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Talent Identification Program Launched
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| Diamond Gumbs makes a forehand return during Saturday's session at the Tortola Sports Club. Photo>Dean "The Sportsman" Greenaway |
TORTOLA—During the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games in Cartagena, Colombia, tennis player Dion Anselm came to a sobering realization. “This is way past me,” he told me during and interview following an opening round loss to a Cuban player. “When I go back home, I’m going to focus on developing the youth.” Shortly after his return, he kept his word and some 95 players on Tortola benefited from an introduction program. But, it was short lived as funding became an issue. Fast forward to 2008. In June, Anselm became president of the BVI Lawn Tennis Association. Two months later, he had secured and Olympic Solidarity grant through the BVI Olympic Committee to launch a
Tennis Talent Identification Program.
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Dec 16, 2008, 06:39
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Anslem, Burns Win FCIB Titles
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| First Caribbean International Bank Tennis Tournament Division winners. Photo>Dean "The Sportsman" Greenaway |
TORTOLA—Dion Anselm and newcomer Kimberly Burns were crowned First Caribbean International Bank champions on Sunday night at the Tortola Sports Club. Anselm needed three sets before downing Damon Wilson, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. “I didn’t expect it to go three sets. I thought I’d give him two straight,” Anselm said after collecting his award, then passing his prize money on to the junior female champion and runners up Alexia Alleyne Paul and Paul Oliver. “But, he played well I must say. I dropped the second set because I guess I was too overconfident in the first set.
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Dec 11, 2008, 06:45
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BVILTA Developing New Initiatives
TORTOLA—Just five months after taking office, the BVI Lawn Tennis hosted International Tennis Federation Regional Director Anthony Jeremiah for a 3-day visit, where plans for new initiatives were discussed. With assistance from Olympic Solidarity funding thought the BVI Olympic Committee, the association has recently launched a talent identification program, which is being conducted on the courts at the Tortola Sports Club and in Long Look. Jeremiah witnessed Saturday morning’s session and offered suggestions. He said his visit was a successful one. “The meetings went very well and now they are completing a 5-year plan for the direction in which they want to go and have this presented by the end of the year,” he said.
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Nov 25, 2008, 10:57
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New BVI Open Champs Emerge
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| Dominican Republic's Michael Ray Parrales goes for the tough shot in the final. Photo>Dean "The Sportsman" Greenaway |
TORTOLA—Top seeded Juan Rios of Puerto Rico and former champion Erica Adams of Atlanta, walked off with $2,000 and $1,000 prizes Sunday, after winning the Men and Women’s A singles BVI Open Tennis tournament titles on at the Tortola Sports Club in Pasea. The debuting Rios powered past the Dominican Republic’s Davis Cup player Michael Ray Parrales in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3. Rios turned back Grenada’s Jimmy Adams, 6-1 and 6-0 to advance to the finals. Parrales had a tough trek after a four-hour quarter final with Puerto Rico’s Pablo Juares on Saturday, 3-6, 6-2 and 6-4, then a 3-hour Sunday morning war with St. Croix’s Chris Ellien, before outlasting him, 6-4, 5-7 and 6-4. “The final wasn’t a great tough hard fought match, because my opponent was a little bit tired from his semifinal match this morning that lasted over three hours,” Rios noted.
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Sep 29, 2008, 09:34
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Top Seeds Roll in Opening Matches
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| Defending champ Velma Matinengo of Puerto Rico. Photo>Dean "The Sportsman" Greenaway |
TORTOLA- Defending champ and top seeded Velma Matiengo of Puerto Rico and her counterpart Pablo Juares, rolled to straight set Friday evening victories in their open rounds of play at the Tortola Sports Club, in the BVI Open Tennis Tournament that wraps up on Sunday. Rains interrupted several matches last night. Matiengo had a straight set 6-0, 6-2 triumph over Halin Kalan, to move on to the next round, after Kalan's match was set up with her with a walk over of Annette Collins. “I started serving very good today and I was very confident,” Matiengo said. “She played very good, but I've been hitting the ball very well. I want to win again. I'm going to take it match by match and take it easy."
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Sep 26, 2008, 10:00
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