Young tennis players compete against Tortola Club, Anguilla Tennis Academy

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Our Mission:
Introducing the joy of tennis to the children (and adults) of Anguilla and promoting regional integration through the sport of tennis. Read more on our mission and philosophy

Our Anguilla Team:
Mitch Lake
Jason Allen
Marvin Hazell
Vallan Hodge
Denny Derrick

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Associates:
Bill Riddle
Chris Wade
Robert Cox
Jonathan Collazo
Iston Benjamin
Patrick Helton
Coach B

Universities working with the ATA:

Cumberland University-Tennessee
Arkansas University- Arkansas
Auburn University

Our New Projects:
The After-School Program
The Plans
International Donors
Sponsorship Levels
Buy A Brick
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Our Projects:
2005 Summer Camp
All About 2004!
2004 Summer Camp
Tennis Camp 2003
Tennis Camp 2002
Tennis Camp 2001
Tennis Camp 2000
Tennis Camp 99.
Tennis Camp 98.
Lighted Public Courts.
Tennis Camp 97.
Tennis Camp 96.

What Do the Children Say?

"I would like to be a tennis player because it improves my concentration, because I would like to travel the world and because it is fun. I would like to improve my serve. My favorite tennis player is Pete Sampras."
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Sponsors:

Cable and Wireless.
Frangipani Beach Club.
Ferryboat Inn.
Anglec.
ABC Supplies.
Strawhat Restaurant.
Georgeous Scilly Cay.
Triple K Car Rental.
Anguilla Printers Ltd.
Courtney Abel and Assoc.
Cap Juluca Hotel.
Scotiabank.
CoveCastles.
Fairplay Group of Companies.
Haskins Ltd.
Malliouhana Hotel.
Anguilla Social Security Board.
Ripples Restaurant.
The Pumphouse.

Contact Us:
Mitchelle Lake
Email: anguilla70@yahoo.com
Tel: 264-476-3234
Fax: 264-497-8214
US Addr: Box 1192
Middleburg, Virginia
20118-1192

Jason Allen
Tel: 264-476-0697
Marvin Hazell
Tel: 264-235-8511
Anguilla Tennis Academy Inc.
P.O. Box 548
The Valley
Anguilla
British West Indies

Young tennis players compete against Tortola Club

To: The Anguillian
From: Brenda Carty, Wednesday, March 31, 2004

Last weekend there were 23 persons from Tortola, including parents and supporters, in Anguilla for a round robin junior tennis tournament. They were accompanied by coach Juan de Rosa from the Tortola Sports Club.

Mitchelle Lake, President of the Anguilla Tennis Academy (ATA), said that the round robin tournament that was held on the courts at Temenos proved to be a fun time as well as good experience in tennis for all the players. There were twelve children participating in the 11-13 age group with seven game sets on Saturday and Sunday. Some of the younger players learnt to be ball boys and enjoyed the experience. This under ten years group were also able to have some matches on Saturday.

Juan de Rosa was full of praise for the ATA and all that it is doing. He said it was a great opportunity for the children from his club to have matches in Anguilla and he hopes there will be a return visit in June for children from Anguilla to go to Tortola. The group stayed at the Anguilla Great House, where de Rosa said they were very well looked after and provided with a bus to travel to Temenos. "It is a great experience to play with different children and Anguilla's players have a good standard," he commented.

According to Mitch Lake the standard of play has improved tremendously in the past few months, since the ATA started regular coaching sessions. He commended Juan for developing the tennis programme in Tortola and hopes that Anguilla will be able to help them by providing tennis equipment and coaching experts. He said that an exchange programme with several islands in the region will benefit everyone and when the tennis facility is completed exchanges like this will happen often. He thanked the management and staff of Temenos for the use of their courts and the Great House for accommodating the visitors from Tortola and also providing transportation for them.