The U18 Boys Tennis team have won their final group match 12-0 against Chew Valley School to qualify for the National Schools Tennis Finals @ Nottingham Tennis Centre from Tuesday 25th-28th June. Balcarras will compete alongside the following 15 schools in a 4 day compass competition to battle it out for the top 16 positions in the country. The team have remained unbeaten in all regional qualification matches without losing a single set:

Round 1: Bye

Round 2: Dean Close School won: 12-0

Round 3: Westonbirt School won: 12-0

Round 4: Chew Valley School won: 12-0 

The team has consisted of: Sam Austin (12J), Oliver Shelton (13B), Seb Vera-Morales (9F1), Stan Jones (9O1) and Ethan Holt (7S1). A fantastic achievement from all the boys.

Individual racket success:

Sam Austin (12J) has become World Number 1 in Touch Tennis! Touch Tennis is modified version of tennis played on a smaller court. Sam competed in the Wolverhampton Summer Slam last weekend. Eventually, losing in the final in 5 sets to a Serbian player. However, this secured Sam enough ranking points to overtake fellow Brit, Marcus Willis in the world rankings. You may recognise the name... Marcus lost to Roger Federer in the 1^st round at Wimbledon in 2016. A fantastic achievement and we wish Sam the very best in defending his World No 1 ranking. 

Ethan Holt (7S1) has continued his excellent form in both Tennis and Padel. Ethan has been selected for the Great Britain U14 Padel team. Ethan will now join the GB Youth Pathway which will see him attending regular training camps and competitions. Congratulations and good luck Ethan!