PNBHS Tennis Exchange vs Napier BHS
Play is getting underway at Manawatu Lawn Tennis club in windy conditions. It is good to have 3 Year 9’s playing in the junior team, especially since this exchange is so early in the school year.
Senior Team:
Kurt Amey (c)
Kieren Rooney
Caleb Young
Alec Pedersen
Josh Sorensen
Caleb Martin
Junior Team:
Alex Evans
Dan van der Spuy
Ben Nixon
Jordi Viljoen
RESULTS
Seniors:
Rooney won 6-1 6-3
Pedersen won 6-0 6-0
Amey won 6-1 6-4
Sorensen won 6-3 6-4Martin won 4-6 6-2 1-0 (10 -4 in super tie break)
Juniors:
Evans won 6-1 6-1
van der Spuy 6-0 6-2
Viljoen won 6-3 6-2
OVERALL RESULT:
PNBHS vs Napier Boys’ High School.
PNBHS won 14 -1
Played in blustery conditions, PNBHS won 9 out of the 10 singles in the morning. Both Kurt Amey (captain) and Kieren Rooney survived strong come backs from their opponents to win in straight sets. Special mention goes to Ben Nixon (9BX) who lost the first set easily but went on to grind his way back to a 3 set win.
The doubles combinations faired just as well, with the Junior combinations winning comfortably. Senior number 2 doubles featured Napier’s best performing singles player. Caleb Young and Alec Pedersen lost the first set 5-7 but went on to win the second comfortably and fight hard to win the 3rd set Super Tie Break 12-10.
A great result for the team, reflective of the hard work being put in by both the A and B training squads. This is the best result over Napier in recent history.
