ST Philip’s Christian College at Salamander Bay has taken out the annual 2015 schools tennis championship for the third consecutive season.
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St Philip’s (83 points) beat off Soldiers Point (75) in the final played at Fingal Bay tennis courts on November 12.
Anna Bay finished third with 64 points, followed by St Michael’s (52) and Shoal Bay with 40.
Organiser and Port Stephens tennis coach Peter Doohan said the action was lively and the competition fierce.
‘‘St Philip’s made it three years in a row but Soldiers Point are closing the gap and was actually winning by one game until the final round,’’ Doohan said.
St Philip’s made it three years in a row but Soldiers Point are closing the gap and was actually winning by one game until the final round
- Peter Doohan, organiser
‘‘The talent is certainly getting better every year and it was great to see the children get out there and enjoying their tennis.’’
Each school provided four boys and four girls in the battle for tennis supremacy.