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…
Our Girls’ Team competed at a very high level at the ITF/COTECC U12 Team Competition Sub Region 3 in the Dominican Republic capturing the 3rd spot. We congratulate BreAnn Ferguson, Saphirre Ferguson and Jalisa Clarke for representing The Bahamas well! The other two top finishers were Puerto Rico (1) and Jamaica (2). Our girls participated…
Yesterday at the International Tennis Federation (ITF) U18 Tournament in Castries, St. Lucia, Donte Armbrister advanced to the Boys’ Singles Quarterfinal. The tournament features top talent from the Caribbean, USA, Canada, Brazil and Switzerland. Donte Armbrister played well in his singles and won in straight sets 6-1, 6-2 over Hai Vo from Vietnam. Donte is…
The saying on his shirt “Leave Your Legacy” rings true as Justin Roberts sets new career tennis high. Justin has moved to under 800 on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles’ ranking. The ATP is the governing body of the men’s professional tennis circuits – starting August 5th 2019, the ATP ranking system was improved…
Today, The Bahamas U12 Girls’ Team plays Jamaica and the winner advances to the Final of the ITF/COTECC U12 Team Competition Sub Region 3 in the Dominican Republic. A win will qualify the country as a top 2 finisher and eligibility for further regional championships. After the dominant round-robin performance in Pool A where Team…
On the Dominican courts of clay, our Girls came to Play! After recording a shut-out victory yesterday against the host country, The Bahamas U12 Girls’ Team followed-up with another 3-0 victory today over Cuba. Saphirre Ferguson would lead out the gate strong once again with a 6-1, 6-1 win. She gave up only two points…