U15A U15B U15C

The U15A girls were a real pleasure to coach: enthusiastic, determined, and they gave 100% to all fixtures. It seems to have been the season for close matches, with the score lines often being 5-4, whether in our favour or not. They sometimes found it hard to find a consistent tempo, despite often having the better shots from the back of the court, and this meant that they could not always capitalise on the chances that were on offer. But even when results did not go our way, the girls kept their heads high and really played in the spirit of the game. A special mention must go to Issy T and Mollie D, who as third pair often won sets

SQUAD

E. Clark (M), A. Corner (M), Z. Dunn (F), I. Haigh (M), S. Haines (M), G. Hiatt (F), J. Leavesley (M), M. Oborn (G)

SQUAD

L. Barkey (M), M. Capewell (A), I. Haigh (M), L. Iorio (A), I. Leverton (A), M. Oborn (G), A. Payne (G), I. Ruddy (G), S. Steele (A), A. Thandi (A), T. Uppal (M) against the opposition second, which is a fantastic achievement. As the season progressed, the squad developed their serving, as well as their movement skills, and it was great to see just how attacking they were at the net, taking any opportunity that they could to win points from this forward position. As ever, I look forward to watching them play as U16s and I am sure that they will continue to go from strength to strength.

GKR

It was a real pleasure to coach the U15B tennis team. They brought enthusiasm and excitement to their training sessions and played hard in their fixtures. It was a fantastic first match against Rugby, where the team secured their first win with an impressive score of 9-0. They demonstrated great play at the net, an excellent attacking style, and, most importantly, brilliant teamwork throughout, especially when the games were tight. After a couple of away losses against Rugby second time round and Uppingham, they came back with determination and achieved two well-deserved wins over Oakham and Trent to finish the season.

HCP

The season began with a great 5-4 win against Rugby in a competitive away fixture, and the girls were raring to go for the return match at home later that same week. On a very warm afternoon, they played valiantly, and the outcome was decided in the very last match –unfortunately, not in our favour, despite two 6-0 wins for Matty O and Izzy H, and two extremely close 5-6 matches for Lea B and Izzy L.

Our next fixture was away at Uppingham on an extremely hot day. The girls did well to keep hydrated playing on exposed courts, but the opposition proved too much for us, in spite of Sophie S and Tea U's efforts with a 6-3 win and a close 5-6 loss in two out of their three matches.

A home fixture against Oakham saw another stalwart effort from all three pairs. We weren’t able to quite get the killer shots in to achieve a win, but all credit to Sophie and Isabella R for giving us a super final match and winning 6-3.

In what turned out to be the final fixture of the season, away at Trent, the outcome was closer than the score would have you believe. On a breezy and extremely wet day, there were wins for each pair and close matches throughout this well-fought-out tussle.

The team should be proud of themselves. It was a pleasure to work with such a positive and fun group of young women, and great to be able to give lots of people the chance to play. Well done all!

Squad

C. Coulborn (F), E. Grindal (M), M. Hart (F), I. Kashihara (F), H. Lees (G), A. Millard Smith (A), E. Sandhu (A),

D. Spear (F), K. Ward (G), L. Welberry (G) attitude of the Repton girls that they then succeeded in beating them just a few days later. Admittedly the advantage of being at home was with us, and playing on a full-sized court was significant (having got caught out by this playing away at Rugby), but it was wonderful to have turned round the result so dramatically in such a short space of time.

Much progress was made on court over the course of the term and the U14As had some wonderful sessions, both in training and in matches. The team were terrific to work with; always ready for hard work and open to suggestions on how to improve their game. Learning the key components of doubles play was a whole new world to some of the players but it was so rewarding to see them adapt and test themselves in matches. The team was rather fluid given that this was the first year that Repton had introduced junior cricket as a major sports option for girls in the Summer Term. As we navigate our way into next year, I am sure that both sports will continue to work side by side, but I was so impressed by the number of girls who tried to play both and appreciated their willingness to represent the School.

Without a doubt, the impact of Covid has been far-reaching when it comes to school sport, and not having had the opportunity to play tennis matches for two years was a drawback. But if the girls can continue to improve at the rate at which they did in Summer 2022, then the future looks very bright indeed.

Squad

Z. Barkey (M), S. Derby (M),

A. Edwards (M), I. Kashihara (F),

R. Korylco-Bowers (M), P. Mercer (F),

A. Millard Smith (A), E. Morrison (A),

E. Sandhu (A), C. Turton (A),

K. Wylie (M)

The notable performance of the term was against Rugby. Having lost to them (2-7), it was a testament to the

The annual singles tournament was also a close fought competition and congratulations must go to Keira W for emerging victorious.

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