Senior Tennis Champions

On Thursday 12 March 2020, the School’s Senior tennis team were victorious in dramatic circumstances in the final of the prestigious LTA Schools Team Tennis Competition. The team, consisting of Arjun (U6R1), Joe (L6S1), Freddie (L6J1) and Joseph (L6H1) were crowned champions after an epic journey which started back in September with over 80 schools in the draw. In previous years the team had barely progressed beyond the preliminary group stages, so it was a major achievement to even reach the finals day, and testament to all their hard work and dedication to school tennis over the last six years.

The morning semi-final saw the team battle past Eastbourne College winning 4 matches to 2 after initially going 2-0 down. The afternoon final pitted Habs against a strong Bradfield College team. After the initial four singles and two doubles matches, we were all square at 3-3 after superb wins for Arjun, Joe and Joseph. Arjun and Joe then bravely stepped up to play a final shoot-out tie-break up to 10 points. They held their nerve superbly to win 10-4, hitting some outstanding winners under immense pressure. The great sportsmanship and integrity displayed by the boys throughout the day was second to none.