Times Of Swaziland: TENNIS JUNIORS CALL  FOR MORE TOURNEYS

TENNIS JUNIORS CALL  FOR MORE TOURNEYS
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 BY NTOKOZO MAGONGO on 14/11/2017 04:05:00


MHLUME – Bring them on. This is what junior tennis players said about
tournaments, soon after taking part in Saturday’s RSSC tournament at Mhlume.
In separate interviews, a couple of the players believed that the more
competitions held the more competitive they would become in international
events.
About 20 juniors featured on Saturday despite the rain that was experienced
throughout the country over the weekend. There was great determination showed by
the youngsters as they sweated for the gold medal that eventually went to Vusi
Tsabedze in the Under-16 category.
Winner of the Under-12 Boys, Nkosephayo Siwela said in the past they would only
train when a tournament was announced, but now with the Swaziland Building
Society (SBS) juniors tournament held almost every month, they trained every
week.
Swaziland National Tennis Association (SNTA) Secretary Nqaba Mkhaliphi said they
were encouraging teams to host their own tournaments. He said in their yearly
calendar, there was a slot for teams’ tournaments.
“We are happy that Mhlume has taken the lead. We encourage other teams to also
do the same. The teams are not supposed to wait for the association to host
competitions,” he said.