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…
Tennis Is Serving Up Some Good Results as Bahamians Jacobi Bain(singles), Anthony Burrows Jr. and Ryan Fox(doubles) won yesterday. Jacobi won convincingly in two sets. Bahamian duo, Burrows and Fox would record the match of the tournament so far with a thrilling three-setter against their opponents winning the match tiebreak 10-8. First-day winners were Donte…
Top juniors from The Bahamas, Mexico, The United States and Barbados competed at the National Tennis Centre over this past weekend at the IC Rod Laver North American Junior Challenge. Team Bahamas consisted of Gabrielle Simms, Peyton Anderson, Jacobi Bain and Denali Nottage. The coach was Mr. Neil Mactaggart. On Saturday The Bahamas faced The United States…
Michael Major Jr. was a finalist at the UTR Baha Mar Cup held this past weekend. Michael faced Bahamians Missick in the Round of 16 and Rees in the Quarterfinals. He won 6-0, 6-1 and 6-1, 6-1 respectively. He advanced to the semifinals to win over Saul 6-2, 6-1. In the Finals, he would face Blokhin…
A Tennis Clinic for 25 young children affected by the monstrous Hurricane Dorian was held on Sunday past at the National Tennis Centre. The event was organized by a member of IC (International Tennis Clubs) the Bahamas in the person of Mr. Mike Keating. Mr. Perry Newton, Head of Junior Development for the Bahamas Lawn Tennis…