Tennis Wrap

Round 7 of GPS Tennis for Terrace included matches against Brisbane Boys' College, Brisbane Grammar School and the annual Terrace Doubles championships. The ‘Bye’ Round was anything but a bye as the program was busy with tennis experiences right across the year levels. The matches against BBC and BGS were again highly competitive and provided brilliant match play opportunities. We have seen definite improvement in our players from the previous encounters and that is a great result. 

Thank you to the Terrace Tennis fraternity who came out and supported the championships. It was a brilliant day, full of fun and highly competitive matches. Having such a day in Round 7 of the competition was perfect - a little reminder about the reason one plays the game. It was a fantastic social day, which allowed for opportunities that wouldn’t normally occur. Congratulations to all the winners, runner ups and to all boys who entered and a big thank you to the families who came along and made this day a great success.

Play of the Day for the Year 5 boys against BGS was Harry De Sousa and Lucas O’Kane’s singles performance, with both taking revenge on the Grammar opponent this week with dominating performances, utilising coach feedback and the theme from group training very effectively. 

The Team of the Day was 5F for their supportive atmosphere, great communication in their doubles pairs and a great attitude on court towards their opponents and off court patiently waiting for their matches.

The Year 6 matches were also hotly contested with the Match of the Day involving Will Monckton. Grammar started the match playing a high standard of tennis, getting an early break and getting up 5-2. Although down in the match, Will saved countless short duces, fighting for every point and ending the match on a high winning 6-5. 

The Doubles Pair of the Day were Max Van Balen and Xavier Ryan. Both boys showed very high ability in the match using crossing, faking and I formation techniques throughout the match. Taking full advantage of the net, both boys were able to finish the point with both accuracy and finesse.

This week our Year 10s braved a cold winter morning to take on a strong BBC team for the second time this season in a bye match. The 10As looked to improve on their previous performance against BBC and fought hard to put pressure on the BBC 10A team. Going into the singles the boys rallied hard for each point, creating quite a spectacle for everyone watching.  The 10Bs had a fantastic day, showing real improvement thanks to all the hard work in training and clinched crucial doubles and singles sets to come out of the day with a win. The 10Cs started strongly with the doubles, showing off some impressive I formation but the BBC boys proved too good in the singles. Overall all the boys had a fun morning and enjoyed playing BBC as it was an opportunity to show their improvement from the season. 

In the Open matches against BBC, Charlie Tracey played very well and managed to clinch a 7-6 victory in the number one singles, while Nick McGill and Lachlan Marshall played well going down 6-3 in the first doubles against BBC's number one pair and managed to edge a 7-5 victory in their second doubles.

This week the program moves in to Round 8 of the competition against Ipswich Grammar School (IGS). IGS have two home venues and they include the courts at their playing fields at IGS Tennis Centre, Pearse Drive, Brassall and George Adler Tennis Centre, Ernest Street, One Mile. 

Please make sure you go to the right venue. We also have supplementary matches to add to our home venues of Ambi, Coops and Victoria Park. Terrace Tennis will be well represented around the Brisbane district yet again.

Some important information regarding the program as we move towards the final round of the season. The teams that are scheduled to play in Toowoomba are:  Years 5A and B, 6A and B, 7A, B, C, D and 8A, B, C, D teams.  Please make travel arrangements. 
We wish all boys representing the Terrace Tennis program the best of luck for Round 8.

Rugby Wrap

Season 2018 will once again see large numbers of boys wearing the red and black stripes. Many thanks to all those families who took the time to register. To ensure the season gets off to a smooth start please take time to read through the below checklist.

Clothing and Equipment

• Terrace jerseys, shorts and socks will need to be purchased before the end of term as we play NC in a trial on the Saturday before returning to school.
• Mouthguard (a fitted mouth-guard from a dentist is strongly recommended). 

Holiday Clinic

• Thursday 12 and Friday 13 of July at Tennyson at the below times: Please note there is no need to register as it’s an expectation that all boys attend. Only boys not attending are required to inform tyronmandrusiak@terrace.qld.edu.au
• U11, U12, U14 teams: 9am – 12pm
• U13, U15, U16 and Open Teams: 2 – 5pm
• Trial game against Nudgee College on Saturday 14 July at Nudgee (schedule TBC).

TERM 3 TENNYSON TRAINING SCHEDULE

A bus will depart Gregory Terrace at 3.15pm sharp travelling to Tennyson with training commencing at 4pm. Training will finish at 5.30pm with a bus returning to Terrace at approx. 6.15pm. Parents are welcome to collect their sons from Tennyson.

Referees

• If you are interested in refereeing please contact Tyron via email as each weekend we are required to cover up to 20 + games tyronmandrusiak@terrace.qld.edu.au

Date Claimers

• Season Launch at Tennyson Friday 13 July