Tennis
The 2007 season started with the Uplands College Championships. Well done to Reinart Toerien who won the Boys’ Singles title and Sheree Comley who won the Girls’ Singles. This year Uplands entered three boys’ and three girls’ teams in the Lowveld League. Some of the results are as follows:

Boys’ First Team:
Uplands beat Penryn 33 - 22
Uplands lost to Hoërskool Nelspruit 20 - 35

Boys’ Second Team:
Uplands beat Bergvlam 31 - 24
Uplands lost to Penryn 26 - 29
Uplands beat Lowveld High 35 – 20

Girls’ First Team:
Uplands beat Penryn 33 – 22
Uplands lost to Hoërskool Nelspruit 30 – 25

Girls’ Second Team:
Uplands beat Penryn 30 – 25
Uplands lost to Bergvlam 1st Team: 32 – 23

Four boys and four girls went to Johannesburg to take part in the St Peter’s doubles tournament. Both the girls’ teams reached the semi–finals and well done to Reinart Toerien and James Mathey who came second out of 13 teams.

Two of the Uplands tennis players, Reinart Toerien and Sheree Comley, represented Mpumalanga at the Inter–Provincial tournament in Bloemfontein.

Four Uplands tennis players were selected for the Mpumalanga Schools Team. Congratulations to Reinart Toerien, Lauren Stansfield, Sheree Comley and Murphy Mogao.

Both our boys’ and girls’ first teams participate in the annual Hoërskool Nelspruit Tournament. This gives our players the opportunity to compete against some of the top schools in the country.

It is very important to create as many opportunities as possible for the Uplands players and therefore we will always be on the lookout for tournaments in which to compete.