AICES 15 Years Tennis Championships
Sharon Fairfax – PDHPE Teacher Aide – Gymnastics Coordinator
Success
Last Friday, Emanuel School entered four of our most talented under 15 years boys into the AICES (Australian Independent Co Educational Schools) Championships held at Cintra Park, Concord. There is always an extremely high level of tennis at this event which hosts students from eight associations comprising seventy two schools, of which many are ranked junior Australian players.
Emanuel achieved amazing results, with huge congratulations to Luca Calderon Havas who claimed first place to take out AICES 15 years Championship for the second year in a row, making it a great back to back victory.
Luca played strongly throughout the tournament showing not only amazing talent but a maturity and composure beyond his years.
These championships are a round robin style tournament with students placed in pools playing five matches with the top three going through to finals. Aaron Khedoori more than held his own in his pool games only to come up against Luca in the quarter final going down 5-1.
Well done to Jack Smagarinsky who took out 1st place in the Repechage in a thrilling match going down to the wire with a 5-4 victory in the tiebreak.
Jake Fleischer also represented well, playing some great shots.
Mia Gottlieb and Talia Rabin represented Emanuel at the AICES under 15 years girls the week before at Cintra Park. Although lacking the experience of many of their competitors, the girls showed great enthusiasm with Mia making it through to the quarter finals.
All students displayed excellent tennis etiquette on the day representing our school with great pride.
