Craig Laundy (Reid, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I rise today to congratulate Meriden School in my electorate of Reid and , in particular , the school's tennis team which, over the weekend, was crowned world champions at the World Schools Tennis Championship in Qatar. Meriden earned the privilege of representing Australia after winning the A ustralian schools tennis championship in November last year and it faced off against Turkey in the final . What an amazing achievement it is to win . It is an illustration of what raw talent, hard work and excellent guidance can achieve. I can quote the PM in a letter he penned to me today where he said Australia is proud of them.

I am even more proud to report that the final match , a dead rubber, was a mixe d doubles game where the teams, Australia and Turkey, decided to play mixed doubles to commemorate the c entenary of Anzac. Australia could not ask for better ambassadors for the world stage than these Meriden students. I think that display of great and classy leadership is a true t estament to them .

Congratulations to the six players : Violet Apisah in year 9; Amne Ghamraoui in year 10; Michaella Haet, Linda Huang and Shubhika Dubey in year 11; and Claudia Furdi in year 12 . Also , I give a massive congratulations to the t eam manager , Lisa Brown, who kept me updated over the weekend by email, and head coach, Ross Anton, and c oa ches Brian Ly, Stelios Pikoulas and Clare Kinnane, who have worked tirelessly with this amazing group of girls. Congratulations to you all. You did Australia and the electorate of Reid so very, very proud.

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