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Congratulations to Teresa Odera for winning an All-Conference Honors for the second year running.   This year, Teresa, was named for honors, in both Womens' Singles and Doubles by The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC), who recently announced their Women’s Tennis All-Conference selections for 2013.  This is the second year in a row that Teresa, a former student and Captain of Kenya's top tennis school, Malezi School and player at Sadili Oval Sports Academy, has received the doubles honors, having earned it with team-mate Frankie Eszes as First Doubles. Teresa, an honors student studying Public Relations at North Western College Iowa, is the only international student athlete to receive the All Conference Honors. Frankie Eszes ( Santa Maria, Calif. ) and Terry Odera ( Nairobi, Kenya ) earned first team honors in both singles' and doubles' play. Eszes posted a 9-6 record playing in the top singles' spot, earning first team accolades for the second straight...

The 8-Series no. 2 saw Wycliff Okenye down all opposition, and prevailed over Sada Nahimana 4-2 5-3 to lift the Boys Under 16s, while Solomon Maloba David Matanda overcame Antony Owita to grab the 14s title. In the Under 10s, Alex Mweti won over Solomon Maloba 11/6 to clinch the title. Little Natanya Okong'o showed great spirit when she knocked out Alex Kadie and David Okou 7/4 and 8/6, respectively to take the trophy home. The 8-Series is a Level D tournament of the Tennis Africa Cup, and is intended to encourage beginner-intermediate juniors to play competitions RESULTS U-8 Alex Kandie vs  David Okou 7/9 Alex Kandie vs  Natanya Okong’o 4/7 David Okou vs  Natanya Okong’o 6/8 Winner: Natanya Okong’o Runner up: David Okou U-10 Alex Mweti vs Solomon Maloba 11/6 Alex Mweti vs Chevita Okenye 11/7 Solomon Maloba vs Chevita Okenye 11/7 Winner: Alex Mweti Runner up: Solomon Maloba U-12 Belinda Awino vs Peter Kyama 5-4 (7) Belinda Awino vs Ian Okung’u 4-5(8) Peter Kyama vs Ian Ok...

The second edition of this year’s Smashers Challenge Cup at Sadili Oval Sports Academy Langata, registered shocking defeat when 11 year old Sada Nahimana, trounced John Lutaaya v 6/7(5),1/6 the Boys/Girls Under 16s, causing major excitement, as she proceeded to the quarterfinal stage that will run tomorrow. John Lutaya also failed to qualify for the quarterfinals for the first time this year, after losing important points to Robert Kasombo (Kenya) 6/4,0/6[10-5], and David Mukhwana 6/2,6/2. Other U16 matches saw regular top juniors, Henry Ayesiga (Uganda) and Shebani Kabura (Burundi) retire under the heat, to Kenya’s duo Josephat Garo and Olivier Kigotho, respectively. In the girls 12 and Under, Alice Ayoma (Kenya) grabbed the top berth after winning oer Belinda Awino 7/6(5), 6/3 and Elizabeth Sheila (Kenya) 6/1 6/2. In the Boys Under 14, Davis Matanda beat Nigel Odhiambo 6/1 6/3, while Antony Owita beat Charles Ochieng 6/4 6/2 to book a place in the finals tomorrow. Matches begin...