22 Nov 2010
Taranaki's
Ajeet Rai representing Central, has been named at No 1 in the 3 member NZ
12s boys' tennis team to play in the OPTUS Australian Teams Championships in
Melbourne in December. The event to be played at Melbourne Park, home of
the Australian Open Grand Slam and will see the Kiwi sides take on
Australian State teams which will include Australia's top players in the 14u
and 12u age groups.
Following the
Team Championships, the New Zealand team members will play the Australian
Championships. The OPTUS Australian Championships is also played at
Melboune Park as part of the Tennis Australia December showdown described as
a three week tennis carnival which also includes the Australian Open
playoff.
Other Central
players in the team are Wanganui's Paige Hourigan and Kyle Butters and
Wellington's Kiranpal Pannu in the 14s team.
The 14s team
departs on 24 November while the 12s team departs on 6 December.