Mr Mark Knowles was inducted into the Bahamas Sports Hall of Fame. This recognition is bestowed on our most decorated Bahamian tennis player! Let us take a look at Mark’s rich tennis biography: MARK KNOWLES TENNIS EXTRAORDINAIRE Synonymous with tennis in The Bahamas is the name, Mark Knowles. No other is more decorated in the…
A great ending to a historic week for Bahamas Tennis at the BLTA’s National Tennis Centre. Bahamians Tatyana Madu and Patrick Mactaggart both won the singles championship titles at the U14 Confederation of Tennis for Central America and the Caribbean (Cotecc) Junkanoo Bowl. On the boys’ side, Patrick won over Dmitri Kitron from Bermuda in…
Top players have emerged victorious at the Cotecc U14 Tennis Tournament at the National Tennis Centre. The Tournament which is organized by The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association is proudly sponsored by Custom Computers. Advancing in the Boys R16 matches on Monday were Aiden Ritchie, Brandon Bridgewater, Synaj Watkins and Neevin Marcos. They will join the…
The Confederation of Tennis for Central America and the Caribbean (Cotecc) is hosting the first-ever high-level training camp for the English-speaking countries in the region at the BLTA’s NationalTennis Centre (NTC). 12 of the best athletes in the U14 division have touched down and are participating in the camp from 5 countries including The Bahamas,…
The National Tennis Centre(NTC) welcomed Coach Extraordinaire Mr. Patrick Mouratoglou. For a decade Mouratoglou coached tennis great Serena Williams and during that ten-year span, Serena was victorious with 10 Grand Slam titles: 2 Australian Open, 2 French Open, 3 Wimbledon and 3 US Open. At the tennis session with Mr Mouratoglou some of the kids…
All roads led to Freeport, Grand Bahama this week where The Grand Bahama Tennis Association held its annual Focal Tennis tournament October 26th-29th. Juniors competed in the U12-U18 age groups and the following champions emerged: Girls U12:Winner: Caitlyn PrattRunner-Up: Danielle Saunders Boys U12:Winner: Chase NewboldRunner-Up: Kingston Rees Girls U14Winner: Millie BeukesRunner-Up: Tatyana Madu Boys U14Winner:…
The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association congratulates Bahamian Denali Nottage on winning the Casely $10k Men’s Open in Hollywood Florida on October 23rd 2023. On his path to victory Denali faced 4 Americans. The first in the round of 32 was Greyson Williams 6-1, 6-3. In the Quarterfinals Denali won in straight sets again against Zachary…
Team Bahamas competed well at the PanAm Games in Santiago, Chile. Sydney Clarke, Justin Roberts and Kevin Major Jr all competed in the singles competition. In the first round Sydney Clarke, the only female from the Bahamas faced American Jamie Loeb she fought but lost in straight sets 6-3, 6-0. On the Men’s side, Kevin…
It was another exciting Sheri Roberts Open at the Abaco Club on Winding Bay. From the competitive matches, the following winners emerged: Boys U14Champion – Da’Shan Gardiner JrRunnercUp -Xander Major Girls U14Champion – Anya HepburnRunnercUp – Makayla McDonald Girls U18Champion- Tianna Bootle Boys U18Champion- Latahj OrlandoRunner Up -Theo Weir Men’s Singles OpenWinner: Stephen ThompsonRunner Up:…
Sydney Clarke, Justin Roberts and Kevin Major Jr will compete at the 2023 PanAm Games. The tennis segment is scheduled for October 23rd – 29th. Sydney Clarke who is internationally ranked earned her first ITF points during the summer of 2023. She will be the only female participant in The Bahamas. Sydney is presently in…