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Contact: Shellya Webster Manager Corporate Affairs Anguilla Tourist Board The Valley, Anguilla, BWI [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SECOND ANNUAL ANGUILLA CUP OPENS AT THE ANGUILLA TENNIS ACADEMY Global Field of 70 Players Converge on Anguilla Pictured L-R: Mitch Lake, Founder, Anguilla Tennis Academy; Karl Hale, Tournament Director, Sports Travel Experts; The Hon Cardigan Connor, Parliamentary Secretary; Xavier Malisse, ATP #19, Grand Slam Winner; Shellya Webster, Corporate Manager, Anguilla Tourist Board; Jesse Flores, University of Miami All-Star; Andre Collins, Director of Sports; Val Banks, President, Anguilla National Tennis Association. The Valley, Anguilla, January 15, 2018…… A Press Conference to announce the official opening of the second annual Anguilla Cup was held at the Anguilla Tennis Academy on Sunday, January 14. Representatives from the Ministry of Tourism, the Anguilla Tourist Board (ATB), tournament management Sports Travel Experts, the Anguilla National Tennis Association, (ANTA), the Anguilla Tennis Academy (ATA) and the Department of Sports were on hand to express their support for the event, and welcome the participants from around the world.
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AnguillaTouristBoard TheValley,Anguilla,BWI
SECONDANNUALANGUILLACUPOPENSATTHEANGUILLATENNISACADEMY
GlobalFieldof70PlayersConvergeonAnguilla
Pictured L-R:Mitch Lake, Founder,Anguilla TennisAcademy; KarlHale, TournamentDirector,SportsTravelExperts;TheHonCardiganConnor,ParliamentarySecretary;XavierMalisse,ATP#19, Grand SlamWinner; ShellyaWebster, CorporateManager, Anguilla Tourist Board; JesseFlores, University of Miami All-Star; Andre Collins, Director of Sports; Val Banks, President,AnguillaNationalTennisAssociation.TheValley,Anguilla,January15,2018……APressConferencetoannouncetheofficialopeningofthesecondannualAnguillaCupwasheldattheAnguillaTennisAcademyonSunday,January14.RepresentativesfromtheMinistryofTourism,theAnguillaTouristBoard(ATB),tournamentmanagement Sports Travel Experts, the Anguilla National Tennis Association, (ANTA), theAnguilla Tennis Academy (ATA) and theDepartment of Sportswere on hand to express theirsupportfortheevent,andwelcometheparticipantsfromaroundtheworld.
Junior tennisplayers fromas far awayasNorwayand Japanhave traveled toAnguilla for theAnguillaCup,takingplaceonislandthisweek.70players,accompaniedbyparents,coachesandtournament officials, are here on island for this ITF sanctioned tournament, an inspiringtestimonytotheisland’sremarkablerecoveryfromtheimpactofHurricaneIrmalastFall.“The valueof this tournamentweek goesbeyond thenewvisitors it brings toour island, thepromotionalexposureforourdestination,andthepleasureweallshareinenjoyingworld-classtennis,” said the Hon. Cardigan Connor, Parliamentary Secretary. “It also benefits our localathletesandsportscommunities,asourlocalyoungsterswillcompeteagainstaninternationalfield, gaining invaluable experience and confidence in their game. The event represents thelargestgroupmovement to the islandsince Irma,and it is invaluable insignaling to theworldthatAnguillaisbackinbusiness,andreadytowelcomeourguests.”The Anguilla Cup got off to an exciting start on Sunday with a thrilling pro exhibitionmatchfeaturingformerGrandSlamWinnerXavierMalisseandUniversityofMiamiall-starJesseFlores.Qualifyingmatcheswill runfromMonday,January15thoughWednesday,January17,startingat8:30AM.TheQuarterfinalsarescheduledforThursday,January18;theSemi-finalsonFriday,January19. Theweek comes to anexciting closewith theBoys andGirls Finals on Saturday,January20;presentationswillbemadecourtsideattheconclusionofthematches.Allmatchesarefreeandopentothepublic.TheAnguillaCupisapartoftheCaribbeanCupTennisSeries,whichcurrentlyincludesJamaica,Cayman,Anguilla,BarbadosandAntigua.For more information on the tournament, please visit the official event website-anguillacup.com. For informationonAnguilla,pleasevisit theofficialwebsiteof theAnguillaTourist Board: www.IvisitAnguilla.com; follow us on Facebook:Facebook.com/AnguillaOfficial;Instagram:@Anguilla_Tourism;Twitter:@Anguilla_Trsm,Hashtag:#MyAnguilla.Editors’Note:AnguillaCupOpeningDayImagesAvailableatthislink:http://bit.ly/2r6Xzma
AboutAnguilla
TuckedawayinthenorthernCaribbean,Anguilla isashybeautywithawarmsmile.Aslenderlengthofcoralandlimestonefringedwithgreen,theislandisringedwith33beaches,consideredbysavvytravelersandtoptravelmagazines,tobethemostbeautifulintheworld.
Anguilla liesjustoffthebeatenpath,soithasretainedacharmingcharacterandappeal.Yetbecauseitcanbeconvenientlyreachedfromtwomajorgateways:PuertoRicoandSt,Martin,andbyprivateair,it’sahopandaskipaway.
Romance?Barefootelegance?Unfussychic?Anduntrammeledbliss?AnguillaisBeyondExtraordinary.
AbouttheAnguillaCupTheAnguillaCupisapartoftheCaribbeanCupTennisSeries,createdbyKarlHale-CEOofSportsTravelExperts.TheeventissanctionedbytheInternationalTennisFederation(ITF),theAnguillaNationalTennisAssociation(ANTA),andtheCentralAmericanandCaribbeanTennisFederation(COTECC),sponsoredbythe Anguilla Tourist Board, and hosted at the Anguilla Tennis Academy, with support provided byAnguilla’s Department of Sports in theMinistry of Tourism. Visitanguillacup.comformore informationabouthowyoucancomeoutandexperienceaweekofspectacularbeachesandworld-classtennisonthebeautifulislandofAnguilla.
