The Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture(MOYSC) was on hand as The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA) welcomed its U12 Silver Medal Team home. MOYSC representative Pauline Davis-Thompson and BLTA President Perry Newton and Vice-President Chilean Burrows are pictured with Tatyana Madu, Briana Houlgrave, Kaylah Fox and Coach Marion. Mr. Michael Horton graciously provided the…
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The Bahamas achieved a second placement with a 4-1 record in tournament play. The team closed out with a dominant performance over the US Virgin Islands. In the singles both Tatyana Madu playing in the #1 spot and Kaylah Fox playing in the #2 spot had shutout wins 6-0, 6-0 over their opponents Safiyah and…
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The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA) President Perry Newton has been elected for two years to serve as the President of COTECC Subregion 3 Countries. Cotecc is the Confederation of Tennis of Central American and The Caribbean. This appointment will allow President Newton to assist with the implementation of policies that develop tennis in Central…
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The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association(BLTA) has fielded a three-member team to represent the country at the 2021 Cotecc U12 competition. Tatyana Madu, Kayla Fox and Briana Houlgrave will all compete for the first time at this international event. This Competition will take place from September 26th – October 2nd, 2021 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.…
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After three days of intense competition at the U14 JITIC regional event in Guatemala Jackson Mactaggart, BreAnn Ferguson and William McCartney advance to the main draw. In round-robin play Jackson won over El Salvador, Guatemala and Panama to advance to the G1 Main Draw. BreAnn won over Costa Rica and Honduras and William McCartney won…
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The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA) thanks to the members of the 2021 Billy Jean King Cup for serving and representing The Bahamas at the highest level. Kerrie Cartwright, Sydney Clarke, Elana Mackey and Sierra Donaldson played strong and ended competition play in 3rd position. Kerrie Cartwright expanded her singles wins with 3 additional Billy…
DetailsA trio of talented juniors is participating in the U14 JITIC regional event in Guatemala. The U14 JITIC is a tennis championship for top junior athletes in the U14 category in the region. The event is scheduled for June 26th – July 1st 2021. Breann Ferguson, Jackson Mactaggart, and William McCartney are competing accompanied by…
DetailsThe Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA) Junior Tennis Nationals has come to a successful end. The event was held at the National Tennis Centre with categories from U8-U18 competing for the coveted Junior National Champion. Tennis Nationals for 2020 was cancelled due to Covid and tennis juniors all over The Bahamas participated in thisyear’s Nationals…
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Sierra Donaldson who comes fresh off the College Circuit joins The Bahamas Billy Jean King(BJK) Cup heads to Panama this weekend. Sierra joins Kerrie Cartwright (captain), Sydney Clarke and Elana Mackey. Sierra who is at the end of her junior year in college plays for Lee Flames. Sierra and the lady Flames made it to…
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The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA) Junior Tennis Nationals is underway at The National Tennis Centre. What an exciting weekend of Tennis as our youngest age categories (U8 and U10) was able to compete in round-robin play. Emerging from the first two days are the following Winners and Runners Up: U8 BoysChampion: Cory ConyersRunner Up:…
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