Bloemfontein, South Africa – The first tennis teams of both Grey College and Oranje Meisieskool have been selected to represent South Africa at the World Schools Tennis championships to be held in Doha, Qatar from 7 to 15 March 2015.
The tournament will be played at the Qatar Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex.
The teams were selected based on the top 8 players on the official Tennis South Africa (TSA) rankings in each school. Players selected had to be in the grades 9 to 12.
Teams from Australia, Belgium, Brasil, Chile, China, England, France, Germany, Gautemala, India, Iran, Italy, Qatar, Scotland, Taipei, Thailand and Turkey will join South Africa in the tournament.
The format of play will be the same as the recently successful Indian Premier Tennis League (IPTL) where players will be auctioned off to sponsors with four players making up a team.
The teams representing South Africa are as follows;
Oranje Meisieskool:
1. Lize Moolman
2. Hanri Stofberg
3. Lise Stofberg
4. Daniel De Villiers
5. Aletta Macheli
6. Sabrina Moolman
Grey College:
1. George Botha
2. Jan Paul Berry
3. Kukutla Motlojoa
4. Philip Henning
5. Liam Coertzen
6. Handre Hoffman
Both teams will be coached by Gustav Fichardt.