The BLTA’s New Year’s Tournament has come to a very successful close. The secretary of the BLTA Cameel McDonald and the Vice President Chilean Burrows were on hand to present the following winners with their awards: GS14Winner: Briana HoulgraveRunner Up: Caitlyn Pratt BS 14Winner: Patrick MactaggartRunner Up: Synaj Watkins GS16Winner: BreAnn FergusonRunner Up: Millie Beukes…
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The competition was fierce and the players tried their best as they played in the 2023 Giorgio Baldacci Open Nationals. Two players emerged at the top: Female Champion Simone Pratt and Male Champion Baker Newman. The last time Simone Pratt hoisted the trophy was in 2012 when she won over Kerrie Cartwright. Now over 10…
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THE 2023 Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA) recognition awards ceremony was a resounding success as the tennis community came out in support of the award recipients. Persons represented from the islands of Abaco, Eleuthera, Nassau and Grand Bahama. The executives of the BLTA presented awards to the following winners in the various categories: JUNIOR ACHIEVER…
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The first inaugural Harbour Island Doubles Tennis Tournament was held this weekend at the Pink Sands Resort in beautiful Harbour Island. The Eleuthera Tennis Association President Artie Johnson assisted in organizing the event and was also the tournament director. Tennis continues to develop all over The Bahamas as junior and senior participation grows. The winners…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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:…
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