Congratulations to Vanessa for winning the Under 10 tournament held at Rippon in March.
Vanessa has made much progress in the past year and is currently competing at national level, there are only about 30 players, in her age group, who are ranked highly enough and accepted for this level of competition.
Vanessa had won or has been runner up in many competitions in the past year. Her efforts had been recognised by LTA and she regularly attends regional training camps, the most recent camp was in Corby.
Vanessa has the opportunity to be selected for the LTA National Pathway by the end of June this year.
The Mark Edwards Foundation continues to support Vanessa and is delighted to learn of her dedication and determination in practice session as well tournaments.
More great news about our little tennis superstar Vanessa Zeica from Southport.
This from Vannessa’s father:
Hi Phil, hope you are all well just wanted to let you and the Foundation know about Vanessa.
First of all thank you for your support in the last two years, it has made a big difference for Vanessa.
With her hard work and great results on the tennis court she has been recognised by LTA and has been selected for their training programme for year 2023/2024 starting in September.
There are only 13 full time programme players at Bolton Arena Tennis Academy from age groups 10 to 14 years of age and Vanessa is going to be one of those players.
Vanessa competed in National Championships that were held at Edinburgh, making into quarter finals and finishing at the high 7th place in the country.
She played some great tennis over those 2 days, and managed to beat some top players including the girl who was runner up in the final.
Another good thing happened yesterday, Vanessa won the regional tournament called Bridge of Allan Open in Dunblane, home town of one the greatest tennis players Andy Murray, and held at Andy’s Murray’s childhood tennis club.
Vanessa played some great tennis and managed to win all her 3 matches and lifting the trophy. Great effort from her in last month.