07/04/2026
With great joy and a huge sense of pride, we successfully completed the last 10 very intense days 🤩
We started in Mersch, where our beginner training camp took place.
A total of 12 youth players participated.
The youngsters were once again able to learn a lot from our coaches Momo and Kai. 🙌🏻
At the same time as our Easter camp in Mersch, three additional coaches from our Fortress Academy traveled to Linz.
On board were Benoit, Mark-Alex, Araceli, Noah, Gilles, Anna-Lena, and Rodrigo.
After a few intense training days with the Austrian national team, the Linz youth tournament took place.
The biggest highlight of the 10 days was definitely participating in the youth tournament in Linz, as this was FORTRESS’s first international tournament!
And it certainly won’t be the last! 🙌🏻
Noah Stemper delivered a very strong performance, reaching the round of 16 in the U11 singles before being eliminated. For him, this was one of his first tournaments on the international stage.
Alongside Noah, Araceli made it to the quarterfinals in the U17 girls’ category. She narrowly lost 1–3 to Slovak national player MRKVICOVÁ Nela. Araceli’s result came as a big surprise to all of us, as it was known that she hadn’t played any matches for three years.
Chapeau!!! 👒
Nevertheless, we must not forget the performances of our other players! Rodrigo impressed us with his fighting spirit. Benoit increasingly shows that he has great potential. Gilles is gradually learning to be a leader and impressed with many individual wins. Anna-Lena also played very strongly. Like Rodrigo, it was her first international tournament, and she also managed to win matches!
Apart from the amazing performances of our young players, our coaches Mirko, Kai, and Christian were able to reconnect with many friends and old acquaintances, with whom future plans and new projects have already been discussed.
In the end, we were very happy to meet our friends from the Luxembourg federation. We had a lot of fun together. 😉
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