We are very proud of our Tennis achievements. Below is a brief list of some of our recent achievements:

• Private School Tournament at Sun City - Champions in 2011 (Section A and B), 2010, 2007 and 2006
• 4th at the 2012 Paul Roos Festival
• Unbeaten at St Stithians Easter Sports Festival
• 3rd at 2012 Wayne Ferreira Challenge
• 6th at the 2011 Affies U15 Tournament
• 2011, 2010, 2007, 2006 Private Schools Tournament Champions
• 2011, 2010, 2008, 2007 Bennies Invitational Tennis Tournament Champions
• 2010 Premier League Champions
• 2010 Truida Kestell Under 13 Tournament Champions
• 3rd place at the 2010 S.A. Prestige Under 13 Tournament
• 2008 S. A Primary School Champions

Fridays:
Date:	27 Jan	03 Feb	10 Feb	17 Feb	02 Mar	09 Mar	16 Mar
A Team:	PTA Boys A Home	St David's A Home	St Stithian's A Home	PRG Festival	Northcliff A Away	Rand Park A Home	Affies A Home
Results:	Won 6 - 3	Won 9 -0	Rained out		Won 9-0
B Team:	Trinity B Home	St Stithian's C  Away	St David's B Home	King David L A Home	Bryanston A Away	Bye	KES B Away
Results:	Won 89 -10	won 68-31	Rained out	Won 50-49	Won 68-31
C Team:	Reddam A Away	Helpmekaar B Home	Bye	St Dunstan's A (H/A)	Marist Bros A Home	St Martin's A Away	Saheti A Home
Results:	Won 70 - 29	lost 46-53	Bye	Won 66-33	Won 70-29
Mondays:
Date:	23-Jan	30 Jan	06-Feb	13 Feb	20 Feb	5 Mar	12 Mar
D Team:	Bishop Bavin A Home	Leeuwenhof A Away	Marist Bros B Home	Helpmekaar C Home	KES D Away	Bye	Waterstone B Away
Results:	Walkover	Lost 31 - 68	Won 77-22	Lost 37-62	Rained out
E Team:	Sacred Heart A Away	Yeshiva A Home	Bye	KES E Away	Helpmekaar D Home	St Martin's B Home	Saheti B Home
Results:	Lost 33 - 66	Walkover		Won 92-7	Rained out
F Team:	Glenvista C Away	Parktown D Home	Yeshiva B Home	Bye	Jeppe B Away	Mondeor B Home
Results:	Postponed	Won 64 - 35	Walkover		Rained,post to 7/3

 

The 1st Tennis team plays Tennis throughout the year. The team consists of the Top 8 players on the school's ladder.

The Term 2 fixtures for 2012 are as follows:

Date		Opponents		Venue		Result
Friday, 11 May		KES		Home		W 9 - 0
Friday, 18 May		St John's College		Home		Postponed to 16 June
Friday, 25 May		Helpmekaar		Away		W 9 - 0
Friday, 1 June		Linden		Home
Friday, 8 June		Parktown Boys		Home

2012 Wayne Ferreira Challenge

The St Benedict’s Tennis team participated in the annual Wayne Ferreira Challenge, hosted by Parktown Boys last week. This is the oldest schools’ tennis tournament in the country which has been in existence for 19 years. In the group stage, Bennies beat Stellenbosch (11-10), Parktown Boys (18-0) and HTS Middelburg (17-3). In the Semi Final, Bennies lost a very competitive match to Curro Durbanville (5-4), who went on to beat Glenwood in the Final. Bennies ended up 3rd overall, by beating Stellenbosch (6-3), in the 3rd/4th playoff. This was Bennies’ best performance, to date, at this illustrious tennis tournament.

The final positions were as follows:

1st Curro Durbanville
2nd Glenwood
3rd St Benedict’s
4th Stellenbosch
5th HTS Middelburg
6th KES
7th St Stithians
8th Parktown Boys.

Top row: Mason Greef, Luca Castelli, Ryan Laubser and Shane Löser
Bottom Row: Brandon Laubser, Sheldon Löser and Massimo Iovino