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…
Today in matchplay Kofi Bowe from Freeport, Bahamas represented well as he won his consolation match today against Ruben Pinchas from Jamaica 6-4, 6-1. Kofi who is only 12 years old is debuting on the under 16 Boys International Competition. Kofi was also instrumental when teaming up with Donte Armbrister to get a doubles win…
Nassau, Bahamas – The 2016 Davis Cup Zone III Co-Winners returned home yesterday to a heroes’ welcome. The team, which includes player/ captain Marvin Rolle, Baker Newman, Spencer Newman and Kevin Major Jr. are still taking in their gargantuan win in La Paz, Bolivia. The group played their last match on Saturday where they defeated…
A splendid showing all around for The Bahamas in The 2016 Davis Cup Competiton. Due to the consistent and excellent play, Team Bahamas has been promoted to Zone II. With a final win over Team Jamaica today the Bahamas reigns supreme as the only undefeated team in Pool B. They end the competition with a…
The Bahamas will be participating in the Davis Cup in July 2016. The Competition this year will be held in Bolivia. The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA) held a tryout in December for the first two spots and is holding an invitational tryout next week June 3-5 to fill the final two spots. BAHAMAS LAWN…
Final BLTA update from the 2016 WJT North/Central America & Caribbean Pr-Qualifiers in San Salvador, El Salvador:Our boys’ team of Jacobi Bain, Kofi Bowe and Denali Nottage played well but were defeated today by the number one seeded team in the tournament Guatemala. Kofi Bowe fell to Dominguez 0-6,0-6. However, Jacobi Bain played well throughout…
On March 14th the Bahamas Girl and Boys Teams were successful in their matches in El Salvador. The Bahamas continues to do well in the U14 tennis team play where various countries from the Caribbean and Latin American Region compete to move on to the next round of play in the U14 category. In singles…
The Boys’ and Girls’ national teams are participating in the World Junior Tennis Competition being held in San Salvador, El Salvador March 11 – 16, 2016. The Boys’ Team consists of Kofi Bowe (Freeport), Jacobi Bain and Denali Nottage (Freeport) and the Girls’ Team is comprised of Elana Mackey, Donesha Gibson(Freeport) and Emma Weech. …
The Fed Cup Team of Iesha Shepherd, Gabriela Donaldson, Sierra Donaldson and Lauryn Daxon were in action today against Puerto Rico. The home team Puerto Rico had great support and home-court advantage and was able to defeat The Bahamas. Gabriela Donaldson lost to Bou 6-0,6-1. Iesha Shepherd lost to Puig 6-0, 6-0. The duo of…
Another exciting week in the world of Bahamian Tennis as our 4-member Fed Cup Team of Iesha Shepherd, Gabriela Donaldson, Sierra Donaldson, and Lauryn Daxon compete in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. The tournament starts tomorrow February 1 2016 where The Bahamas plays Guatemala at 10:00am. Other participating nations are: Barbados, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Guatemala Puerto Rico, Uruguay and…