Tennis juniors show their skills

Many of the province’s leading primary school tennis players gathered at the Renwick Tennis Club on Friday for the annual Mitchell Sports Rapaura junior doubles tournament.

Usually staged on the grass courts of Rapaura, the event was shifted to Renwick after heavy rain during the week. It was originally scheduled for Thursday, but again rain intervened necessitating a late shift to the final venue.

The boys and girls sections were played in a pool round-robin format, with the pool winners vying for the overall titles, again in a round-robin series.

The boys’ section was taken out by Max Sowman and Josh Harris, who won two from two in the final series, from second-placed Alex Herd and Elijah O’Donnell, then Kobe Hart and Hunter Wong.

Harriet Cornelius and Ruby Glackin took out the girls’ section, scoring three wins from three, with Pippa Sowman and Issey O’Brien second, Emily Preece and Josephine Walkenhorst third, then Mia Harris and Penny Soper fourth.

Both the boys’ and girls’ winners earn entry to the annual Rapaura senior doubles tournament on January 2-3.