Recent Achievements
Tier 3 Canterbury Junior Tournament
(Apr 2026)
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Emu-Ujin Choidorj won the 10U Girls Singles and Doubles
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Samuel Baird won the 14U Boys Singles and Doubles
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Hiyori Shibuya won the 12U Girls Doubles
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Madison van Dyk & Florence Walker won the 16U Girls Doubles, with Florence 2nd in Singles
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Harper Dawson was runner-up in the 12U Girls Doubles, and 3rd in Singles
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Kaylin Van Heerden was runner-up in the 16U Girls Doubles, and 3rd in Singles
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Sam Koster was runner-up in the 16U Boys Doubles
Canterbury Representation at Team Nationals
(Apr 2026)
We had 6 Elevate players competing for Canterbury at the Junior Nationals Teams Event in Christchurch, including Nic as the 12U Coach. Both 12U and 14U Teams secured a silver medal at the event.
Congratulations to our players who were selected:
12U - Harper, Ava, Matthew
14U - Juan, Lukas, Samuel
Tier 2 Central Junior Tournament - Wellington
(Apr 2026)
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Ava Louise Nercuit won the 12U Girls Singles and Doubles
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Lukas Necas won the 16 Boys Singles and Doubles
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Juan Lee won the 14U Boys Singles, with a runner-up finish in Doubles
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Zoe Kelso won the 16U Girls Singles
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Tom Dawson won the 16U Boys Doubles, with a runner-up finish in Singles
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Florence Walker finished 3rd in 16U Girls Singles
Tier 2 Canterbury Junior Championships
(Dec 2025)
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Zoe Kelso won the 14U Girls Singles and Doubles, partnering with Madi van Dyk
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Emu-Ujin Choidorj won the 10u Girls Doubles and finished 2nd in Singles
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Matthew Blackman and Henry Tweedie won the 10U Boys Doubles
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Alexander Allan won 14U Boys Doubles and finished 2nd in Singles
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Chloe Zheng won 12U Girls Singles Graded
National Junior Championships
(Nov/Dec 2025)
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Zoe Kelso made it into the Semi-Finals in the 14U Girls Doubles, and placed 10th in the Singles
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Ava Louise Nercuit made it into the Semi-Finals in the 12U Girls Doubles, and placed 5th in Singles
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Connor Edmonds made it into the Semi-Finals of the 18U Boys Doubles
Canterbury Year 9/10 School Championships
(Nov 2025)
Huge congratulations to all the players who competed at the Year 9 & 10 Canterbury Tournament this week. We’re proud to share that Elevate Tennis was represented across all four Year 9 singles finals, with our academy players taking part in both the boys’ and girls’ finals. Tom bet Samuel in a tough 3-setter, while Zoe beat Florence in straight sets.
Tom, Samuel and Zoe also won their respective doubles grades, with Billie finishing as a runner-up.
Canterbury Primary/Intermediate Schools
(Nov 2025)
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Matthew Blackman finished 2nd in Primary Boys Singles
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Harper Dawson won the Primary Girls Doubles and placed 3rd in Singles
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Daisy Feaver-Banks won the Intermediate Girls Doubles
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William Jackson won the Intermediate Boys Singles B Grade
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Ben Jackson finished 2nd in Primary Boys Singles B Grade
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Liam Andrieux finished 3rd in Primary Boys Singles B Grade
Ashburton Junior Tournament
(Oct 2025)
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Samuel Baird won the 14U Singles and Doubles
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Harper Dawson won the 12U Girls Singles
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Hiyori Shibuya won of 12U Girls Doubles
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Hinano Shibuya won the 14U Girls Doubles
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Matthew Blackman got 2nd in the 10U Boys Singles
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Annabel Baird got 2nd in the 12U Girls Doubles & Singles Graded)
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Emu-Ujin Choidorj got 2nd in the 12U Girls Doubles
Tier 3 Canterbury Junior Spring Open
(Oct 2025)
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Emu-Ujin Choidorj won the 10U Girls Singles and Doubles
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Samuel Baird won the 14U Boys Singles
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Tom Dawson won the 14U Boys Doubles Winner, and placed 2nd in Singles
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Harper Dawson won the 12U Girls Doubles
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Annabel Baird won the 10U Girls Doubles
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Zoe Kelso finished 2nd in the 14U Girls Singles
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Juan Lee finished 2nd in the 16U Boys Singles
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Matthew Blackman finished 2nd in the 10U Boys Doubles
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Jack Wheeler finished 2nd in the 16U Boys Doubles
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Kaylin van Heerden 2nd in the 16U Girls Doubles Finalist
Tier 3 Canterbury Junior Tournament
(Apr 2025)
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Nike Zhao won the 10U Girls Singles and Doubles
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Emu-Ujin Choidorj won the 10U Girls Doubles
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Annabel Baird won the 10U Girls Singles Graded
Canterbury Representation at Team Nationals
(Apr 2025)
Congratulations to the following Elevate Players who competed for Canterbury at the 2025 Junior Nationals Teams Event. Nic led the 14U Team that finished 4th in the event.
12U - Harper Dawson
14U - Taylor Orme, Florence Walker, Juan Lee, Samuel Baird, Tom Dawson and Zoe Kelso
Tier 2 Central Junior Tournament - Wellington
(Apr 2025)
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Juan Lee won the 14U Boys Singles and teamed up with Tom Dawson to finished 2nd in the Doubles
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Zoe Kelso finished 2nd in the 14U Girls Singles
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Hiyori Shibuya finished 2nd in the 12U Girls Doubles
Tier 2 Canterbury Junior Championships
(Jan 2025)
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Billie Feaver-Banks, Winner in 16U Girls Doubles and Finalist in Singles
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Samuel Baird, Winner in 14U Boys Doubles and 3rd in Singles
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Juan Lee, Finalist in 14U Boys Singles and Doubles
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Emu-Ujin Choidorj, Finalist in 10U Girls Singles
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Daisy Feaver-Banks, Finalist in 12U Girls Doubles
Nationals Junior Championships
(Dec 2024)
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Juan Lee won the 12U Boys Singles
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Samuel Baird won the 12U Boys Doubles
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Tatiana Na won the 12U Girls Doubles
