Road to Eastbourne (Tennis) II - Eastbourne (26/06/23)

Mrs Dutton and Mr Neaves drove 8 of our Year 3 and Year 4 children down to Eastborne to compete in the School Games Sussex Tennis Skills Finals.

There were 8 stations that the children went round to try and earn points for the school team. Across the morning, they had to (amongst other things):

•balance a tennis ball on a tennis racquet in each hand and run around cones;

•hit back a ball thrown to them;

•keep the ball in the air whilst rotating the racquet between hits;

•see how many time they could hit the ball back using a backhand stroke,

•catch a ball using plastic cones as catcher mitts and throw it back to their partner

•throw a ball high in the air for their partner to catch in conical cones.

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It was great to have qualified to take part, and the children enjoyed the experience.