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Welcome to the March edition of Anthony Jeremiah's newsletter, where you will find information on: • ITF/COTECC Team to COSAT
• Coaches Education
• Play and Stay
• Facilities Development Events Calendar 15 March: Launch of Play and Stay, Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad)
23-29 March: Junior Davis Cup and Junior Fed Cup by BNP Paribas, Dominican Republic
30 March-5 April: First Caribbean ITF Junior Circuit G4, Barbados
6-12 April: World Junior Tennis Competition, El Salvador
6-12 April: IBM ITF Junior Circuit G4, Trinidad and Tobago
27 April-3 May: Final qualifying round ITF Team Event, USA ITF Team to COSAT  The ITF/COTECC Team to COSAT once again celebrated great success in South America. It was considered that this year's results were the best in a very long time. Congratulations to the players and coaches; especially Franz Sydow (ARU) for displaying such a high level of competitiveness during the competitions. To view the article http://www.itftennis.com/development/news/newsarticle.asp?articleid=19721 for results http://www.cosat.org/torneos.html
Coaches Education  In order to begin its accreditation process, the Bermuda Lawn Tennis Association made a bold step from their unique situation to organize a successful ITF Level 1 Course. The course brought together the best coaches in Bermuda, which resulted in the highest pass rate in the Caribbean within the last 4 years. Further information is available on http://www.itftennis.com/coaching/news/newsarticle.asp?articleid=19655 and http://www.blta.bm/
Play and Stay  With the support of the ITF, Sports Company and Ministry of Sports, the Trinidad and Tobago Tennis Association launched its first Play and Stay competition on Sunday 15th March, on the grounds of the Chinapoo Government School. Over 150 children participated in the 3 hours of organized fun competitions using the red balls. Play and Stay competitions will continue for the next 8 weeks concluding on May 3rd. Further information is available on http://www.tennistt.com/
Facilities  Barbados refurbished and installed lights on all 4 courts with assistance from the ITF Grand Slam Development Fund http://www.tennisbarbados.org/. Dominica and Grenada have also made progress in acquiring land from their respective Governments to build a National Tennis Centre. For information on GSDF: http://www.itftennis.com/development/nationalprogrammes/index.asp
Links ITF Coaching: www.itftennis.com/coaching
ITN: www.itftennis.com/itn/
ITF Development: www.itftennis.com/development
ITF Tennis...Play and Stay website: www.tennisplayandstay.com/
ITF Store: https://store.itftennis.com/home.asp?lid=3 *********************************************************************** International Tennis Federation
Tennis Development Department Author: Anthony Jeremiah, Development Officer for the Caribbean
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