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GBTI continues sponsorship of Tennis Open
The annual Guyana Bank for Trade & Industry (GBTI) Tennis Open is set to start on July 12th at the Bank’s Recreational Center, Bel Air as the bank continues its support to tennis with sponsorship of the tournament for the third consecutive year.
The event which is the marquee tournament on the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association’s (GLTA) calendar attracted over 120 entrants last year and will run for two weeks with matches being scheduled on the weekends and from 17:00hrs daily at the club’s courts.
In the main categories last year Anthony Downes captured the Men’s title from Jeremy Miller whilst Aruna Ramrattan carted off the Ladies equivalent.
GBTI Customer Care and Business Development Officer Mrs. Roma Narayan-Singh hands over the sponsorship cheque to GLTA President Ramesh Seebarran in the presence of GLTA officials.
According to Customer Care and Business Development Officer Mrs. Roma Narayan-Singh, the Bank is committed to supporting tennis development and the association in ensuring that the game is played at all levels. She looks forward to a successful tournament.
New President of the Guyana Tennis Association Mr. Ramesh Seebarran who collected the sponsorship cheque thanked the Bank for its continued support and assured Management that he GBTI’s tournament is very important in the association’s calendar of events. The GBTI’s tournament is being looked forward to by many players and it will allow the juniors to get in shape for their upcoming International tours.
Categories to be contested are as follows:
Boys U-18 Singles, Girls U-18 Singles, Ladies Open Singles, Men’s Open Singles, Men’s 35 and Over Singles, Ladies Open Doubles, Men’s Open Doubles, Men’s 45 and Over Doubles, Mixed Open Doubles and Novice Medley.
In the Novices category, the format will be a best of three super tie-breaks sets and matches will be played with the ITF green ball.
The tournament will kick off with an opening ceremony on Thursday July 12th. Tennis players are asked to submit entrance forms by the July 9 to coordinators of the tournament Andre Lopes, Shelly Ramdyhan or Jeremy Miller. Forms are available at the GBTI Courts, from Clubs and Coaches.
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