Colleges from across the nation battled it out on the Nationwide Excessive Faculty Workforce Championships in Traralgon.
Traralgon, VIC, 5 December 2024 | Tennis Australia
The 2024 version of the Gallipoli Youth Cup, staged in Traralgon, noticed Australia’s finest highschool groups competing for the Nationwide Excessive Faculty Championship title.
The Gallipoli Youth Cup was first held in 2008 as a Junior ITF occasion and now incorporates the Nationwide Excessive Faculty Workforce Championships, supported by PRO IT and in collaboration with Youth of Tomorrow.
On the court docket, regardless of rain impacting 4 days of the occasion, the usual of tennis was extremely excessive and the crew tradition and camaraderie was there for all to see.
Pat Money, Australian tennis legend and co-founder of the Gallipoli Youth Cup, continues to be excited concerning the supply of the occasion.
“We’re delivering legacy and impression by way of the Gallipoli Youth Cup and remodeling tennis by way of elevated alternatives for secondary faculty athletes in Australia,” Money stated.
Co-founder of the Gallipoli Youth Cup and CEO of Youth of Tomorrow, Umit Oraloglu, agreed. “We’re proud to see the event of tennis but additionally the commemorative facet of the Gallipoli Youth Cup,” he stated.
“That is the technology that can lead the commemoration of the fallen troopers at Gallipoli so it’s crucial we proceed to make it a precedence inside a sporting atmosphere”.
The boys closing was a repeat of 2023’s battle between Brisbane Boys School and The McDonald School. Brisbane Boys School flexed their muscle, successful all 4 singles matches and claiming the primary set of the #1 doubles to ensure the end result and the title for a second straight season.
The women closing was a nail-biter, with powerhouses Meriden Faculty seeking to safe their third straight title over a gallant Maribyrnong School. Regardless of three of the 4 singles matches going to deciding match tiebreaks, Meriden held a 3-1 lead after singles play and gained the #1 doubles match to safe their tenth Nationwide Excessive Faculty title.
Profitable faculties obtained a limited-edition figurine containing genuine sand from Gallipoli, which had been kindly donated by Army Store.
Bronze medal winners had been Marryatville Excessive Faculty for the ladies and Palm Seaside Currumbin State Excessive Faculty for the boys, whereas Endeavour Sports activities Excessive and Applecross Senior Excessive Faculty had been Sportsmanship Award recipients for women and boys respectively.
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