Double the fun for schools
Isle of Thanet Gazette
|May 30, 2025
PAIRS FROM KENT SECONDARY SCHOOLS COMPETE IN EXCITING COUNTY-WIDE TENNIS TOURNAMENT
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SECONDARY schools across the county have been taking part in the Kent Tennis Secondary Schools Annual Doubles Championships.
Different year groups started at the end of March and continued through April and May.
The first event was held at Sevenoaks School for Year 11-13. Teacher Dom Cobby ran the event with 25 boys pairs and 13 girls pairs from 12 schools: Benenden, Bromley High, Colfes School London, Dulwich College, Eltham College, Gravesend Grammar School, Kings School Canterbury, Sevenoaks School, St Lawrence, Sutton Valence Maidstone, The Skinners School Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge School.
The winners from the girls' group were Sevenoaks School with Sutton Valence School from Maidstone as the runners-up.
The boys' winners were the Skinners School in Tunbridge Wells with Eltham College as the runners up.
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