Amelia "races away" with two titles at South Cant Hardcourt Junior Champs

Amelia Race played consistent tennis to win both the girls 10s and 12s singles titles at the Hardcourt Champs played at the South Canterbury Finance Tennis centre today. Race defeated Tony Thompson in a third set super tie break after losing the first set 7-6.Amelia fought back winning the second set convincingly and then the ten point tie-break.Amelia scored a default win in the 10s after Anna Cochrane unfortunately had to withdraw with injury.There was some great tennis played today with a few surprise results.In one of the best matches of the day Henry Race returned to the winners circle with win over Lawrence Darling in the 14 boys singles final again a third set super tie break decided the match. All juniors benifited from the day and results can be found at this linkAs a coach its important to advise juniors what events they should play and give their parents direction as to what tournaments to enter,the Hardcourt champs with non champ events and championship events are local events that local coaches need to encourage their players to enter,often by particpating in one event can mean a huge improvement for a junior and the experience gained by participating is very important and as a coach its your advice and encouragement that juniors new to tournaments need to overcome their doubts about entering events such as these.Pictured below are Harrison Darling( left) and Ben Deeley( right) finalists in the Boys 8s singles.Harrison came out the winner in a very good matchup.