Gunnedah players have featured in the finals at the Northern NSW Champion of Champions.
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Rain meant all the finals weren't able to be played but organisers were happy the kids were able to get some tennis in.
The kids got close to a full day's play in on Saturday at Inverell before rain washed the event out on Sunday.
Covid, and then rain, saw the 2020 event cancelled before covid again struck this year.
The 2021 event was meant to be played in August but was rescheduled to November.
Tennis NSW development officer Ellie Ryan said all the kids got "plenty of tennis" before the rain fell.
"It was a shame [they couldn't play Sunday] but there was heaps of tennis played on Saturday. We had 21 courts so everyone was sharing courts and got a lot of matches in," Ryan said.
"It was really good to be able to at least get that one day of tennis in for the kids."
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The tournament sees players from North West and North East (Tweed Heads down to Taree) clash.
"It's a really good event. The top North East kids from JUS series come to play," Ryan said.
RESULTS
8 girls: Winner: Olivia Oneill (Armidale). Runner-up: Isabelle Scanlon (Tamworth). 8 boys: Winner: Tyson Walk (North East). Runner-up: Connor Casey (Gunnedah). 10 girls: Isabella Purvis (Guyra). 14 girls: Finalists: Lauren Appelby (Moree) and Sophie Bailey (Armidale). 16 girls: Winner: Ruby Sparks (North East). Runner-up: Erin Murphy (Gunnedah). 16 boys: Finalists: Connor Guest (Tamworth) Zac Creenaune (North East)
Ben Jaffrey
Ben is a content curator and journalist for The Land. He has been with ACM since 2015 and first worked at The Area News and then at the Northern Daily Leader. Ben first joined ACM Agri as a digital journalist for all seven agricultural mastheads in 2022 before shifting to The Land full-time in 2023.
Ben is a content curator and journalist for The Land. He has been with ACM since 2015 and first worked at The Area News and then at the Northern Daily Leader. Ben first joined ACM Agri as a digital journalist for all seven agricultural mastheads in 2022 before shifting to The Land full-time in 2023.
