Rachelle and Gareth played in two tournaments during the holiday break. Rachelle played some
excellent tennis in Nelspruit and won the singles, doubles and mixed titles (with Gareth).
Gareth lost in the ¼ finals in the singles and doubles. In Umhlali Rachelle lost in the semis in the
singles and lost in the finals of the doubles and mixed doubles (with Gareth). Gareth lost in the
¼ finals in the singles and doubles. It was great to have some of our pupils who were holidaying in
Ballito come and watch us in action. It is also great for your coaches to bring some personal match
experience back from the tournaments that can be taught to our Advantage T.A. pupils.

The July holiday tennis tournament was blessed with beautiful weather and was well attended.
The round robin had around 50 entries and the knock-out had 69 entries.

Mini Tournament Winner Dylan Richards R/ up Adam Roodt 3rd Ashlee Smith

Section 1 Winner Luke Wilson R/ up Sean VD Vyver 3rd Adrian Hanekom 4th Samantha Hodges

Section 2 Winner Michael Van Dyk R/ up Keanu Vierra 3rd Cailyn Sander 4th Nadine Ruddy

Knock-out

Mini Tournament Winner Patrick Boroughs R/ up Lawrence Rycroft

Mini Tournament-L1 Winner Patrick Boroughs R/ up Lawrence Rycroft

Section 1 Winner Luke Wilson R/ up Nicholas Grobbelaar

Section 2 Winner Michael Van Dyk R/ up Keanu Vierra

Section 3 Winner Janu Rautenbach R/ up Nicole Rodrigues

Well done to all the winners.

During the July holidays Veronique represented Gauteng Central in the SATA inter-provincial
high schools U15 tournament where she won all her matches. Gauteng Central won the
tournament. In the Durban Super 7 she had great wins over the No.4 and No.6 ranked players
in South Africa. Well Done.

Private Schools Holiday Tournament

During the Aug holidays Advantage T.A. will run a round robin mini tennis and tennis tournament
from 17^th – 19^th Aug at the Old Parktonians Sports Club. The minis will run from 08h30-09h30
and the tournament from 09h30-13h00.

Nationals

Advantage T.A. will be taking a tour to Bloemfontein for the OVS Super 7 and the junior nationals.
The tour is for 9 days from the 22^nd-1st Oct. Players will need to start preparing themselves for
some tough tennis.
Please let your coach advise you on whether you are ready for tennis at this level.

As July has only given us two weeks of matches in group coaching the scores from the start of
term 3 will be added onto the Aug scores and will appear in the Sept rankings.

Gareth will be away from 4^th Aug- 2^nd Sept. All his pupils will continue with their lessons as
normal during this period. His private school pupils will have their lessons in the mornings at
suitably arranged times. His group and squad lessons will continue at there normal times and
his government school and adult private lessons will continue at there normal time unless
arranged by the coach.
If there are queries please call
Ryan 082 823 4736 who will be handling the group, squad and government private lessons,
Rachelle 082 602 4234 or
Kevin 083 600 8904 who will be handling the private school privates.
All at Advantage TA hope that there won’t be any inconvenience to anyone.

Advantage T.A. is in the process of having tracksuits made. Soon we will have a range that can be
tried on for size. Please be ready to make an order as soon as possible so we can have them ready
for our touring team at the end of September.