Following the success of the inaugural 100 Plus Schools Cup last year Bangkok Patana School competed again in this year’s tournament. The events took place at Sport and Spa Minburi over three days on separate weekends.
Although the event comes right at the start of our year it is a great opportunity to compete with Thai schools who although don’t have school programs have some very strong players who compete locally and nationally. The girls team of Asama, Pip and Mila played against Satit Khon Kaen, Satit Prasarnmit and Assumption Thonburi in the group stage and then against Assumption Sri Racha and Satit Pathunwan having some excellent games with all and although weren’t able to win any of the overall matches outright it was good to see both Asama and Mila having singles wins and Asama and Pip winning a doubles.
The boys team of Al, Pete and KK took on Satit Khon Kaen, Assumption Sri Racha and Triam Udom and performed well winning two out of the three matches to finish 2nd in the group stage before narrowly losing to Satit Panyapiwat and Triam Udom in the playoffs to finish 8th out of 12th.
From a coaching point of view it was really good to be able to sit on court during the matches and talk with the students about tactical situations and help them problem solve and see whether they were able to change their game styles to counter what their opponents were throwing at them.
We look forward to competing again next year.
Although the event comes right at the start of our year it is a great opportunity to compete with Thai schools who although don’t have school programs have some very strong players who compete locally and nationally. The girls team of Asama, Pip and Mila played against Satit Khon Kaen, Satit Prasarnmit and Assumption Thonburi in the group stage and then against Assumption Sri Racha and Satit Pathunwan having some excellent games with all and although weren’t able to win any of the overall matches outright it was good to see both Asama and Mila having singles wins and Asama and Pip winning a doubles.
The boys team of Al, Pete and KK took on Satit Khon Kaen, Assumption Sri Racha and Triam Udom and performed well winning two out of the three matches to finish 2nd in the group stage before narrowly losing to Satit Panyapiwat and Triam Udom in the playoffs to finish 8th out of 12th.
From a coaching point of view it was really good to be able to sit on court during the matches and talk with the students about tactical situations and help them problem solve and see whether they were able to change their game styles to counter what their opponents were throwing at them.
We look forward to competing again next year.