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ITF Goombay Splash Tennis Tournament Underway in Nassau
By Perry E. Newton, Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA)
Nov 22, 2015 - 9:40:10 PM

The ITF Goombay Splash Tournament is underway at the National Tennis Centre in Nassau, Bahamas. The qualifying rounds started  November 21 for two days. The Main Draw begins Monday, November 23 and ends Saturday, November 28. The tournament is an International Tennis Federation sanctioned tournament that showcases top juniors from around the world. The tournament is open to juniors 18and under players and under COTECC, those players 14 and under.

This year, there is a notable contingency participating from the Bahamas, many of them making the Main Draw. The Bahamas No. 1 and No. 2 players in the Girls' 18UIsabel Donaldson and Iesha Shepherd respectively have made the Main Draw.We also have the following stellar players auto matically making the Main Draw: Sierra Donaldson, Afrika Smith, Lauryn Daxon, Sydni Kerr and Freeport natives Shay'Tonya Missick, Donesha Gibson, Abigail Simms and Hannah-Joy Simms . On the boys side we have our stellar players who have made the Main Draw: Joshua Turnquest, John Kellyand Oneal Mortimer. Making their first appearance into an 18 and underITF tournament are the Bahamas No. 1players in the Girls' and Boys' 16U Sydney Clarke and Donte Armbrister respectively and Elana Mackey, 13,the No. 1 in the Bahamas Girls' 14U. Brandon Taylor is another top junior participating in the 18Uevent. Some of ourtop juniors participating in the 14 and under event are No. 1 and No. 2 in the Bahamas Girls' 14U Emma Weech and Perjae Major, respectively.Other top players from the Bahamas expected to participate in the 14 and under category are: Gabrielle Simms (Freeport) Kristin Major, Calum Moodie and Aaron Rolle.

Other players include Meena Gupta(Bahamas), Grant Moran, Roberts Issacs and Alan Vogel(Switzerland) . Also participating in the event is Arnav Umesh(India) , Mandisa Walle(Curacao) and Nagid Walle(Curacao) who participate in local tournaments during the year in The Bahamas.

The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association looks forward to a successful tournament and invites tennis enthusiasts and the wider public to come out and support our local juniors who will be competing against players from India, Switzerland, Mexico, Sweden, United States, China, Dominican Republican and other players from all around the world.

Matches begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. at the NTC, Sports Centre Road each day. To view the Schedule, please visit the BLTA website at www.blta.net.

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