The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association extends congratulations to the trophy winners at the Lil Mo International Tournament. In singles the following players were victorious in their age categories: Brianna Houlgrave: U9 Girls Doubles Champion. Brianna and partner Valera Roas defeated Zenith and Van der Berg 8-4 in Girls’ finals. Addyson Munroe – U8 Girls Singles…
The Bahamas has a strong contingency of 16 girls and boys. The list of talented young Bahamian players participating at the Little Mo Internationals 2019 includes: Millie Beukes Jack Boals Jalisa Clarke Zamere Davis BreAnn Ferguson Cameron Ferguson Alec Hooper Brianna Houlgrave Kaylee Kanuka Jackson Mactaggart Patrick Mactaggart William McCartney Chase Newbold Khai Rees Kingston…
The South American Tennis Confederation has organized a training camp for the best players ages 15-16 in the region. COTECC has invited Jacobi Bain along with seven (7) other juniors to attend this camp to be held in Florianopolis, Brazil December 2nd – 6th. Jacobi was the U16 JITIC champion for the region last year…
Another exciting ITF Goombay Splash Bowl Tournament on the ITF World Tennis Tour has come to an end. On Saturday past, the male and female singles’ winners were awarded trophies by the President of the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association, Ms. Darnette Weir Photos are attached. The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association extends thanks to the ITF…
On this past weekend the Ministry of Youth, Sports and & Culture held its Annual National Sports Awards banquet. The sporting discipline of tennis and four (4) athletes were nominated in different categories by the Ministry. Tennis Davis Cupper Baker Newman won “The Leevan Sands Courage Award”. Baker represented The Bahamas in the 2019 Davis Cup…
At the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s 2-day Hurricane Relief Tournament that culminated today, the tennis community came together to give back to our tennis brothers and sisters in need. We saw some great matches but more importantly, we saw great camaraderie and sportsmanship. As the kids and adults got in some excellent matchplay for such a…
The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association 2019 J5 ITF Goombay Splash Doubles’ Winners are Bahamian Jacobi Bain and Kesterman from New Zealand. Runners-up are Williamson and Rahman from the United States. Bain and Kesterman won in straight-sets 6-3, 6-3. The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association congratulates Jacobi on this double championship. Continue to shine! Donte Armbrister who…
Donte Armbrister has advanced to the semifinals singles at the U18 ITF Goombay Splash Bowl. Donte who lost the first set was down 1-4 in the second set. Donte would dig deep to tie it up 4 all and go on to win the second set 6-4. In the third set, Donte raised the ante…
Bahamians Sydney Clarke, Jacobi Bain and Donte Armbrister advance to the quarterfinals in singles in the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s U18 ITF Goombay Splash. The 3 top-ranked junior players from The Bahamas will play tomorrow at the National Tennis Centre starting at 9 a.m. Donte Armbrister and Jacobi Bain have also advanced in doubles and…
Featured Story on IC Junior Series, Story Writer: Tara Mactaggart The final tournament of the 2019 IC Winterbotham Junior Series was held at the YMCA courts in Freeport over this past weekend. While the weather was chilly, the Grand Bahamas Tennis Association hospitality and atmosphere were warm and spirited! Many of the Bahamas’ top U10…