Tennis at TGS is 10% skill and 90% fun. On Tuesday and Sunday afternoons, our tennis players go out to hit some tennis balls. (Sometimes we hit “home runs” out into the marsh at East Bay Park!) Our tennis team, while not very experienced, is quickly learning how to serve, hit ground strokes, and volley under Coach Gates’ training. We do everything from running drills to playing matches, but whatever we do we always make sure to have fun. And we try not to get eaten alive by gnats!

Every Monday and Thursday, TGS students can walk (or drive) to the South Carolina Maritime Museum, which generously offers their 420 racing boats for us to use. After arriving, most sailors walk to Sweeties to grab a quick ice cream or milkshake, just in time to finish before Coach Gates arrives. Jim and Mahi Edwards wait with their Boston Whaler and kindly ferry the sailors across the harbor to the boats. After rigging, Coach Gates sets a course and everyone tries to find the fastest way around it, while also dodging the sunken boats. Come 4:30, and it’s time to pull the boats out and de-rig. Thanks to Morgan’s parents for providing transportation and life jackets, and to the SCMM for letting us use their boats!

By Morgan and Baryck