IC Council News

December 2024
The IC of Italy wins the IC Rod Laver Junior Challenge European qualifiers

The IC of Italy wins the IC Rod Laver Junior Challenge European qualifiers

The IC Rod Laver European Junior Challenge 2024 took place at Real Zaragoza Club de Tenis from 9-13 September. The teams that participated in the event were: IC Croatia, IC Great Britain, IC Italy, IC Luxembourg, IC Norway, IC Slovenia, IC Spain I, and IC Spain II. After several intense days of tennis and activities, the winner of the tournament was IC Italy, who showed dominance throughout the week and ultimately defeated IC Great Britain 5-1.

Throughout the week, all team members and captains participated in various activities, in the first day they enjoyed a guided visit to the City Center with a private tour, the second day a movie session was organized on the indoor courts of the Club. The movie shown was Borg vs McEnroe, which helped the players understand how rivalry can evolve into friendship. Another highlight of the week was the Philanthropic Clinic with "ATADES," the Aragonese Association for Down Syndrome, all the players and coaches participated and showed great involvement for more than 1 hour on court. After the Clinic, the players attended a talk presented by Schiller University.

It is also worth mentioning that the Sportsmanship Award winners were Fabiola Marino from IC Italy and Patrik Semenic from IC Slovenia. Both showed great involvement in all the activities and excellent behavior on the tennis court. 

In summary, it was a fantastic week of tennis and an example of sportsmanship and values that go beyond the tennis court.

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