Ryan Fox is a 12-year-old Bahamian Tennis player who has been studying and training in Florida at the prestigious “ Pro World” tennis academy of Delray Beach Ryan has been playing the local Florida tennis circuit and has been making steady progress. He has been playing many local tournaments starting with “ Eddie Herr International…
Tennis Europe has long been the platform of choice for the launch of a successful career and is held across 43 of the 50 member nations of Tennis Europe. Players from over 100 countries participate in these tournaments worldwide. Some of the top players on the circuit today have participated in these tournaments. The Bahamas…
Bahamian Dylan Walker who hails from Eleuthera and attends Missouri Baptist University was instrumental on his college win in the conference Finals. Dylan and teammates now head to the Nationals in Alabama which will be a first in the history of Missouri Baptist University Tennis. Sophomore Dylan had two major comeback wins over Baker. In…
Bahamian Tennis player Shannon Francis shined brightly in the NJCAA tennis play for Prairie State College. The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), founded in 1938, is an association of community college and junior college athletic departments throughout the United States. It is divided into divisions and regions. The current NJCAA holds 24 separate regions. Shannon and teammates were…
OLATHE, Kan -Missouri Baptist men’s tennis won their semifinal and championship matches on Saturday. The day started with a 5-2 victory over rival Missouri Valley and concluded with a 5-4 comeback win over Baker in the championship match. Missouri Baptist (11-7, 7-1 AMC) opened the semifinals with its seventh doubles sweep of the year. Senior…
In recent international tennis, futures play held in Greece The Bahamas had good representation. Philip Major made it past the first round in the Qualifyings at the 8th Hellenic Zeus ITF Pro Circuit where he defeated Bartley 6-1,6-3 but was defeated second round from Addison of Australia in the third set tie break. Joshua Turnquest…
The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association climaxed their 2016 RBC FINCO Jr. National Clay Court Classic this past Easter Monday in grand style with a Trophy Presentation Ceremony. The Association boasts of a successful tournament that catered to some 60 plus entrants from Freeport and New Providence. Over the four-day tournament, spectators came from far and…
Final BLTA update from the 2016 WJT North/Central America & Caribbean Pr-Qualifiers in San Salvador, El Salvador:Our boys’ team of Jacobi Bain, Kofi Bowe and Denali Nottage played well but were defeated today by the number one seeded team in the tournament Guatemala. Kofi Bowe fell to Dominguez 0-6,0-6. However, Jacobi Bain played well throughout…
On March 14th the Bahamas Girl and Boys Teams were successful in their matches in El Salvador. The Bahamas continues to do well in the U14 tennis team play where various countries from the Caribbean and Latin American Region compete to move on to the next round of play in the U14 category. In singles…
The Boys’ and Girls’ national teams are participating in the World Junior Tennis Competition being held in San Salvador, El Salvador March 11 – 16, 2016. The Boys’ Team consists of Kofi Bowe (Freeport), Jacobi Bain and Denali Nottage (Freeport) and the Girls’ Team is comprised of Elana Mackey, Donesha Gibson(Freeport) and Emma Weech. …