Arato Katsuda-Inexperienced was amongst 9 gamers to win titles on the 2023 Australian Blind and Low Imaginative and prescient Championships.
Melbourne, Australia, 18 July 2023 | Leigh Rogers
Gamers from 5 completely different states gained titles on the annual Australian Blind and Low Imaginative and prescient Championships.
A document variety of 34 individuals took half within the three-day occasion, which was held on the Nationwide Tennis Centre in Melbourne over the weekend.
Arato Katsuda-Inexperienced, an 11-year-old from New South Wales, claimed three nationwide titles. He gained the junior singles and B4 open singles occasions, then teamed with Sean Russo to assert the B4 open doubles crown.
Courtney Webeck additionally scooped a number of titles. The 19-year-old from New South Wales gained the B2 and B3 ladies’s singles divisions.
| Australian Blind and Low Imaginative and prescient Championships 2023 | ||
| Occasion | Champion | Runner-up |
| Junior singles | Arato Katsuda-Inexperienced (NSW) | Ethan Prepare dinner (SA) |
| B2 males’s singles | Mark Haskett (SA) | Ethan Prepare dinner (SA) |
| B2 ladies’s singles | Courtney Webeck (NSW) | Courtney Lewis (SA) |
| B3 males’s singles | Michael Leigh (NSW) | Steve Obeid (Vic) |
| B3 ladies’s singles | Courtney Webeck (NSW) | Courtney Lewis (SA) |
| B4 open singles | Arato Katsuda-Inexperienced (NSW) | Sean Russo (NSW) |
| B2 open doubles | Scott Dann (Qld)/Peter Robinson (Vic) | Alan Leahy (WA)/Bradley Brider (WA) |
| B3 open doubles | Steve Obeid (Vic)/Matt Cameron (WA) | Jasper Steeds (Vic)/Adam Fayad (Vic) |
| B4 open doubles | Arato Katsuda-Inexperienced (NSW)/Sean Russo (NSW) | Michael Leigh (NSW)/Grace Hobbs (NSW) |
> VIEW: Full outcomes from the 2023 Australian Blind and Low Imaginative and prescient Championships
New South Wales was awarded the Maurice Gleeson Cup, a brand new perpetual trophy that honours the massive contribution Maurice Gleeson OAM has made to blind tennis over a few years.
It’s awarded to essentially the most excellent state on the championships, primarily based on the common variety of factors earned by rivals throughout all singles divisions all through the three-day occasion.
“Tennis NSW and Blind Sports activities & Recreation NSW/ACT will now take the cup again to Sydney to placed on show till subsequent 12 months,” Match Director Ben Dew stated.
“The intention is to assist drive and develop the BLV tennis pathway in every state and territory in future years.”
Maurice Gleeson presents the inaugural Maurice Gleeson Cup to New South Wales rivals.
Championship rivals additionally participated in an open coaching session, delivered by Tennis Australia’s nationwide BLV coaches, and attended an official participant dinner through the three-day occasion.
There was additionally a classification and Australian rankings training session, in addition to a global classification grading occasion.
A number of of the rivals on the Australian Blind and Low Imaginative and prescient Championships now flip their consideration to making ready for the 2023 Worldwide Blind Sports activities Federation (IBSA) World Video games in Birmingham subsequent month.
An 11-member Australian crew has been named to compete on the IBSA World Video games, that are the biggest high-level worldwide occasion for athletes with a visible impairment.
> READ: Australian crew introduced for 2023 IBSA World Video games
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