Winners of the 2009 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles crown, Mark Knowles and Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Getty Images)
Nassau, Bahamas - Bahamian tennis star Mark Knowles today announced that the
9th Charity
Invitational will be held from
December 3rd to 5th this year.
Once again, the proceeds of the event will go
to aid local children’s charities such as The Cancer Society, the Sassoon
(Bahamas) Foundation for Pediatric Heart Care, The Special Olympics, The
Association for the Physically Disabled, The Chance Foundation and the Mark
Knowles Tennis Scholarship Fund.
To date
over $400,000 has been distributed to various charities. The aim this year is to increase total donations to $500,000.
The professional tennis exhibition, the
Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational will be held at the National Tennis Centre, Queen Elizabeth
Sports Centre at 3.00 p.m. on Saturday 5th December.
One of the highlight
participants in this event will be Anna-Lena Groenefeld who partnered Mark to
win the 2009
Wimbledon Mixed doubles
Championships.
Anna-Lena’s Profile:
Born in Germany. Current Singles Randing #63 and Doubles ranking #14.
She had an
outstanding junior career:
In 2002 she
was the Singles Champion of both the Belgium and
Frankfurt International Championships and a finalist at the Orange Bowl. As a
result of her tennis successes in 2003, Gröenefeld had achieved the Junior
World ranking of #1 in singles and doubles.
Winner of the 2009
Wimbledon Mixed Doubles crown alongside Mark Knowles. Has
singles wins over Daniela Hantuchova, Alize Cornet and with doubles partner,
Patty Snyder, has won several ladies doubles titles.
Apart from the
presenting
sponsor, Kerzner International, some of the major sponsors to date include: Lombard
Odier Darier Hentsch Private Bank & Trust;
Pictet Bank & Trust Ltd; Serenity Point, Abaco; The Balmoral; The
Bahamas Ministry of Tourism; American Airlines;
The Bank of the Bahamas, Everkey Global Fund,
Templeton Global Advisors, Odyssey Aviation,
H3O and The Ministry of Youth Sports & Culture
There are a few sponsorship opportunities still available
and interested parties should contact Vicky Andrews at vickyk@batelnet.bs or call: 242-357-9670
