As is becoming a tradition, FOBISIA tennis was hosted in Hua Hin at the Arena Hua Hin with both the Junior and Senior taking place over thee days.

As in previous years the Junior weekend took place first with 45 students representing the Tigers team. The U10 players kicked off the event on the Friday morning with the first match starting at 6.15am meaning a 5.30am warm up. All the students were excited and full of energy and once matches started this translated into some excellent performances.

The U11 age group then played the afternoon session and with their slightly longer format matches ebbed and flowed in a slightly different way but nonetheless were no less gripping.

Once the group stages had finished, group winners and runners up headed into the knockout stages with separate categories for each. These matches on the whole became more competitive and at times nervy for the parents watching but the students displayed plenty of determination and confidence to continue to perform well.

Individual awards were as follows:
Boys’ U10
Champion – Sena Saito
3rd Place – Shengyue (Liam) Zhao
Plate Champion – Hugo Coin
Plate 3rd – Yu-Chieh (Ocean) Chou

Girls’ U10
Champion – Ruyi (Emily) Wang
Runner Up – Lin Let (Audrey) Kyaw Thaung

Boys’ U11
Plate Runner up – Alex Guo

Girls’ U11
Runner up – Li (Molly) Mo
3rd – Nichapa Chirathivat
Plate 3rd – Sophia Andersson

In addition to this Phatteera (Mira) Tejavibulya and Hayden Lin finished 4th in their respective categories in the Championship.

The Senior weekend saw a squad of 30 players travel down and with many more overseas teams travelling, it was a really good opportunity to play some different players from around the region. As with the previous weekend, matches started at 6.15am each morning but with three age group, U13, U15 and Over 15, play was extended until 9.00pm each night making for long days.

With all events, with the exception of the over 15 Girls having a maximum of 32 in the draw, players were split into eight groups of four, which would be followed by knockout rounds. First in group into the Championship, 2nd to the Plate, 3rd to the Bowl and 4th to the Shield, meaning there was all to play for in each match.

Following the group stage, 22 of our team had placed 1st or 2nd in their group which was a fine achievement. The knockout rounds provided some excellent matches and it was really good to see how all our players battled hard throughout but also played with a great deal of sportsmanship and fairness.

Individual awards were as follows:
Over 15 Girls
Championship runner up – Mila Lin Chakrabandhu
3rd place – Anna Wierda

Plate Winner
Narida (Nia) Ekaraphanich

Over 15 Boys
Plate Runner up – Samrit Singh
Plate 3rd – Parit (Pete) Leenabanchong

U13 Girls
Plate Winner -Thannicha (Ella) Voravutvityarak
Plate runner up – Nayada (Neave) Ekaraphanich
Shield winner – Ploypitcha Jirapojaporn

U13 Boys
Championship 3rd – place Sean Thia
Bowl Winner – Luka Grande Sharapov

U15 Boys
Bowl Winner – Pavee (Totti) Pungpapong
Shield Winner – Philip Andersen

In addition to this, 3rd players Apiwit Limvatanayingyong, Parinda Lee and Nichapa Chirathivat finished 4th in the Championship in their respective age groups.