Archive for August, 2009


Results of Friendly against GE

Gauteng East and Gauteng Central played a friendly last Saturday. The results were:

under 12 – Gauteng Central won 10 – 2

under 14 – draw 6 – 6

under 16 – Gauteng Central won 19 – 4

under 18 – Gauteng East won 14 – 6

Congratulations to all players and thanks to all parents who brought along some goodies to eat and drink!

Davis Cup tickets go on sale

Johannesburg – Tickets for next month’s Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group playoff between South Africa and India will go on sale on Monday. The tie will be played at the revamped Indoor Arena at Ellis Park in Johannesburg from September 18-20.

This crucial clash will be played on Friday (12pm – two opening singles matches), Saturday (13h00 – one doubles match) and Sunday (12pm – two reverse singles matches). On Friday and Sunday respectively, a single ticket will cost R75 for the opening singles and reverse singles clashes; Saturday’s solitary doubles match ticket is R65.

The tie is the second major international tennis tournament to be presented by the city of Johannesburg. SATA CEO Ian Smith said he was delighted by the support his Association is receiving from the sponsors describing it as a good partnership.  

According to MMC for Community Development, Bafana Sithole, the City of Johannesburg is once again pleased to be associated with this great sport. “We want to emphasize our unwavering support to the South African Tennis Association. Tennis is one of the priority sporting codes in the city as indicated by the resounding success of the recent Soweto Open tournament in Jabavu, he said.

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.