Bangkok Patana hosted the FOBISIA invitational tennis tournament last Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Twelve different schools took part with 158 competitors competing. The event started on Friday with a qualifying event where the top 8 players in each age group progressed through to the main draw on Saturday and Sunday where they joined 8 players who had received a direct acceptance based on their ranking.
Patana were well represented in all the age groups (U12, U14 and U16) with a total of 58 players entered.
Although days were long with play starting at 8 am each day and finishing at 8 pm the play was of a high standard with some National team players taking part and a massive 275 matches were played.
Patana had seven players finishing in the top 3 with Pin Manavutiveth winning the U16 girls title to add to her BMAC U19 win whilst Anton Limvatanayingyong was victorious in the U12 boys event.
Rainer Schestak, Raichah De Sousa Huynen, Mila Chakrabandu and Philip Anderson were runners up in the boys U16, girls U14, girls U12 and boys U12 respectively and Pam Phanratanamongkol was 3rd in the U16 girls.
A big thanks must go to tennis coaches Gift, Ball, Pie, Rung, John and Don whose help to the younger players on the court throughout the event was invaluable and whose enthusiasm and expertise made everything go very smoothly.
