South Canterbury Juniors excel In Canterbury Easter Junior Tournament

Ben Deeley ended the tournament with two wins, claiming both the 8 boys singles title as well as the doubles title.In the singles final he defeated Manawa Rakete-Shea from Dunedin 6-4 after both boys had won their respective pool matches.They then combined to defeat Canterbury players Chapman - Murison 6-3 in the doubles final.In the 14 boys singles Tom Deely went down in a close three setter to Southern 14s Representative player Dunedin's Henry Hailes 6-4;5-7;6-4.He then lost another close match to Canterbury's David Clay 4-6;6-2;tb10-8 in the Consolation Round.Last of the Deeley brothers Jack lost a competitive quarter final of the boys 10s singles 9-5 to Cameron McCracken .Jono Ellis also played well in a close tussle losing to Jack Murison 9-6 in the quarter finals of the 10 boys singles.In the boys 12 singles semi final Sam Lane went down to second seed Liam Wilby of Wellington 6-4 4-6 6-4 ,Lane leading 4-2 and 40/30 in the final set could not quite finish it off .Its disappointing to always lose a close match from this position however sometimes to win these close matches you first have to lose from this position,I am sure Sam did after the feeling of disappointment and will take some positives for the upcoming Nationals.Annabel Ellis will play in the Girls 12s Final and will play Canterbury's Gabriella Coates after defeating local player Jessica Shaw 6-4 7-5 in the semi's today.Ellis will be looking to reverse the result of last time they met and no doubt will be in for a tough match.All players competed in the doubles and results can be found at this link