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Ripon tennis stars overcome Harrogate opponents in local tournament

Ripon Grammar's tennis stars at the Lawn Tennis Association Year 9 competition.

A team of Ripon pupils have come out on top in a district-wide tennis competition.

Ripon Grammar School pupils beat both Ashville College and Harrogate Grammar School in the Lawn Tennis Association Year 9 competition.

Both boy and girls’ teams were overall winners in their respective categories.

And it was a particularly special victory for Ripon Grammar’s boys team, which included two younger Year 7 pupils.

The boys’ team was made up of Year 9 pupils Rufus Cunningham, Will Lawns and Year 7 pupils Henry Cawood and Tom Lawns.

They won 19 games compared to 16 from Ashville College and 8 from Harrogate Grammar.

The girls’ team featured Katie Watson, Natasha Pang, Connie Peat and Izzy Forsythe.

They won 15 games compared to 14 from Ashville College and 14 from Harrogate Grammar.

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