b'Tennis Academy student in Winning Welsh TeamAditi Chezhian, a Year 10 student at Ellesmere College, has helped Team Wales retain the Junior Home Nations Tennis Championship titlethe first time Wales has successfully defended the title in the competitions history.The Junior Home Nations 2019 tournament was held over three action-packed days at Wrexham TennisCentre in September, with Team Wales battling it out with England, Scotland and last years hosts, Ireland.Aditi moved to Ellesmere College from St Gerrards School, Bangor, more than a year ago to concentrateon her tennis and is the first Ellesmere College student to gain a Tennis Europe ranking.Stephen Welti, Senior Performance Coach and Director of Tennis at Ellesmere College Tennis Academy, said:Aditi continues to make impressive progress, her selection to play for the U18 team was a tribute to all her dedication and hard work. She played for the U14 team at last years event when she was 13 and to step up to play at U18 is a tremendous leap. It shouldnt be underestimated. Its a whole different deal going from playing against players of your own age or younger to being the youngest and possibly having to compete against players three years your senior. Its massive atAditi took the massive step up from the U14 agethat age. It was a wonderful weekend of tennis and it was category last year to compete in the U18 group at thisamazing to see all the competitors across the three age years eventeven though she is still only 14 years old.groups performing to such a high standard. Aditi played She played and won her match against a player who wasextremely well, was part of the successful U18 teammuch older and stronger, and who was ranked in the topand the overall winnersan impressive landmark for 20 in the country. Welsh junior tennis as they became the first WelshShe was congratulated by the Welsh National Coach whoteam to retain the Junior Home Nations title.said that she is the most improved player this year, andAditi, along with other talented tennis players at the she was chosen for her steady performanceespeciallyCollege, are reaping the benefits of the schools topwith her reaching the semi-finals of the 16s and 18s atclass facilities, and bespoke training and coaching the Scottish Junior Open Nationals this summer. programmes which are enhancing their playing skills, Aditis win combined with the rest of the performance confidence and mental strength while also ensuringby Team Wales, led to them winning the U18 and U12they remain focused on their academic studies.age groups and came third at U14 which meant an For more information on tennis at Ellesmere College, overall win. please visit: Ellesmere College Tennis Academy.GolfDylan Jones & Claudia HastingsDylan Jones and Claudia Hastings (Year 12) have both made it through to the Junior European Golf Championships in Spain and will each be battling it out on the course over the next week.The Junior European Open, first staged in 1993 and now in its 27th year,is widely considered as the toughest test in junior golf across Europeand after fighting their way through the regional rounds, both Dylanand Claudia are excited to be playing in the finals.Ellesmere College Newsletter Michaelmas Term 201913'