The Winterbotham IC Junior Series was held this past weekend at the National Tennis Centre. The tournament was sanctioned by the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association. Talented boys and girls in the U10 and U12 categories participated in this debut event of the 2020 junior tennis season. The winners this past weekend were: U12 BoysJackson won…
Team Bahamas stands at 2-1 at the World Junior Team Competition in Santo Domingo. The team comprises of Sierra Rodgers, BreAnn Ferguson, Saphirre Ferguson and Coach Marion Bain. The Bahamas opened up with a win over #4 seed Antigua. Up first was BreAnn Ferguson 6-1, 6-2. Sierra would lose her match 6-3, 6-1 bringing up…
Free Tennis Clinic was provided to some of the children from the Ranfurly Home For Children (who expressed an interest in learning the Sport) by the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association. Over the past couple of months, the BLTA happily welcomed the kids at the National Tennis Centre. President Darnette Weir stated, “We want to provide this…
The Road to The Bahamas’ 2019 Open Nationals’ Champions is completed. There are two new 2019 champions: Kevin Major Jr. and Kerrie Cartwright. On the men’s side, Kevin Major Jr. seeded #2 won in straight sets 7-5, 6-3 over Baker Newman (#1). KJ who expressed his desire to add the men’s Open Nationals’ title to…
The first Annual Coach Artie Johnson’s tennis tournament was a resounding success! The two-day tournament featured senior and junior tennis players in The Bahamas. Coach Artie Johnson thanked all those persons who were instrumental in rendering assistance towards the tournament inclusive of Ms. Darnette Weir, BLTA, President; Mr Tim Dames, Ms. Kathy Coleman, Robert (Captain Bob)…
Sydney Clarke has received a National Letter of Intent from the University of Alabama Birmingham. Sydney is the Number 1 Junior (female) in the country peaking in the 200s in the International Tennis Federation’s ranking with a number of singles and doubles’ titles under her belt. Sydney is also the 2018 Bahamas Open Nationals Women’s…
The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association extends congratulations to the trophy winners at the Lil Mo International Tournament. In singles the following players were victorious in their age categories: Brianna Houlgrave: U9 Girls Doubles Champion. Brianna and partner Valera Roas defeated Zenith and Van der Berg 8-4 in Girls’ finals. Addyson Munroe – U8 Girls Singles…
The Bahamas has a strong contingency of 16 girls and boys. The list of talented young Bahamian players participating at the Little Mo Internationals 2019 includes: Millie Beukes Jack Boals Jalisa Clarke Zamere Davis BreAnn Ferguson Cameron Ferguson Alec Hooper Brianna Houlgrave Kaylee Kanuka Jackson Mactaggart Patrick Mactaggart William McCartney Chase Newbold Khai Rees Kingston…
The South American Tennis Confederation has organized a training camp for the best players ages 15-16 in the region. COTECC has invited Jacobi Bain along with seven (7) other juniors to attend this camp to be held in Florianopolis, Brazil December 2nd – 6th. Jacobi was the U16 JITIC champion for the region last year…
Another exciting ITF Goombay Splash Bowl Tournament on the ITF World Tennis Tour has come to an end. On Saturday past, the male and female singles’ winners were awarded trophies by the President of the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association, Ms. Darnette Weir Photos are attached. The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association extends thanks to the ITF…