The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association congratulates Elana Mackey on her Finals appearance at a Level 7 USTA tennis tournament in Key Biscayne, Florida. During the tournament Elana played very well winning over Romina Zamora 6-1, 6-1, she then faced the 2nd seed Lyshko where she won in two sets 6-2, 6-1. In the semis, Elana…
The BLTA wishes to officially announce its winners and runners-up from our Annual Jr. National Clay Court Easter Classics held over the Easter holiday. Honourable mention goes to Peyton Anderson, triple crown-winner in the Girls’ Singles’ 16s & 18s and Girls’ Doubles 18s. The Tournament was held at the Gym Tennis Club, Winton Meadows. The tournament director…
The Danny Rigby Tennis Tournament was held in Freeport, Grand Bahama this past weekend at the YMCA. The ages of kids who participated were 6 to 15. The goals of the tournament were: 1. To increase matchplay for juniors and 2. To have juniors practising and competing. 40 players participated in the tournament with 9…
On Friday past, The Bahamas World Tennis Juniors National Team (Boys) secured another win and defeated Curacao 3-0 to advance to the Consolation Final yesterday! Anthony Burrows Jr. continued his great play from the day before winning over his opponent 6-2, 7-6. Michael Major Jr. came up next with the Bahamas winning the second match in…
The Bahamas was victorious today over Aruba 3-0 at the World TennisTeam Competition in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The Bahamas coming off two tough and competitive losses came back strongtoday in matchplay. Anthony Burrows Jr. set the stage as he won easily 6-1,6-0, giving up only one game! over Aruba. Michael Major Jr. wouldcontinue the…
Arriving in Santo Domingo to represent The Bahamas at the World Juniors Competition is a cadre of talented juniors. Team Bahamas consists of Michael Major Jr., Anthony Burrows Jr., and Dentry Mortimer Jr. Michael, Anthony and Dentry are the top-ranked in the Boys’ U14 Division in the country and will be displaying their skills amongst…
The Bahamas has a tennis team participating in the 12U ITF/GSDF Caribbean Team Championships in Curacao. The team consists of the Boys: Michael Major Jr. and Anthony Burrows Jr and on the Girls’ side, Genesis Missick of Freeport, Grand Bahama and Kaylee Kanuka. Our team captain is Coach Ricardo Demeritte. The competition’s format is round-robin play in the…
Finals Champion, Semifinal Win and Quarterfinal Appearances and Main Draw Wins were the positive results achieved by a group of The Bahamas top U18 Tennis Juniors who recently participated in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Tournaments. The result from this young and talented group is to be applauded as many of them travelled for the…
There are a number of young and talented Bahamian tennis players touring the globe this summer. From St. Lucia in the south to Germany in the North, our tennis players are displaying their talent on the international stage and with their level of play, the world is taking notice. From the European Circuit Our promising…
Our young juniors are competing in the 14 and under Junior International Championships (JITIC) in El Salvador. The JITIC competition has the top juniors in the Caribbean and Latin America competing for the title of the ‘best of the best’ in Junior Tennis in the region. The team consists of Emma Weech and Donesha Gibson…