The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA) congratulates Patrick Mactaggart on playing well and winning the ACTS Singles UTR 2.5-6.5 Tournament in Key Biscayne, Florida on February 21st, 2021. Patrick had a bye in the round of 32 and in the round of 16, he defeated Luis Soloranzo 4-2, 3-4 (8-10), 4-3 (7-3). Patrick’s quarterfinals opponent…
Over the weekend IC Bahamas Junior Series hosted its first tournament for 2021 at The National Tennis Centre(NTC). The tournament featured players in the U10 and U12 categories. The tournament sponsor is The Winterbotham Trust. Finalist in the various categories are: Boys 10Winner: Lucas ZoebeleinRunner-up: Cameron Ferguson Girls U10Winner: Marlee MartinRunner-up: Srae’ Rodgers Boys U12…
A successful U14 & U16 Junior Tennis Tournament was held at The National Tennis Centre this weekend. The event is an official tournament on The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA) 2020 Calendar. The Winners of The Championship Rounds are: U14 GirlsBreAnn Ferguson – WinnerSarai Clarke – Runner-up U14 BoysJackson Mactaggart – WinnerCailan Bowe – Runner-up…
A group of young talented junior players from the Southwest Tennis Club (SWTC) participated in the Freeport National Jr. Tournament. For some of them, it was their first experience travelling abroad to this national tennis tournament and it proved to be very rewarding. The SWTC under the direction of President Mike Butler came home with…
Jackson Mactaggart performed very well in the 2020 British Colombia (BC) Indoor Provincial Championships (U12) in Canada. Jackson was seeded in the tournament 3rd in singles and 2nd in doubles (teaming up with Ewan Robertson). Jackson and Ewan advanced to the doubles championships and ended as tournament finalists against the #1 seeds Garry Jiany and…
The Grand Bahama Tennis Association’s (GBTA) Junior National Tournament was held this weekend in Freeport, Grand Bahama at the YMCA. The event sponsor was Bahamas Pure Water & Ice. The event was sanctioned by the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association and isthe first junior national calendar event held in Grand Bahama for 2020. President Darnette Weir…
Despite the loss to Costa Rica (0-3) on the final day, Team Bahamas ends its run on the top half of the World Juniors Tennis Competition in the 6th position out of 14 countries. The Bahamas edged out El Salvador, Honduras, Barbados, Jamaica, Antigua, Curacao, Suriname and Panama. The Dominican Republic won the overall title…
Team Bahamas defeated Barbados in round-robin play with a 3-0 victory. Saphire Ferguson won 6-2, 6-2, Sierra Rodgers followed up with a 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 win. Our Team closed out with doubles played by BreAnn and Saphirre with a 6-1, 6-0 win. The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association congratulates Sierra, Saphirre, BreAnn and Coach Marion on advancing to the…
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…
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…