Junior tennis players from across the South East region competed in Round Robin events on Sunday 11 February 2024. The Regional Match Series aims to offer competitive match play opportunities for rising tennis players in the region during the school term. 

Many of the summer events were hosted in towns such as Nowra, Ulladulla, Picton, Camden, Bowral, Bega and Merimbula. The South East region is one of the state's largest, running from south of Helensburgh to the Victorian border and including Picton, Camden and the Monaro district.

Kiama hosted a number of the aged events for under 10’s to under 16’s and

Open players utilised a number of local tennis centres including in Jamberoo, McDonald Park and Oak Flats. 

Tournament coordinator Bill Summerside acknowledged the high quality of the 82 young players, including some from Sydney and Canberra who were given special permission to compete in the South East matches. 

Competitors battled it out across several age categories. Kiama local Hudson Critoph performed spectacularly in the under 12 event and Lewis Phipps showed remarkable achievement in the under 14 boys’ singles event.

Other notable matches saw Hayden Sleigh from Albion Park Rail triumphing over Jeremy Cheung from Dapto in the under 14 Round Robin match at McDonald Park.

Many local clubs and Tennis NSW officials were tasked with coordinating multiple matches across multiple venues including Jamberoo, McDonald Park and Oak Flats. 

The Finals series will be held later in the year at Ulladulla Tennis centre where the top eight players from each age group will compete for the win. 

Results:

Under 10 events at held at oak Flats were co-ordinated by Karen Bartle

Girls - Pippa Barton def Emma Mackrill

Under 12 events at Jamberoo Tennis club were coordinated by Gordan Munro

Boys - Hudson Critoph def Lukas Groth

Girls - Adele Mewett def Charlotte Sultana

Under 14 events held at McDonald park were co-ordinated by Bill Summerside.

Boys - Lewis Phipps def Daniel Li

Girls - Jana Ayad def Anne Malligan

Under 16 and Open matches were held at Kiama Tennis courts and co-ordinated by tennis NSW Referee Dave Allen from Dapto and Bob Morgan.

U16 Boys - Zac Georgievski (Oak Flats) def Antonio Stepanovski (Oak Flats).

U16 Girls - Ellira Ristevski def Kate Kovak

Opens - Corey Argue def Tully McCarthey