College Tennis Teams are Auckland Champions!

Congratulations to the Premier Boys and Premier Girls Tennis teams who have both won their 2013 Auckland Secondary Schools Teams Championship at Merton Road over the weekend. Both teams are current New Zealand champions but were chasing these titles to complete their outstanding season of competitive play.

For the girls, this continues with their dominance of girls’ tennis at secondary school level; they are now Auckland and New Zealand champions for the fourth year in a row!

Both teams were up against the same opposition from the New Zealand finals in March: Westlake Girls and Auckland Grammar. Matches were played indoors because of the inclement weather. The girls’ team beat Westlake Girls only dropping a handful of games in a 9-0 win. The boys had to fight a little harder but were too strong for Auckland Grammar winning 7-2.

To confirm the strength of girls’ tennis at the College, the 2nd Girls Senior A team beat St Cuthbert’s in the ¾ playoff. The Intermediate boys and girls teams were also in finals but unfortunately the boys lost to Auckland Grammar and girls lost to St Cuthbert’s. The Junior Boys won their competition 6-3 to place 3rd overall. We wish the Junior Girls team well for their final this week.

Premier Girls Tennis team:

Paige Hourigan, Kelly Drew, CT Ampornachariya; Rachel Swindell, Lucia Young, Lucy Macdonald.

Premier Boys Tennis team:

William Matheson, Trent Smith, Edi Stoica, Andrew Qi, Connor Williamson, Tama Payne.