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Bahamas vs. USA for the Deltec Trophy
By International Tennis Club of The Bahamas
Jan 12, 2017 - 6:23:42 PM

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The Bahamas and USA tennis teams both came through Thursday with wins over Canada and The International team respectively.  This sets up the much anticipated Final match up between these two unbeaten teams. This is Friday at The National Tennis Centre starting at 9.30 am. As both USA and Bahamas are unbeaten this final match  will decide the winner of The Deltec Trophy and the fourth bi-annual Bahamas IC International Tennis Doubles Week.  At the previous event two years ago The USA won a close match with The Bahamas who had to settle for second place.  Bahamas IC President, Kit Spencer said “ it will be a tough match but we do have a strong team that will be doing it’s very best to go one better than two years ago.”  

On Thursday it looked tough initially for The Bahamas against Canada with John Antonas and Guillaume Bouffard forced to a tie break in their first set against Owen Pellow and Fraser Macdonald of Canada.  At the same time Neil Mactaggart and Mas Kimball were still at 5 all against Rob Bennyworth and Peter Clarke before going on to take that set. The Bahamas ladies doubles pair of Kim O’Kelley and Sue Kimball also were being forced in to a tight first set with Pam Olley and Janice Longhurst.  Fortunately all three Bahamian pairs came through to eventually win their matches and give The Bahamas an unassailable 3-0 lead going in to the mixed doubles.  

Meanwhile the strong USA team came through comfortably against the International team to ensure that their Friday match up with The Bahamas will decide the winner of The Deltec Trophy and the fourth Bahamas IC International Tennis Week.  The Deltec Trophy will be presented at the Final Night Prize Presentation “Bahamian” themed dinner at The Royal Nassau Sailing Club.   The motto of the IC Clubs is “ Hands across the net, friendship across the ocean”. Both the days matches and this evening event should reflect this where top older tennis players from around the world renew long time tennis competitiveness and camaraderie.  

The Bahamian team consists of John Antonas, Kim O”Kelley, Neil Mactaggart, Mas Kimball, Sue Kimball, Guillaume Bouffard and with Kit Spencer standing in as a reserve playing in various Doubles categories in combined ages of 105+ and 125+.    

The forty  IC Clubs around the tennis world are made up primarily of players who have carried their rackets abroad on international teams, won National titles or are strong players who have significantly contributed to the development of tennis. As well as international events and competitions for these players they sponsor an IC Junior competition for teams of two boys and two girls playing together on every continent one year with the winning teams sponsored to The Worldwide Finals the next year. The last two worldwide finals have been at Wimbledon and Monte Carlo.  The Bahamas IC will be sponsoring four Bahamian juniors to The North American event in Mexico next October.

The IC is also about “giving back to the game we love” and has a philanthropic arm that helps finance and run projects around the world for underprivileged kids in poor communities.  For more information on the IC and all its activities got to www.ictennis.net.


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