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…
The Abaco Tennis Association (ATA) hosted its first junior national tennis tournament in Marsh Harbour, Abaco. The tournament featured girls and boys in the U14 category. Participants from Nassau and Grand Bahama joined tennis athletes from Abaco in some very competitive matches. The President of the ATA, Cameel Mcdonald, welcomed everyone at the Opening Ceremony…
It would be a long day on Thursday at the Billie Jean King Cup (BJK) in Santo Domingo starting at 9 am and ending at 7 pm. The team would face Costa Rica for the last match in pool play. Elana Mackey playing in the #2 spot would go to a 3-setter coming out on…
The BLTA has fielded two junior tennis teams to represent the Bahamas in Santiago, Dominican Republic. The U12 girls’ team consist of Danielle Saunders, Caitlyn Pratt and Marina Bostwick. Level 1 Coach Paula Whitfield is captaining the team. The U12 boys’ team consist of Kingston Rees, Chase Newbold and Cameron Ferguson. Coach Philip Major is…
The BLTA organized and sent four (4) Teams in two (2) weeks for international team competitions. The end result for Team Bahamas was one (1) Quarterfinalist and one (1) Semifinalist placement, a great achievement! Team 1: Tatyana, Briana and Kaylah(Semifinalist – U14 World Juniors Girls)Team 2: Jerald, William Jackson(Quarterfinalist – Jr Davis Cup)Team 3: Jalisa,…
On the road to the Quarterfinals, The Bahamas U14 Girls won yesterday, 3-0 over Suriname. In singles, Kaylah Fox won 6-2, 6-0 and the #1 Tatyana Madu won 6-0, 6-2. Briana Houlgrave and Tatyana would seal the deal in the doubles winning 6-1, 6-3. On Monday The Bahamas faced Costa Rica. In singles, Kaylah Fox…
As two national teams return, another two teams have departed to represent The Bahamas at the U14 World Junior Tennis Championships (WJTC) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA) has fielded two teams for international competition. The boys’ Team consists of Patrick Mactaggart, Reeves Mahelis, Chase Newbold, and Coach Artie Johnson.…
The Grand Bahama Tennis Association (GBTA) hosted a junior tournament in Freeport Grand Bahama this weekend. The tournament sponsored by FOCOL featured U10, U12, U14, U16 and U18 participants and was held at the YMCA. The event was sanctioned by the BLTA and the results in the various categories are as follows: U10 GirlsWinner: Danielle…
The Grand Bahama Tennis Association (GBTA) hosted a juniors (under 14 and 16) tournament in Freeport, Grand Bahama this weekend. The tournament was sanctioned by the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA). The tournament was well attended with participants from Abaco, Eleuthera, Nassau and the host island. The tournament was sponsored by Flawless Construction and the…
Bahamian Tennis Hall of Famer and former Fed Cup player Kim O’Kelley conducted a tennis clinic at the National Tennis Centre(NTC). An invitation went out to all intermediate and advanced players to participate in the clinic as Coach Kim imparted her tennis knowledge to the juniors. Dentry Mortimer Jr, Michael Major Jr, Maddison Bowleg, Breann…