Wesley Hall sweep zone 7
Wesley Hall Primary played unbeaten today as action in Zone 7 of the Berger Royale/Cave Shepherd National Primary Schools Road Tennis Championship continued at Blackman and Gollop Primary School....
View ArticleGeorge Lamming advance in tennis tourney
Defending champions George Lamming advanced safely into the quarterfinals of the 2015 Berger Royale/Cave Shepherd National Primary Schools Road Tennis Championships when they won their Zone 8 at...
View ArticleBlackman and Gollop make quarterfinals
Blackman and Gollop Primary clinched their spot in the quarterfinals of the Berger Royale/Cave Shepherd National Primary Schools Road Tennis Championship today with a 4-0 sweep of their opponents at...
View ArticleGaskin advances in Clash of the Titans
Darius Gaskin turned back a spirited challenge from Aaron Barker to defeat him 18-21, 21-12, 21-19 as action continued last night in the Clash of the Titans Road Tennis Tournament at Coverley, Christ...
View ArticleGeorge Lamming into finals
Defending champions George Lamming Primary will get the opportunity to defend their crown on Thursday in the final of the 2015 Berger Royale/Cave Shepherd National Primary Schools' Road Tennis...
View ArticleRoad tennis in good hands
Barbados’ road tennis is presently enjoying the type of national prominence and exposure never seen before. At the senior level several lucrative tournaments have come to the fore and have been...
View ArticleRising stars
Shakeem “Chubby” Nurse of Wesley Hall Juniors now sits on the throne as the new king of the 2015 Berger Royale/Cave Shepherd National Primary Schools Road Tennis Championship. And St Cyprian’s Boys are...
View ArticleClash of the Titans into semifinal
Mark “Venom” Griffith will play Dario Hinds in the semifinals of the Clash of the Titans Road Tennis Tournament at the Netball Stadium tomorrow night. Griffith earned his spot for tomorrow’s battle...
View ArticleBarbados host first ever regional road tennis clinic
With the hosting of the first ever Road Tennis International Workshop, Barbados is now poised to take its indigenous sport to the rest of the world. That was the view of Minister of Sports Stephen...
View ArticleGruelling final
Even on one foot, Mark Venom Griffith is still the most poisonous road tennis player in Barbados. Griffith backed up why many people regard him as the island’s best player by fighting off not only a...
View ArticleDisproved claims
The National Sports Council (NSC) has strongly refuted claims that the recently held Road Tennis International Workshop was a “monumental embarrassment". In fact, Deputy Director of the NSC Neil...
View ArticleSteps being taken to raise road tennis standards
[caption id="attachment_145813" align="alignleft" width="250"] Minister of Sports Stephen Lashley[/caption] Steps are being made to continually raise the standards of road tennis in Barbados. Minister...
View ArticleSt Lucy are new parish champs
Team St. Lucy are $10, 500 richer and celebrating as champions of the 2015/2016 National Sports Council/Inter-parish Road Tennis Tournament. [caption id="attachment_148729" align="aligncenter"...
View ArticleGaskin is the new U21 king
There is a new Under-21 champion in Road Tennis in Barbados. [caption id="attachment_148725" align="aligncenter" width="650"] Darius “Baraccus” Gaskin accepts his trophy from Jerry Blenman of the NSC...
View ArticleRoad warrior
Emar Edwards of Combermere is the first Thunda Rhode League Inter-Secondary School Road Tennis Champion. Wednesday morning at St Leonard's Boys' School Edwards won the best of three sets final 21-16,...
View ArticlePrimary school road tennis starts tomorrow
It is time the student population of Barbados begins to take its cultural and sporting heritage more seriously, says Minister of Creative Economy, Culture and Sport John King. The minister’s comments...
View ArticleBelgrave makes history in winning road tennis title
Grantley Prescod Memorial Primary’s seven-year-old road tennis sensation Kenoja Belgrave became the youngest boy to capture the Cave Shepherd, KFC, A1 Supermarkets National Primary Schools Road Tennis...
View ArticleRoad tennis nowhere to be found amid COVID-19 pandemic
Road tennis, the island’s lone indigenous sport which has grown tremendously over recent years and attracted a large following at tournaments, is also feeling the Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact. Dale...
View ArticleEfforts on to make road tennis global
Chief Executive Officer of the Professional Road Tennis Association (PRTA) Dale Clarke has a vision not only to develop the sport locally but market it globally and make it into an industry. Clarke...
View ArticleAll ‘classes’ now playing road tennis
The height to which road tennis has grown among local spectators and the number of participants it continues to attract must be commended, says Dale Clarke, chief executive officer of the Professional...
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