The South American Tennis Confederation has organized a training camp for the best players ages 15-16 in the region. COTECC has invited Jacobi Bain along with seven (7) other juniors to attend this camp to be held in Florianopolis, Brazil December 2nd – 6th. Jacobi was the U16 JITIC champion for the region last year…
Another exciting ITF Goombay Splash Bowl Tournament on the ITF World Tennis Tour has come to an end. On Saturday past, the male and female singles’ winners were awarded trophies by the President of the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association, Ms. Darnette Weir Photos are attached. The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association extends thanks to the ITF…
Michael Major Jr. was a finalist at the UTR Baha Mar Cup held this past weekend. Michael faced Bahamians Missick in the Round of 16 and Rees in the Quarterfinals. He won 6-0, 6-1 and 6-1, 6-1 respectively. He advanced to the semifinals to win over Saul 6-2, 6-1. In the Finals, he would face Blokhin…
Jackson Mactaggart captured the singles and doubles U12 tennis title at the Abbotsford Fall 3.5 Star Tournament in British Columbia, Canada. Jackson was seeded #1 in the tournament in singles. In the first round, he did not give up any games winning 6-0, 6-0 over Panagiotopoulus. In the quarterfinals, Jackson would win over Adrian 6-0,6-2. Moving…
The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association congratulates Zamere Davis who was top of his Pool B in U10 at the end of round-robin matchplay over the weekend. Participating at the U10 USTA Tennis tournament in Coral Springs Zamere defeated Andrei Zbant 4-2, 4-1. He also defeated Martin McGrath 4-0; 4-1and Miguel Sosa 4-0; 4-0. He was…
At the Oaces Tennis Level 6 Junior Championships this past weekend Bahamians Patrick and Jackson Mactaggart (ages 9 and 11 respectively) won the Boys U12 doubles title in Wellington, Florida. This event is a United States Tennis Association (USTA) Level 6 tournament. The boys who were playing unseeded defeated Calvo/Gonzalez in the semifinals 8-2 and…
Kaylee Kanuka recently competed in the Ten-Pro Tournament in Naples Florida at the Sanchez Casal Academy in the U14 Girls’ category. The Ten-Pro is based in The Netherlands and hosts tournaments all over the world. Kaylee had some good match play and won against American Natalie Ognianova 6-0 6-4 and Elze Groeneboom from the Netherlands…
Sydney Clarke and Donte Armbrister competed at a very high level in the Under 18 ITF Tournament in Trinidad last week. Donte Armbrister came out a Doubles champion along with partner Freddie Ridot from Great Britain. The duo played exceptionally well as they won 3-6, 6-1, 10-8 over Bucurescu from Romania and Lacides from Guadeloupe. Sydney…
Sydney Clarke and Donte Armbrister advance in the ITF junior tournament in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The duo are playing amongst top talent from the Caribbean, USA, Great Britain, Romania, Brazil and Switzerland. Sydney Clarke ranked in the top 500 on the ITF junior tennis platform is performing well as she has advanced to…
From the British Junior Circuit, Bahamian Anthony Burrows Jr. has captured another win! Anthony competed in the U16 East Summer County Tour – Bovingdon & Flaunden Tennis Club Tournament. The summer county tour is a series of local-level grade 4 and grade 5 junior tournaments running throughout the summer competition season. It is a part of…