Kory D'Ortona

Age 13
Sport Played Tennis
Years Played 3 years

Tell us about yourself

I train four times a week in advanced lessons. I play in a weekly round-robin in which the points are tallied up at the end of each semester.I play in the advanced division and have won this twice. My coach suggests that I have the potential to reach high levels of tennis.

Proudest Sporting Achievements

My proudest sporting achievement is coming first in the advanced division of the Jan Dalton Tournament in Sydney.

What are you hoping to achieve

I am hoping to achieve pro status and eventually become World Number One. I also hope to achieve the Number One ranking in the world for doubles with my cousin Jade Clifford.

How does LineBreak help

I have been wearing my linebreak clothes and I have found that they ease my muscle cramps and are very comfortable.

My Blog

12/9/09
Hi,It's Kory,I'd like to start my blog by thanking you again for the sponsorship,the stickers,clothes and money.I have put the full amount towards private lessons with a pro coach Jan Dalton about a month ago.I have since had 5 private lessons and an improvement is visibly noticeable.I totally enjoy the lessons and look forward to them every Tuesday.

On Thursday 6th September I travelled to the Hunter valley to try out for Hunter sports for tennis,if I get in I'll stay with my Aunty,Uncle and cousins and get to play alot more tennis :- at the school ,after school and weekends as my cousins love tennis too and they live next to tennis courts (that are much more affordable than Sydney like half the prices and more)and are involved in a few comps and lessons too.

Fingers crossed,I hope I make it.

at the moment I'm also involved in a challenge comp.Its an unusual comp of 13 good players,I'm the youngest at 13 (the only teenager)and the oldest is 40.

Each person on the list organises to challenge another but it can only be 1,2 or 3 above them,you cannot challenge lower.I dont have to worry about that,I am the lowest to start with.When I win a challenge I will go up the ladder.I'll keep you up to date so I have only had 1 challenge so far,I didnt win but I enjoyed it and it was a good challenge.

I'm turning 14 in a couple of weeks and I'm looking forward to my birthday because my mum might be booking a tennis court for the day and we'll get to spend the whole day there.