The Port Moresby Racquets Club (POMRC) will be holding their Tennis Easter Club Tournament this long weekend, beginning today, the 8th to the 9th of April.
Tennis Tournament Director & Head Coach for the Port Moresby Racquets Club Mr. Eddie Mera says this tournament will be an Open Mixed Doubles Tournament.
“It is just something the POMRC decided to do for the members, as most of them are not going away for the Easter Holidays.”
Come next week, the POMRC will see the Goodman Fielders International sponsored Skel Rice Tournament for the juniors take place from Friday the 14th to Sunday the 16th 2023.
“Next week’s tournament is also a lead up to our kids travelling to Vanuatu at the end of the month.”
“The tournament will be a mixed singles tournament. We have Under8s, 10s, 12s, 14s and 16s. It is all singles, so boys and girls can play in the tournament.”
The Tennis Head Coach says if the kids do well in next week’s tournament, they will be selected to represent the country in an upcoming international competition.
“At the end of the month, probably on the 28th or the 29th, we are bringing 13 or 14 kids to Port Vila in Vanuatu for the West Pacific Junior Championships.
The West Pacific Junior Championships is a lead up to the Regional Championships in Fiji, where the kids will then have the opportunity to be part of the Pacific Oceania Team to tour Australia and New Zealand at the end of this year.