16 April 2008
Windhoek — Top Namibian junior tennis players Riekie Honiball and Henco Serdyn recently received sponsorships from the Janine and Suzelle Davin Sport Trust to assist their tennis careers.
The Janine and Suzelle Davin Sport Trust was founded in 2007 to inspire young sport stars to follow their dreams of achieving excellence in sport.
The Trust makes a positive difference in the lives of talented, dedicated and motivated young Namibian tennis players by assisting them financially and through a professionally supported personal relationship. Riekie particapted in two ITF events in 2007 in Port Elizabeth and East London in South Africa.
In 2008 she participated in two ITF events in West Africa, where she reached the finals of both events, while she also participated in the 13th ITF/CAT African Junior Championships in Botswana in March where she came fifth out of 32 players.
Upcoming events that Riekie is planning to participate in, include the SATA Interprovincial Tournament in Bloemfontein this month, the ITF tournament in Morocco, some ITF events in England if her ranking is good enough, two ITF tournaments in South Africa in August and the ITF U/18 circuit in Namibia in August.
She has obtained a four-year scholarship at the Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in the United States where she will join them in August 2008.
The Trust assisted Henco to participate in the ITF U/18 circuit in Botswana and an ITF event in Port Elizabeth last year.
He participated in the 13th ITF/CAT African Junior Championships, in Botswana in March where he came 10th out of a 32 draw.
Upcoming events that he plans to participate in include two ITF Group 2 events in South Africa in July and the ITF U/18 circuit in August in Windhoek.
Henco aims to take up a scholarship in America in August 2009.
Riekie and Henco also want to thank Lothar Geier who organised a sponsorship of professional tennis equipment through Dunslaz Distributors to both players for the past three years.
The sponsorship consists of tennis rackets, thermo bags, grips, strings, clothing and various other items, which gets renewed every year.
Through the generous contributions from the Janine and Suzelle Davin Sport Trust and Dunslaz Distributors, Riekie and Henco had the opportunity to be successful and achieve good ITF junior world rankings.
Riekie obtained her highest ranking of 231 while Henco obtained a junior world ranking of 638.
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