Anthony Burrows Jr. who won the Barnet Open U14 Boys last week follows up with another good win in the Our Lady of Muswell Summer Series Tournament in Middlesex, Great Britain. Entering the tournament seeded #1 in the U14 Anthony faced Philip Obang-Oway in the first round winning 6-2,6-0. He then played Maxine Grausclaud winning…
The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association has partnered with the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture to host a Tennis Summer Camp at the National Tennis Centre. Camp Facilitator and Junior Development Head for the BLTA Mr. Perry Newton has directed the camp over the past four (4) weeks. As the camp comes to a close this week, the…
Justin Roberts returns to The Bahamas after a very fruitful 4-week stint on the ITF pro circuit in Cancun, Mexico. Justin achieved one Doubles Final’s win, one Singles Final’s win, two Singles quarterfinal’s appearances and another Doubles Final’s appearance. This summer was indeed hot as Justin brought the heat to the courts in Cancun! We…
The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association congratulates the Abaco Tennis Association (ATA) for hosting a successful summer tournament this past week. The Abaco Tennis Summer Camp was held in Forest Heights, Abaco. Recently, BLTA “Play Tennis Course” certified coaches Sharon Greene and Keith Greene assisted President Cameel McDonald along with other coaches, as they led a…
The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association congratulates the winners and runners-up of IC Bahamas U10 and U12 tennis tournament held at BahaMar Resorts this past weekend. The winners and runners-up are:U10 Girls – Millie Beuke (W), Sarai Clarke (R)U10 Boys – Jack Boals (W), Gavin Chechin-Laurens (R)U12 Girls – Sapphire Ferguson (W), BreAnn Ferguson (R)U12 Boys –…
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 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…
Bahamian top junior tennis player, Kofi Bowe advanced to the semifinals of the USTA’s Rick Macci International Spring Break Challenger. Kofi entered the Boys’ U16s event which was recently held in Boca Raton, Florida. Kofi defeated Jack Kreisberg (USA) 6-4, 6-0 to advance to the quarterfinals. He received a walkover to the semifinals where he played his doubles…
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…
There was a great showing once again the 17th annual Artie Johnson All Eleuthera Youth Tennis Camp held in Eleuthera, Bahamas. The camp was dubbed a great success by the Tennis Organizer Mr. Artie Johnson. There was an average of 45 kids at the camp on a daily basis. The theme of the camp this…