GBTI OPEN 2015 set to serve off June 19th

Jun 11, 2015 Sports

Guyana’s premiere competitive tennis event, the GBTI OPEN 2015 is set to serve off at 5:00pm on Friday 19th June 2015 at the GBTI Recreational Club, Kaieteur Street, Bel Air Park. In its 6th consecutive year since its re-establishment in 2010, the event is the GTA’s highest valued activity with the largest number of entrants and spectators.

GBTI Marketing Assistant Jasmaine Payne (left) hands over the sponsorship cheque to GTA President, Grace McCalman in the presence of GTA Vice-President, Ramesh Seebarran.

The categories featured are Men’s Open Singles and Doubles, Ladies Open Singles and Doubles, Men’s Over 35 Singles and Doubles, Mixed Doubles, Junior Boys and Girls Open Singles and the Novice Medley Singles and Doubles categories.
The format for all categories except the Novice categories is the best of 3 sets. The Novice Categories will play one set. Matches will be played from 17:00hrs every weekday of the competition and from 9:00hrs on weekends. Play ends at 10:00hrs.
GBTI’s Marketing Assistant Jasmaine Payne hosted the President of the GTA, Grace McCalman and Vice-President, Ramesh Seebarran at a recent meeting to discuss the tournament and to hand over the sponsorship cheque. At the meeting, GBTI reflected on the fact that tennis remains their sport of choice and hopes that the partnership with the GTA can be further strengthened for the development of the sport locally.
The Men’s Open Draw will be favourable to four-time Men’s Open Champion Anthony Downes who has recently returned to Guyana to play in the tournament especially since number 2 seed Gavin Lewis has migrated to pursue a tennis scholarship. However, the keenest competition is expected in the Men’s Over35 categories.
The Tournament Coordinators, Shelly Daly and Leyland Leacock have distributed entrant forms to tennis clubs. They can be reached at 642-5672 and 660-4011 respectively. The due date for submission is Monday 15th June. Members of the public are invited to the facility during each day of the tournament to witness Guyana’s finest tennis players in action.