KARACHI: The Sindh Tennis Association (STA) will orga­nise the first Beaconhouse Open national juniors and seniors tennis championship at Karachi Gymkhana from Oct 22-28.

The events to be contested in the tournament include Juniors Under-18 Singles, Boys 16 Singles, Boys 14 Singles, Boys 12 Singles, Boys & Girls under-10 Singles, Girls Under-18 Singles, Girls under-14 Singles, Seniors 45-Plus singles and Soft Tennis singles and doubles for both men & women.

The last date for sending entry is Oct 20.

All outstation junior players are entitled upto Rs700 as daily allowance. In addition to that, all outstation main draw players will get economy class railway fare both ways. Entry fee is Rs300 per player per event whereas all coaches and ball boys are exempted from entry fee (one event only).

Outstation players should send their entries through their respective provincial or district tennis association.

All Karachi-based players should send their entries to Khalid Rehmani at sindhtennis@gmail.com, or at cell number 0300-3607209 or to Sarwar Hussain, secretary Karachi Tennis Association, at cell no. 03332261702.

Khawaja Saeed Hai is the president of the organising committee.

Published in Dawn, October 13th, 2017