The Pearson boys 1^st tennis team have had a dream start to the 2022 season.

The team won the 20^th edition of the prestigious Tjaart Voster tennis festival in Cradock over this past weekend! 12 boys teams participated in the event which started on Thursday and culminated in a dramatic final between Pearson and Paarl Boys High on Saturday evening which finished after 19:00 under lights at the Cradock tennis club. The teams were all even 9-9 after singles and so it came down to the doubles matches to decide the victor. Pearson won the doubles match at number 1 couple 8-1 to take a 11-9 lead. Paarl Boys struck back with a close 8-5 victory at number 3 couple to leave the match in the balance at 11-11 with only the number 2 couples left on the court to decide the final. In a match of the highest quality under pressure the Pearson combination of Khush Govindjee and Zack Griesel came out deserved winners 8-5 to hand Pearson the fixture and the trophy 13-11 overall. Brandon Rieseberg and Keaton Holm went unbeaten in singles and doubles.

Brandon also received the award for Best No.1 boys’ singles player of the tournament.

The Pearson 1^st team have started the year with 12 straight victories over the following schools in various tournaments as well as the local high school league:

• Vs Merrifield 5-1
• Vs St Andrews 6-0
• Vs Marlow 5-1
• Vs Kingswood 6-0
• Vs Nico Malan 4-0
• Vs Framesby 3-1
• Vs Merrifield 19-8
• Vs Voortrekker 24-3
• Vs Marlow B 27-1
• Vs Vortrekker 13-5
• Vs Merrifield 14-4
• Vs Paarl Boys High 13-11