Barbados doubles pairing Haydn Lewis and Darian King follow up their great first round win against Mexican home favourites and third seeds Garza and Gonzales with another super nailbiting three set victory against ex Olympic champion Nicolas Massu and partner Jorge Aguilar from Chile to reach the semis. Follow Haydn and Darian’s results at the [...]
This is the second event of the series held in June and October 2011 with points awarded for wins in the first event being combined with points for wins in the second tournament. Prizes will be awarded to overall winners and runners-up of both events. Entry deadline is Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 6.00pm. Please also note that you must [...]
See the following news link to view the report of our first sanctioned ITF Senior Circuit Closed tournament held during the just concluded Nationals. http://beta.itftennis.com/seniors/news/latest.aspx In addition all players interested in obtaining an International Player Identification Number (IPIN) and possible ITF Seniors (35 years and over) ranking when playing sanctioned ITF tournaments locally and overseas, [...]
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Barbados Tennis Association Inc will be held at the office of the Barbados Olympic Association, Olympic Centre, Garfield Sobers Sports Complex, Wildey, St Michael, on WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 19, 2011, AT 6.00 PM to transact the following business: 1 Call to Order. 2 Confirmation [...]
The annual ITF 13 & under Caribbean Development Championships were held in Suriname from August 28 to September 3, 2011. Barbados was represented by Andrew Symmonds, Joshua Worme, Symphony Griffith and Ilana Blackwood and were accompanied by team coach Julian Baird. Both Symmonds and Worme put in good performances with each winning 4 of their 6 [...]
Despite losing to Guatemala 1-2 today, the team gains promotion along with Bolivia to Americas Zone, Group II in 2012. Barbados has not been in Group II for more than twenty years when Richard Ashby and Martin Blackman represented the island in the early 1990s. Follow results at Clubtennis SantaCruz or Davis Cup Americas Group [...]
After the good start to the 2011 Davis Cup campaign on Wednesday, when they beat host nation Bolivia 2-1, the team followed up with a 3-0 win against Aruba on Thursday. Haydn Lewis won his match 6-2, 6-2, Darian King won his singles 6-1,6-3 and the pair went on to win the doubles 6-0, 6-1. The team’s next [...]
The four man team of Darian King, Haydn Lewis, Seanon Williams and UK based Anthony Marshall along with non-playing captain Kevin Yarde head to Santa Cruz, Bolivia to play in the Americas Zone Group III of the 2011 Davis Cup team tennis competition. Eight teams are entered in Group III and are initially split into two [...]
Due to circumstances beyond our control, the 2011 Masters, Open and Junior Nationals tournaments originally scheduled to run from June 18 – July 7 have been postponed. The 2011 Nationals have now been rescheduled to be played at the National Tennis Centre from September 2 – 23, 2011. The revised 2011 tournament calendar can be found at [...]
Defending champions Summerhayes Tennis Club narrowly defeated the National Tennis Centre team to win the 2011 BNB Inter Club tennis championship by 39 points 36. With the final played at the National Tennis Centre on May 7, each team had won 2 matches coming into the decider. Summerhayes duly took the final mixed doubles in [...]
