{"id":117235,"date":"2016-04-02T07:25:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T05:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/117235\/coach-says-youngster-can-get-to-the-top\/"},"modified":"2016-04-01T15:08:03","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T13:08:03","slug":"coach-says-youngster-can-get-to-the-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2016\/04\/02\/coach-says-youngster-can-get-to-the-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach says youngster can get to the top"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Talented young tennis player Relebogile Rakgole recently visited the Ekurhuleni Tennis School of Excellence for some specialised training.<\/p>\n<p>The tennis school, located at the Germiston Stadium, was the perfect place for Rakgole to hone her skills before taking on the recent Glenvista Junior Tennis Tournament.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The youngster, who is coached by her father, Walter, did extremely well in the tournament, winning the u-10 girls\u2019 section by beating 10 other girls.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second year in a row she has won her section at the tournament.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_117236\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-117236\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/04\/14GCNSPORTTENNMH2_70383.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-117236\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/04\/14GCNSPORTTENNMH2_70383-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"Young tennis talent Relebogile Rakgole practices her ball skills at the Ekurhuleni Tennis School of Excellence, located at the Germiston Stadium.\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2016\/04\/14GCNSPORTTENNMH2_70383-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2016\/04\/14GCNSPORTTENNMH2_70383-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2016\/04\/14GCNSPORTTENNMH2_70383.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-117236\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young tennis talent Relebogile Rakgole practices her ball skills at the Ekurhuleni Tennis School of Excellence, located at the Germiston Stadium.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rakgole lives in Polokwane, in Limpopo, and comes to the tennis school in her school holidays for specialised training.<\/p>\n<p>The head coach of Ekurhuleni Tennis School of Excellence, Loyiso Matsha, said: \u201cRakgole is highly talented and, with proper and consistently intensive coaching, has the potential to go all the way and to represent South Africa one day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of work still has to be done, but the sky is the limit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Early in April, Relebogile will play in another tournament, in Polokwane, and if she maintains her present form, she stands a good chance of excelling.<\/p>\n<p>Matsha said that, during the school holidays, he often invites juniors from outside the province to train at the school.<\/p>\n<p>After receiving her trophy for her win at the tournament, an ecstatic Rakgole said: \u201cThank you dad for teaching me tennis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/110965\/local-tennis-club-is-ready-for-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\">Local tennis club is ready for the year<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='ab21e63bd2a052ce9fe5dab95a189b62'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local tennis school helps tomorrow\u2019s stars better themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":117237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,3],"tags":[1123,2385,979,969,2734,1119,2386],"class_list":["post-117235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-sports","category-sports-news","tag-delville","tag-ekurhuleni-tennis-school-of-excellence","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-melissa-hart","tag-sport-2","tag-tennis"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Sport","SubCategory":"Local sport"},"tag_labels":["Delville","Ekurhuleni Tennis School of Excellence","germiston","germiston city 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