniors tournaments. It was inspiring to see the determination and skills of these players. It brought exposure to tennis,” she said.
“It was an amazing few weeks of tennis events at GETA, coinciding with Wimbledon.”
Gauteng won the wheelchair tennis section, while KZN won the able-bodied section.
The winners of the TSA Super 8 tournament were:
• Open men: Takura Mhwandagara (Gauteng);
• Open women: Tamsin Hart (Free State);
• U16 boys: Simphiwe Ngwenya (KZN);
• U16 girls: Alicia Taylor (Western Cape);
• U14 boys: Dehan van DeVenter (Western Cape);
• U14 girls: Ashley Taylor (Western Cape);
• U12 boys: Nicholas Kruger (Western Cape);
• U12 girls: Lily Haley (KZN).
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