17 November 2015 | Tennis Queensland
Together with Queensland School Sport, Tennis Queensland has staged the regional finals of the Brisbane International Schools’ Challenge. The competition runs in two categories, orange ball for students up to grade 5 and green ball for students up to grade 6. More than 150 teams partipated in the regional finals throughout the state. The winning teams of the orange ball and the top two teams of the green ball competition of each regional final have qualified to compete for the State title at the Brisbane International.
In the Metro region three different ties were run in alignment with the school sports regions. The Met West final kicked the ties of on Saturday 7 November on a scorching day at the Queensland Tennis Centre. Ambrose Treacy College defeated Brisbane Boys College in the green ball final. Both teams will come back to the same venue for the State Final in January. In the orange ball competition Fig Tree Pocket prevailed over Brookfield State School in a high-class final to take the Met West title.
The regional final for the Met East region followed on Sunday 8 November. Rain disrupted play a couple of times but organizers were able to get through the competition. Rochedale State School put up a strong performance with two teams finishing in the top 3 of the orange ball category. Moreton Bay College finished 2nd in both categories and claimed the second spot in the green ball category only falling to John Paul College in the finals.
The Met North region concluded the Metropolitan ties at Shaw Park Tennis Centre on Sunday 15 November. With 16 teams in the orange and 14 in the green ball competition it was the busiest of the ties with some very competitive and close matches determining the winners. Brisbane Grammar School and Kelvin Grove State School were able to progress to the green ball State Final. They will be accompanied by Clayfield College in the orange ball category.
Met West results
green ball
| rank | team |
| 1 | Ambrose Treacy |
| 2 | Brisbane Boys College |
| 3 | Fig Tree Pocket |
| 4 | Brisbane Christian College |
| 5 | St. Augustines |
| 6 | Robertson State |
| 7 | TSAC Champs |
orange ball
| rank | team |
| 1 | Fig Tree Pocket |
| 2 | Brookfield Bulldogs |
| 3 | SLSS Superstars |
| 4 | Christ the King |
| 5 | Graceville State |
| 6 | Brisbane Christian College |
| 7 | Robertson State |
Met East results
green ball
| rank | team |
| 1 | John Paul Blue |
| 2 | Moreton Bay I |
| 3 | Somerville Aces |
| 4 | Sheldon College |
| 5 | Wishart State / Moreton Bay III / St Anthony’s / John Paul Burgundy |
| 9 | Moreton Bay II / Citipointe Esos / Somerville Baseliners / Citipointe Topspin |
| 13 | Somerville Crushers / Somerville Dominators |
orange ball
| rank | team |
| 1 | Rochedale Racqueteers |
| 2 | Moreton Bay College I |
| 3 | Rochedale Rascals |
| 4 | Citipointe Servers |
| 5 | Citipointe Aces |
| 6 | Citipointe Baseliners |
| 7 | Somerville Awesome |
| 8 | Citipointe Slams |
| 9 | Moreton Bay COllege III |
Met North results
green ball
| rank | team |
| 1 | Brisbane Grammar (A) |
| 2 | Kelvin Grove Cougars |
| 3 | Nudgee College |
| 4 | St Paul’s Supersonics |
| 5 +6 | Brisbane Grammar B / Ferny Hills |
| 7 + 8 | Eagle Junction State / Mt Samson Super Smashers |
| 9 + 10 | St Patrick’s / Samford STate Green |
| 11 | Eatons Hill / St. Anthony’s Green |
| 13 | McDowall Green / St. Benedict’s Green |
orange ball
| rank | team |
| 1 | Clayfield Chargers |
| 2 | Eagle Junction State (A) |
| 3 | Kelvin Grove Cougars |
| 4 | St Paul’s Superstars |
| 5 | St. Agatha’s / Eagle Junction State (B) / Samford State / Aspley Orange |
| 9 | Clayfield Crushers / St. Anthony’s Orange / Eatons Hill State / McDowall Orange |
| 13 | St Benedict’s Orange / Eagle Junction State (C) / Genesis State |
Met East green ball finalists John Paul College and Moreton Bay College
Met West green ball participants
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