Pacific Oceania Juniors excelled in the December Showdown-Teams Event that came to a close last week at the Rod Laver Stadium in Melbourne Park. They were ably assisted by coaches Cyril Jacobe (VAN); Florence Salesa (Am. SAM); Jeff Race (NMI) and Brittany Teei (CI) and supported by Ian Honila (ITF Pacific Training Centre Senior Coach) and Darran Wrighton (ITF Development Officer)
A summary of results was:
Boy’s U12 8th out of 14 teams
Girl’s U12 10th out of 12 teams
Boy’s U14 12th out of 12 teams
Girl’s U14 9th out of 10 teams
Very creditable results were achieved by all players in the National’s Age Group Events with 7 out of 12 players in section finals; 3 winners of sections; 3 players awarded December Showdown player Awards with these awards being voted on by coaches and officials