After two years, the All-Island Interschool Tennis 10s will be back in Colombo. This year's event will
take place from the 20 th – 23 rd of October at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) courts.
Even though the event has seen over a decade of existence, the past two years have been slow due
to the Covid-19 Pandemic spread in the country.
The event will be played in full form from 08:00 am to 06:000pm at the SLTA courts.
A whopping 1,300 kids through 121 teams are expected to participate in the event this year, coming
together from all corners of the island.
Colombo, Kandy, Kalutara, Jaffna, Batticaloa, Negombo, Panadura, Galle, Kurunegala, Ratnapura,
and Gampaha are some of the area's most participation is expected from. The event will see three
age categories: Under 7, Under 8 and the Under 10s.
In addition to the main draw, the organizers have also planned for some fun activities for the kids
present at the SLTA, to ease the pressure off of the young minds.
The main objective of this Kids carnival is to promote the sport of Tennis in the country and to
educate and motivate young tennis enthusiasts from the grassroots level. It also gives a chance for
these players to travel to Colombo at a young age to participate in a mass event such as the Tennis
10s, and learn that Tennis is an involved and fun sport to take up, even at a professional level in their
futures.
Chairman of Tournament and Matches at the SLTA Mr.Suresh subramaniam expressed “SLTA is
making great strides in order to play back to back tournaments to keep the players motivated
around the year. This event is done mainly to empower the kids and to promote the sport of tennis
across the country”.
This year, more research and importance have been given to ‘child psychology’ in sport. Hence, the
organizers at SLTA along with their title sponsor Ritzbury Sri Lanka, will not just be awarding the top
finishers, but will be presenting participation trophies and Ritzbury gift packs to all 1,300
participants.
The Tournament Referee will be acted out by Anjana De Silva, a seasoned inidividual in the local
games over the years and Chamila Iddagoda will take up the responsibilites as Tournament Director.
Ritzbury Sri Lanka has stepped forward to join the SLTA as the Main Sponsor of the event while
Sunquick, Eva and Prerera & Sons will join in as Event Sponsors with 3G Sports coming in as the
official Ball Sponsor.
