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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