Johannesburg, South Africa – South Africa has qualified for the African Junior Championships (AJC) to be played in Tunisia from 10 to 22 March 2015. The team qualified by winning the Southern African Junior Championships which were held in Botswana from 9 to 18 January, 2015 where the South African junior players won ten and nine titles in the first tournament and second tournaments respectively.
“We were very impressed with the nearly clean sweep of titles at the Southern African Junior Championships and that has made us one of the big contenders for the African Championship crown” said Leon Freimond, Tennis South Africa High Performance Manager.
Four players who were rested for the AJC Qualifying in Botswana in 2015, namely Lara van der Merwe (GU12), twin sisters Zani and Lee Barnard (GU16) and Richard Thongoana (BU16) have been included in the team.
The teams are:
BU14: Charl Morgan (GC) & Joubert Klopper (FS)
GU14: Carmen Fichardt (FS) & Lara van der Merwe (NWP)
BU16: Richard Thongoana (GC) & Joshua Howard-Tripp (GE)
GU16: Lee Barnard (GN) & Zani Barnard (GN)
The coaches are:
Allan Karam (GN)
Terrey Schweitzer (GE)