Players sip on GTC Milo Junior Tennis Tournament
Junior Tennis players here were presented with another serving of the Milo tournament at the Grassroot Tennis Club.{{more}}
The tournament came to a close last Friday afternoon at the Grassroot Tennis Clubâs base at the Haddon Hotels courts on Murrayâs Road.
After five days of competition, the top performers rose and tasted the sweetness of victory.
Taj Ballantyne won the Boysâ Under-16 title when he defeated Sebastian Cyrus, while Gabrielle Benn got the better of Luka Lyttle to capture the Girlsâ Under-16 title.
It was a Benn twin sistersâ affair in the Under -14 Girlsâ category, when Gabrielle defeated Amarlia to secure the title.
In the Boysâ Under-14 final, it was a close match between Alexander Cyrus and Richard Hoyte, but Cyrus prevailed in the end.
Akeil De Roche stepped up his game in the Under-12 Boysâ category, to outplay Antonio Caine to take another title.
De Roche had had glory in the Under-10 category, having defeated Rio Connell in the final.
In the Under -10 Girlsâ category, Tamara Edwards defeated Sage Bascombe in the championship match and Che Connell defeated Afi Lucas to claim the title in the Boysâ Under-8 category.
Mc klyn Ince won the Boysâ Under-6 and Zachery Henry the Girlsâ category of that age group.
Fifty-five players participated in the tournament. (RT)