171 Centenary Edition Tennis Back row (L-R): Keegan Gevers, Matthew McMurray, Noah Dammann, Tom McKenzie Seated: Bryce van der Merwe (Captain), Mr Anthony Willows, Shail Chetty TENNIS 1ST TEAM Other players who represented the 1st team: Caleb Fyvie, Finn Coningham, U15 team players Finn Coningham, Keegan Gevers, Tom McKenzie, Lithabe Shweni, Ryan Smith, Matthew Lamplough and Kyle Berry Tennis at the College had an active and productive year, despite the COVID restrictions placed on various sporting codes. We participated in the Paul Roos Festival in April, and hosted another annual Kearsney Festival in May. KZN tennis trials took place in August and, in September, our U15 team participated in a top schools event hosted by Waterkloof in Pretoria. This year was the 25th edition of the annual Kearsney Tennis Festival. The Spar Group sponsored the festival, with Wilson and Sportsmans Warehouse assisting with prizes and stringing rackets. We are fortunate to have Spar committed to sponsorship for 2022. The exciting line up included: Kearsney College, Paul Roos Gym, Grey College, Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Affies), Pretoria Boys High, Rondebosch Boys High, Westville Boys’ High and Clifton College. Paul Roos were the top seed and beat Grey College in an enthralling final. An Old Boys’ event was held to celebrate the 25 years of success of this tournament. Kearsney won the festival in 1996 and 1997. Darren Clarke and Gareth Collingwood from those strong teams played, as well as Matt Copeland (1997), Brett Veale (1999), Tim Johnson (1999), Colin Corbishley (2000) and Tyrone La Reserveé (2008). In both the Kearsney and Paul Roos events our extremely young Kearsney team performed well, but struggled to win matches against the top schools. In the U15 School Tennis Tournament hosted by Waterkloof in Pretoria, the Kearsney team did very well and finished 6th out of the 14 schools. Awards Tennis Honours Caleb Fyvie Tennis Colours Bryce van der Merwe, Shail Chetty Tennis Half-colours Noah Dammann, Matthew McMurray I thank coaches Mr Bevan Anley and Mr Alan Cairns for the time they spent coaching the boys this year. Tennis is in a good space at the College. Next year Mr Bruce Young will be joining us as the Head Coach. Mr Naresh Mahabeer (currently the Master in Charge of tennis at Grey College) has been appointed as an English teacher and will also be joining the tennis team in 2022. We have an exciting group of junior players and also have some talented boys joining us in Grade 8 next year. Mr Anthony Willows MIC Tennis We congratulate the boys who were selected for KZN teams in August: U19A Caleb Fyvie U15A Finn Coningham Tennis Awards: School Tennis Champion Caleb Fyvie U15 Champion Finn Coningham Most Improved Player Finn Coningham F R I E N D L Y P R O F E S S I O N A L A D V I C E h i l l pha rm@mwebb i z . co . za CHRIST IANS VI LLAGE CENTRE Caleb Fyvie Finn Coningham This year was the 25th edition of the annual Kearsney Tennis Festival.
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