26 March 2012 | Tennis Queensland

Mark Richards (above – Concordia College) and Andjela Djokovic (QLD Academy S.M.T) have won the 2012 Queensland Secondary Schools State Championships (Pizzey Cup).

The tournament (which concluded Sunday), saw over 44 boys and 44 girls from 11 different regions battle it out for an individual place in the Queensland Secondary Schools team. Regions also played each other throughout the week, with the overall winning teams being Metropolitan West (girls) and South Coast (boys).

In the boys’ singles final, it was a battle between Darling Downs team mates Mark Richards and Madison Simmons (Toowoomba Grammar School). This was the first time in Pizzey Cup history that the singles final was played between two Darling Downs representatives! Both boys put on a great show, with Richards winning 6-2, 6-2.

Andjela Djokovic and Kalina Morris (St Columban’s College) delighted spectators with a thrilling girls’ final.  Although it was a close battle, Djokovic took the final honours, winning 7-6, 6-4.

The 2012 Queensland team (8 boys/ 8 girls) list is as follows:

Boys

1.            Mark Richards ( Concordia College- Darling Downs)

2.            Madison Simmons (Toowoomba Grammar School – Darling Downs)

3/4.       Colin Sinclair (Anglican Church Grammar School – Metropolitan East)

3/4.       Louis Ingram (Coombabah S.H.S – South Coast)

5-8.        Nic Cameron (All Saints Anglican School – South Coast)

5-8.        Sam Yang- Zhao (Brisbane Grammar School – Metropolitan North)

5-8.        Lachlan McPhee (Kelvin Grove State College – Metropolitan North)

5-8.        Ryan Simmons (Ipswich Grammar School – Metropolitan West)

 

Girls

1.            Andjela Djokovic (QLD Academy S.M.T – Metropolitan West)

2.            Kalina Morris (St Columban’s College – Sunshine Coast)

3/4.       Annie Donaldson (Glenmore S.H.S – Capricornia)

3/4.       Natalie Rogers (Mackay Christian College – Capricornia)

5-8.        Sammy Gibbs (St Rita’s College – Metropolitan North)

5-8.        Jemimah Waugh (Kenmore S.H.S. – Metropolitan West)

5-8.        Georgia Dobell (Matthew Flinders Anglican College – Sunshine Coast)

5-8.        Christy Scott (Gympie S.H.S. – Wide Bay)

These players will represent their state in the National Pizzey Cup, set to be held at the brand new Toowoomba Regional Tennis Centre, 29^th April – 5^th May.

Our Queenslanders will be eager to match or better last year’s national performance in Bendigo, which saw our state come a close 3^rd, only one point behind Victoria and two points off New South Wales’s 1^st place.