Monday 22 June 2015

Year 4 Tennis Team & The Wimbledon Champion!

Road to Eastbourne Aegon Tennis Tournament


During the summer term, the year 4 tennis team have competed and won two qualifying rounds, of the LTA’s ‘Road to Eastbourne tournament.’  This Saturday they travelled to Eastbourne to compete in the grand final, against 8 other winning schools from other regions. 
Our team shone in the skills tests and tennis matches and finished as bronze medal winners overall. Over 100 schools had competed in this tournament, so to finish in 3rd place was a great achievement.
Many congratulations to all of you  who competed in the initial rounds, as well as the final.
The children received medals, certificates and a goodie bag of LTA treats. They then went with their families to the Aegon International tennis tournament, to watch the professional players in action. However, the excitement did not end there!
The LTA arranged for the current Wimbledon Ladies Champion, Petra Kvitová, 
 to meet the children and pose for some pictures with the winning teams.
Check out the cheesy grins below of: Kian, Louis, Daniel, Charlie, Kiyra, Sienna, Caitlin and Matilda.


One lucky member of the Vale team was chosen to return to the Aegon Championships on Monday, to meet with Petra again to conduct an interview. You will be able to see more pictures and a write up of her day on the blog soon, plus her pictures will appear in the British Tennis Magazine next month.
Congratulations Sienna!


It has been a pleasure to play tennis with you all this term and see you apply your new skills in this fantastic tournament. Well done. Mrs C :) 

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