SA’s Twelve Top Tennis Primary Schools Converge on Benoni for National Finals

South Africa’s top girls’ tennis school teams will compete for top honours in the RCS Rising Star Tennis National Finals at Gauteng East Tennis Complex in Benoni, Gauteng, from Friday, 31 October until Sunday, 2 November 2025.

The girls competition will feature twelve teams, and the wheelchair tennis tournament will include boys and girls players from ten schools.

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These entries include the winners of the RCS Rising Star tournaments from all of SA’s nine provinces, as well as three wildcard entries in the girls division.

The provincial events were preceded by district competitions, which gave thousands of young tennis players from hundreds of schools the opportunity to compete for places in the national finals.

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Now in its sixth season, RCS Rising Star Tennis aims to create opportunities for primary school girls from all communities, while increasing youth participation in tennis.

This initiative is made possible through the continued support and sponsorship of the RCS Group, one of South Africa’s largest consumer finance businesses, and a subsidiary of BNP Paribas.

Girls Teams in the RCS Rising Star Tennis National Finals Entry List

St Mary’s DSG (KwaZulu-Natal)
Laerskool Nylstroom (Limpopo)
Laerskool Kanonkop (Mpumalanga)
Laerskool Saamtrek (North West)
Welkom Volkskool (Free State)
Stirling Primary (Eastern Cape)
Courtrai Primary (Western Province)
Unika Primary (Gauteng)
Laerskool Eureka (Northern Cape)
Soshanguve Tennis Club (Gauteng)
St Marks (Mpumalanga)
Letlolo Primary (Limpopo)

Wheelchair Tennis Teams

Helen Franz (Limpopo)
Meerhof (North West)
Open Air (KwaZulu-Natal)
Ithembelihle (Gauteng)

Original Copy: Tennis SA, with editing by gsport

Main Photo Caption: Welkom Volkskool from Free State West will be among 12 teams from top girls primary schools across South Africa competing for top honours in the RCS Rising Star Tennis National Finals, taking place at the Gauteng East Tennis Complex in Benoni from 31 October to 2 November 2025. Photo: Supplied

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