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TENNIS
Rowan Prep tennis Tennis features throughout the girls’ sporting life at Rowan Prep School in Claygate, Surrey. All girl s participate in racket skills from pre-prep through to Year 6, and tennis also features as part of the extra-curricular programme which is open to all girls, in all years, building skills and confidence for match play. Each year Rowan enters the Surrey Schools League. With tennis competitions finally underway, the U9-U11 squads had their first matches of the term which saw success for the pairing of Ginny Chen and Aleksija Vujcic, who went through to the next round undefeated. Both girls have had an extremely successful start to the Summer, as part of the Surrey top 5 U9 squad; they have won the group stages of the County Cup and have qualified for the national final on the 6th June at the University of Bath. We wish them the best of luck for the finals!
Surbiton High tennis In 2013, Surbiton High School started their new tennis scholarship programme, which allows players to study full time and still have the flexibility to spend the required hours on court needed to stay at the top of the game. They have since gone on to win two U13 National Titles, have been U15 National Runners Up and won many other county and regional events along the way. These successes have led the School to be ranked inside the top 10 tennis schools in Great Britain, and twice inside the top four. This year, they have been seeded as the third strongest school in Britain for the 2021 U18 National Finals and are confident of achieving their best results to date. Players who are successful with scholarship applications will receive a discount on school fees as well as individual coaching hours with either the Head of Tennis, Gregg Kovic, or Assistant Head of Tennis, Zak Elbekri. As players get older and start competing in Tennis Europe events, on the British Tour and in ITF events, the School can provide them with the time off school and remote support required for their studies. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT gregg.kovic@surbitonhigh.com
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