By TENAJH SWEETING
tsweeting@tribunemedia.net
THE Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA) will host the Royal Bank of Canada sponsored Spring Classic tournament March 30 to April 2 at the National Tennis Center.
The junior tennis tournament is scheduled to begin at 4pm today and is expected to feature approximately 70 participants, including girls and boys of the under 12, 14, 16, and 18 divisions.
With more than one hundred matchups expected to be played over the course of the four-day tournament fans can expect lots of excitement from this year’s Spring Classic.
Perry Newton, president of the BLTA, talked about his excitement leading up to the beginning of today’s third event of this nature post COVID-19.
“We are really excited about this iteration of the Spring Classic Tournament, we see growth in all age categories [and] we want to encourage players to keep working hard and to be dedicated because there is a reward for each one of them,” Newton said.
This year’s junior tournament will include players from Grand Bahama, Eleuthera, and New Providence. For the under 14 girls and boys, and the under 16 boys there will be a 32 draw size. The under 12 girls and boys, and under 16 boys will be a draw size of 16. Additionally, the under 16 girls will be a draw size of 8.
Although the entry deadline for the tournament ended this past Monday at 5pm, adults and kids interested in tennis are encouraged to join the BLTA’s “ Play Tennis” program as the president believes this is the key to sustainability within the sport.
This weekend’s RBC tournament is geared towards allowing junior tennis players to test out their skills, measure their game, and enhance their skill set in friendly competition.
The tournament is free for all persons interested in attending beginning today at the National Tennis Center. For those that wish to keep up with the daily matchups they can visit https://www.blta.net/blta-spring-classic-tournament/ for more information. Also, they can keep up with BLTA tennis action on their Twitter and Instagram pages Bahamaslta as well as BSLTA on Facebook.
The matchups will begin today at 4pm and will start at 9am Friday through Sunday.
The next major tennis event will be the 2023 BLTA Junior Nationals which will be held in June where the national champions in all age groups will be crowned including the under 8 and under 10 categories.
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