UPDATE FEB 3, 2013 – Barbados go down 1-4 to El Salvador – tough tie on the clay! Next up Puerto Rico for relegation play-off April 5-7, 2013. El Salvador and Barbados meet Friday in Americas Zone Group II first round action in San Salvador with the hosts holding a 3-1 head-to-head advantage. The most recent meeting came in 2009 […]
The 2012 Peter Patterson / Powerade (PPP) Junior Tournament will be played from Friday December 7 to Saturday December 15, 2012 at the National Tennis Centre. Click on the following for the Fact Sheet and Entry Form – PPP Fact Sheet The Entry Deadline is Tuesday December 4 at 6.00 pm. Please note that there will be no PPP tournament […]
Thanks to the United States Embassy Bridgetown for continuing it’s assistance with the Schools tennis programme for 2012-13. Under the direction of coach Julian Baird and Assistant Secretary of the Association Mrs Margot Thomson a mini tennis exhibition tournament was held at the National Tennis Centre, Wildey for 60 students from the Luther Thorne, Blackman Gollop and Grantley Prescod Primary […]
Congratulations are extended to the President, Dr Raymond Forde and George Grant from the Association for their performances at the 2012 Huntsman World Senior Games held in St George, Utah, USA last week with both players representing Barbados in the tennis event for the second successive year. Having won bronze medals in their respective singles events in 2011, the effervescent […]
UPDATE – see photos of the action at FORTRESS/NASSCO 2nd tourni photos Please see link below for Fact Sheet and Entry form for the above tournament to be held at the National Tennis Centre. Fortress/NASSCO Fact Sheet & Entry Form – Oct 2012 This is the second event of the series held in April and October 2012 with points awarded […]
Darian King followed up his first Futures title in Mexico with a second on Sunday – see the following article written by Luke Harvey on the ITF Pro Circuit website for more details: King is crowned in Mexico Darian’s new singles ranking will be reflected in the updated listing issued by the ATP next Monday.
Dr. Raymond Forde, President of the Barbados Tennis Association for the past thirteen years was re-elected unopposed during the Annual General Meeting held on September 10th, 2012 at the Barbados Olympic Association’s headquarters. He was elected to serve as President for a further two year period. In his address to the membership, Dr. Forde stated that in spite of the […]
Damien Applewhaite will be running an introductory course for prospective coaches from September 28-30, 2012 at the Tennis Centre – please contact Damien at 234-7987 to sign up or for more information. See Course Outline Cost for the three day course is $60.
After only two years on the Pro Circuit, Barbados’ Darian King (20) won his first Futures singles title in Manzanillo, Mexico over the past weekend. It was third time lucky for Darian, having lost in singles finals on two previous occasions – in Claremont, California in September 2011 and in Joplin, Missouri in July 2012. King, the #5 seed (current […]
The 2012 13 and Under Caribbean Development Tennis Championships ended Friday at the Shaw Park Courts in Scarborough, Tobago with Barbados, represented by the team of Ilana Blackwood, Jaimie Lewis and Gabriel Taylor together with coach Julian Baird placing joint third out of the ten participating regional nations. Suriname’s Anjali Ramhit, the top seed took the Girl’s Singles title beating […]