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…
Three top Bahamian juniors are participating in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) U18 Tournament in Castries, St. Lucia. Sydney Clarke, Jacobi Bain and Donte Armbrister are playing amongst other talented tennis juniors from the USA, Brazil, Canada, Barbados, Switzerland Mexico and other countries. Donte Armbrister seeded 4th in the Boys’ Draw played well yesterday and…
It was a great day for Team Bahamas yesterday! Team Bahamas is competing amongst the best in the region at the ITF/COTECC U12 Tennis Team Competition Sub Region 3 in Santiago De Los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. The Girls and Boys’ Teams performed at a high level and won 3-0 yesterday. The Girls are coached by Marion…
Representing Team Bahamas, Freeport native Jerald Carroll played against Puerto Rico’s #2 Ian Arenas in the U12 ITF/Cotecc TeamCompetition in the Dominican Republic. Jerald debuted in his first international tournament but did not display any nerves. He played well and won his match 6-3, 6-3. Coach Jared Turnquest said Jerald “Played big and confident”. Jackson…
Anthony Burrows Jr. who won the Barnet Open U14 Boys last week follows up with another good win in the Our Lady of Muswell Summer Series Tournament in Middlesex, Great Britain. Entering the tournament seeded #1 in the U14 Anthony faced Philip Obang-Oway in the first round winning 6-2,6-0. He then played Maxine Grausclaud winning…
This past week, Bahamian Anthony Burrows Jr. participated in the Barnet Junior Open in Hertfordshire, Great Britain and came out on top. Anthony entered the U14 Boys competition seeded second and would breeze through the first two rounds against Shinichiro 4-2,4-0 and Cuticheras 4-0,4-0. He would then face the #1 seed Sasha and win in 2…
Tennis Summer Camps all over The Bahamas were conducted during the month and they all were very successful. In Eleuthera, Mr. Artie Johnson held his 20th Annual Summer Camp in Palmetto Point. The Artie Johnson Camp had visiting speakers who provided guidance to the young campers. The speakers from the community included Rev Godfrey Bethel,…
The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association has partnered with the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture to host a Tennis Summer Camp at the National Tennis Centre. Camp Facilitator and Junior Development Head for the BLTA Mr. Perry Newton has directed the camp over the past four (4) weeks. As the camp comes to a close this week, the…
Justin Roberts returns to The Bahamas after a very fruitful 4-week stint on the ITF pro circuit in Cancun, Mexico. Justin achieved one Doubles Final’s win, one Singles Final’s win, two Singles quarterfinal’s appearances and another Doubles Final’s appearance. This summer was indeed hot as Justin brought the heat to the courts in Cancun! We…
Congratulations and best wishes are extended to the M15 Cancun ITF Singles Champion, Justin Roberts! Justin came through the qualifying rounds to reign supreme in the tournament held at the Cancun Tennis Academy. In today’s match, Justin had similar results as yesterday’s semifinals match against the #1 seed Jack Draper where he won in the 3rd set…