South Africa

VOSLOORUS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, VOSLOORUS TOWNSHIP, GAUTENG
The project started in 2011 and at present around 100 children are coached and mentored on a weekly basis with tennis each afternoon and Saturday mornings. Since inception, around 250 children have benefited from this initiative with some having gone on to represent the province at inter provincial tournaments. This year a record was set when four children were chosen. Head Coach Michael Lelosa visits the four local schools to canvas children and now, with the tennis club having been affiliated to Tennis SA and a club formed, more families are attending and bringing their children. Lockdown hampered the programme but since September 2020 children have been entered into local events which now allow spectators. Life Skills Days will be re-introduced once lockdown restrictions are lifted.

KENTON JUNIOR TENNIS PROGRAMME, KENTON-ON-SEA, EASTERN CAPE
The programme in the small coastal town of Kenton-on-Sea and its neighbouring Township, Ekuphumleni, teaches tennis and life skills to school children in an environment rife with unemployment, drugs and alcohol. A “future generation” group has been started at the primary school and for those children too young to undertake the walk to the courts just yet, the community hall or a flat area next to the school will be used. The programme has also established a close relationship with the local Kenton Tennis Club which provides its facilities free of charge. Despite Covid-19, 2021 is proving to be exciting with numbers of older children returning to or starting the programme increasing to more than twice that of 2019 and 2020.

Success For First Time Tournament Players

Once again we were indebted to Gauteng East for organizing a day tournament and we could “blood” some of our younger players into competitive play.

New Development Plans

In an attempt to boost the awareness and the number of people playing tennis in the province, the Vaal River Tennis Development social tournaments are aimed at the development and the promoting of township tennis around the country.

Kenton on Sea year end report 2022

For the second time, Khaya was selected to participate in TSA’s mentorship programme, only this time our assistant coach, Lucia, was also selected.

Vosloorus end of year report 2022

We were once again extremely grateful for the funding from IC Philanthropy in order for us to continue the development program in Vosloorus.

Final Tournaments Of The Year

Once again we decided to “spread our wings” and sent 12 players to an event in the Vaal. Following the success of the visit to Soweto a while back, we have decided that to give the players more variety in the tournament play we should “test the water” at other events.

Thando Xolo Is Our Star Player

We entered seven of the players into the Gauteng East Closed tournament which also acts as the first leg of trials for the 2023 inter provincial teams.

New Venture For Vosloorus Kids

We have consistently supported most the tournaments within easy reach by taxi for our kids where we believe that they will benefit from playing in such events.

South Africa Win Qualfying Leg of Rod Laver Junior Challenge

After a break of three years thanks to Covid, the IC Rod Laver Worldwide junior challenge is up and running again. Qualifying takes place this year on five continents with the winners going through to the finals which are to be held in California in November 2023.

Sanele Saul Joins Coaching Team At Vosloorus

We are delighted that Sanele has joined the team. Sanele started playing tennis at Vosloorus when he was 11 and immediately showed promise. This promise was nurtured to the extent that he played in and won tournaments especially those wonderful one day events at Benoni organised by Gauteng East Tennis Association.

The Restart Of Tournaments

With the tennis calendar so full these days it has been a pity that the one day events organized by Gauteng East Tennis Association have to take a back seat to the more major events. What with tournaments locally plus with South Africa competing in a number of team events within Africa, it was delightful to see the kids enjoying some tournament play last Sunday.

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