The Bahamas Lawn Tennis (BLTA) President Perry Newton and International Tennis Federation (ITF) representative, Gustavo Grannito paid a courtesy call on the Director of the Ministry of Sports, Mrs Kelsie Johnson-Sills and Sports Officer Adam Miller. The meeting focused on the work of the BLTA and the collaboration of the ITF to help build tennis…
The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association congratulates Coach Ricardo Demeritte who recently participated in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Level 2 Coaching Advanced Players Course which was held in Trinidad and Tobago in August. At the end of this intensive 12-day course, it is expected that the coach would understand and be able to apply the…
The last day of the competition was exciting. The Mixed Doubles went down to the wire in a 3-set thriller of a match. The Men’s Open Doubles would end under the lights and close out a great 2 weeks of tennis at the 29th AID ClayCourt Championships hosted at the Gym Tennis Club. The winners…
It would be a long day on Thursday at the Billie Jean King Cup (BJK) in Santo Domingo starting at 9 am and ending at 7 pm. The team would face Costa Rica for the last match in pool play. Elana Mackey playing in the #2 spot would go to a 3-setter coming out on…
The Bahamas 2023 Billie Jean King Cup team is in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. The team consists of Sydney Clarke, Elana Mackey, Simone Pratt and Saphirre Ferguson. The team is captained by Hall of Famer and former Fed Cup player Kim O’Kelley. The draw has landed The Bahamas in the pool with Paraguay,…
The BLTA has fielded two junior tennis teams to represent the Bahamas in Santiago, Dominican Republic. The U12 girls’ team consist of Danielle Saunders, Caitlyn Pratt and Marina Bostwick. Level 1 Coach Paula Whitfield is captaining the team. The U12 boys’ team consist of Kingston Rees, Chase Newbold and Cameron Ferguson. Coach Philip Major is…
A highly contested and very competitive 2023 Bahamas Games Tennis came to a successful conclusion on Tuesday, July 11th 2023 at the National Tennis Centre. The event included a talented studded cast from the following islands: Abaco, Mical, Grand Bahama, New Providence, Long Island, Andros and Eleuthera. The Gold medal match featuring Andros versus Grand…
The Bahamas Games Tennis is underway. Matches began on Friday at the National Tennis Centre(NTC), as the best of the best in Bahamian Tennis participate and represent different islands in our archipelago. The 7 islands competing in the team competition are: AbacoMICALGrand BahamaNew ProvidenceLong IslandAndrosEleuthera Day 1 was exciting as New Providence, Andros and Grand…
It was another amazing week of tennis at the National Tennis Centre as top juniors around the world participated in The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association International Tennis Federation(ITF) J30 Tournament. Players from over 11 countries competed including The Bahamas, Hong Kong, Korea, Australia, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, US Virgin Islands and Canada. The Bahamas…
Team Bahamas ended its 2023 performance on a high note by winning its final tie against Panama. With the win The Bahamas remains in Group III as Panama gets relegated to Group IV. Up first Denali Nottage came out strong winning in 2 sets over Luis Cheng 6-1, 6-3. Denali Nottage had an impressive debut…