Tennis Report

Saturday 8 February 2025

Firsts Report

The Firsts maintained their undefeated season with a dominant 9-0 win over St Joseph’s College (Joeys). After retaking 1st place, the boys put on a clinical display without dropping a set. Starting the day off strong with some doubles, the boys took a 3-0 lead. The boys all won their singles comfortably, with a special mention to Josh Cottee for winning on his Firsts debut and to Josh Powell for only losing two games all day. The boys look to extend a premiership lead against Riverview next week, with their eyes set on an undefeated premiership.

Oliver Wilcox
Firsts Captain

Seconds Report

Shore Seconds tennis teams had another strong weekend, displaying control and technique to get the upper hand over their opponents. Shore played Joeys away and was able to win 8-1 after a long fight. Starting with the doubles, the number one pair, Oli De Kock and Anay Mishra Mall, displayed strong net play to dominate points. The second pair, Taj Gupta and Chris Hunter, also won using splendid ground strokes to win in the tie break after being one set all. The last pair, Ralphie Fowler and Alex Yu started slowly being down 2-0 in the first set but managed to close out all the remaining games with a serve volley combination. Following the doubles, Oli De Koch and Alex Yu started their singles. Oli lost his first set in an eye-catching set 7-5 but, through amazing determination, won the next two sets. Alex unfortunately lost his game, demonstrating strong serves, but was unable to conquer the opponent. Anay was exceptional, winning his game 6-0 6-0 again, having not lost a single game in singles in the team. Taj held down his opponent with strong build-up play, comfortably winning, while Chris had another exceptional win, 6-0 6-0, demonstrating an impenetrable backhand. Finally, Ralphie showed exemplary technique to close out the final game of the day, with countless serve winners down the line. The Team is preparing for next week and another big win.

Alex Yu
Seconds Caption

U16s

The Under 16s had an excellent weekend playing Joeys, with the A’s winning 6-0, the B’s 5-1, and the C’s 3-0. In doubles, all pairs achieved victory, with four pairs winning 6-1. In their doubles win, Isaac Metcalfe and Noah Gee were forced into a tiebreaker, eventually winning 7-5. In the singles, Edward Dunnet and Jack Connor-Brent were victorious 6-1, a result which Max Scarlett, Noah Gee, and Leo Brasic, who made his debut, matched. Most notably, Loki Lam and Luca Wescott took home 6-0 victories, displaying their skill and consistency. The D’s and E’s played internally this week, training to play Riverview next week, where all teams hope to repeat their excellent results against Joeys.

Benji Loy
U16s player

U13s

Ziheng Wang and Benjamin Pan played very well both in their double and singles games. Alex Warren and Henry Brieger were beaten in their singles, but both games had a high amount of quality tennis from both sides.

13B and 13C’s – Drew on the score sheet, with both teams being evenly matched.

13D’s – Lachlon Wang, Jack Hersey, Koji Takamura and Harry Stibbard all played their part in a whitewash of the opposition, winning 6-0 Sets and 36-10 games