Road tennis alert

Former president of the Barbados Road Tennis Association, Philip “Foff” Garner (left), showing the foreign made racquet and ball to Joseph King, principal of St Leonard’s Boys’ School.

By Kenmore Bynoe | Tue, February 07, 2012 - 12:00 AM

Barbadians are being asked to test new foreign made equipment for the popular indigenous sport of road tennis.

But former president of the now inactive Barbados Road Tennis Association, Philip “Foff” Garner, is concerned that not enough is being done to manufacture the equipment here and that it could be taken over by foreign entities.

Garner, the coordinator of the highly successful inter-parish road tennis tournament, disclosed yesterday that he had received a specially designed fibre glass racquet and purpose-built ball from an individual in the United States asking that the equipment be tested for mass production.

While not disclosing the person’s identity, Garner indicated that following the airing of last year’s parish tournament, he had received queries from the individual who had since introduced the sport into some American colleges and universities as well as at some army bases.

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Posted by Frank Husbands 3 months, 2 weeks ago: Was anything different expected to happen once road tennis was exposed to the world.Of course Barbados does not have the wherewithal to produce and market the equipment.The mindset on the Island is that Sports like trades are for the fellow who ain’t too bright.We don’t have any entrepreneurial spirit, not even in the arts.Everyone’s goal is to hold on to the government’s coat tails.
Unfortunately heads or tails we are not gamblers. Risk scares us and we aren’t a people of ideas.We replace all our innovative spirit of old for a good education today.Our education has done us very well.However we need these same educated sons and daughters of ours to take risk,to gamble,to hustle.
Phillip Garner hustle to make road tennis an acceptable sport on the Island.Today sports is big business worldwide.Involving money managers and astute degree holding marketers.Barbados educated need to see that sports along with our position as a tourist destination can put a lot of money in our economy for everyone.