NINETEEN players from the Rebel Tennis Club competed in the
Jingle Ball Open and Junior tournament in St Lucia.
The tournament was held at the National Racquet Centre in St Lucia earlier this month after a successful outing in St Vincent and the Grenadines last October.
The team was headed by Coach Andre Erskine, who is also the founder of the Diamond, East Bank Demerara club.
Erskine said that at a time when a lot is being done for the infrastructural development of sports in Guyana, he is asking the Guyana Government to build a tennis court in the Diamond area.
“We have noticed the work the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport is doing for the improvement of sports in Guyana.
We are hopeful that under Minister Charles Ramson, who has great understanding and Junior Minister in the Sports Ministry Steven Jacobs, who has represented Guyana and the West Indies (U-19) in cricket, and President Ali who seems to have genuine love for sports, the government can construct a tennis court in [the] Diamond area which has seen great development in other aspects of the economy,” said Coach Erskine who added that the club boasts most of the top junior players in Guyana.
St Lucia Results:
Men’s Open Winner Gerald Scotland
Men’s Open Doubles Champion
Gerald Scotland/ Denzel Luthers
Boys U14Winner
Joshua Culpeper
Boys U14Runner up
Christian Pompey
Boys U12 Doubles Runners up
Hayden Chan/Michael Fordyce (Sean Devers)