At the Oaces Tennis Level 6 Junior Championships this past weekend Bahamians Patrick and Jackson Mactaggart (ages 9 and 11 respectively) won the Boys U12 doubles title in Wellington, Florida. This event is a United States Tennis Association (USTA) Level 6 tournament. The boys who were playing unseeded defeated Calvo/Gonzalez in the semifinals 8-2 and…
Kaylee Kanuka recently competed in the Ten-Pro Tournament in Naples Florida at the Sanchez Casal Academy in the U14 Girls’ category. The Ten-Pro is based in The Netherlands and hosts tournaments all over the world. Kaylee had some good match play and won against American Natalie Ognianova 6-0 6-4 and Elze Groeneboom from the Netherlands…
At the close of the ITF Level 1 Coaching Course, the participants were able to put all the knowledge and skill learned into practice. On the court the coaches implemented lessons plans that they designed. The expert instructor Mr. John Goede, ITF Developmental Officer for the Caribbean led the group over the past 12 days…
Sydney Clarke and Donte Armbrister competed at a very high level in the Under 18 ITF Tournament in Trinidad last week. Donte Armbrister came out a Doubles champion along with partner Freddie Ridot from Great Britain. The duo played exceptionally well as they won 3-6, 6-1, 10-8 over Bucurescu from Romania and Lacides from Guadeloupe. Sydney…
Saturday past, the Southwest Tennis Club (SWTC) hosted a Back-to-School Fair in conjunction with the Kiwanis Clubs of Cable Beach and Montagu, Rotaract Club, Nassau Sunset, BreAnns’s Care Closet Foundation and the Southern Shores Tennis Camp. The event was held at the Flamingo Gardens Park and Centre. In attendance at the fair was International Tennis…
Sydney Clarke and Donte Armbrister advance in the ITF junior tournament in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The duo are playing amongst top talent from the Caribbean, USA, Great Britain, Romania, Brazil and Switzerland. Sydney Clarke ranked in the top 500 on the ITF junior tennis platform is performing well as she has advanced to…
The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association is hosting another Coaches Course. Following the “Play Tennis Course” held in March 2019, the BLTA is adding to the skill base of coaches in The Bahamas with the Level 1 International Tennis Federation (ITF) Course. The Course is directed by ITF Development Officer for the Caribbean Mr. John Goede.…
Kit Spencer, President of IC Bahamas, led a combined IC Caribbean team to an over 70 tennis tournament in Belgium. The International Lawn Tennis Clubs simplified as “IC” was originally established as a “way of nurturing and preserving the camaraderie that existed between young competitors of many countries who met in a serious but friendly…
From the British Junior Circuit, Bahamian Anthony Burrows Jr. has captured another win! Anthony competed in the U16 East Summer County Tour – Bovingdon & Flaunden Tennis Club Tournament. The summer county tour is a series of local-level grade 4 and grade 5 junior tournaments running throughout the summer competition season. It is a part of…
The 27th Annual AID Clay Court Championships hosted at the Gym Tennis Club, Winton Meadows, featured athletes in the Male Singles Jr. Vets category yesterday. Opening Day saw some exciting matches with two going to a 3rd set tiebreak. There was also good fan support. Match play-action yesterday:– Jon Isaacs defeated Patrick Fernander in 2…