July 2025 Welcome to the IC of Bolivia! We are very pleased to announce that the creation of the new IC of Bolivia was formally approved at our AGM in July and warmly welcome their members to our IC community. Bolivia celebrates a rich tennis history, which started with the arrival of British and North American immigrants at the beginning of the 20th century, who worked in railroad construction and mining and began practising the sport in mines at Uyuni and Oruro. The Bolivian Tennis Federation (FBT) was founded on 24 March 1937 in Catavi (Potosí) with the aim of organizing and promoting tennis, and is now affiliated with the ITF and the South American Tennis Confederation. Today, there are around 16,000 active tennis players in Bolivia. Nearly 10,000 of these are ranked in the National Federation, and 12 players have also been ranked within the ATP or WTA. The country has 32 clubs spread across nine ‘departamentos’, including three centenary clubs: National Tennis Club Oruro, Tennis Club La Paz and Cochabamba Tennis Club. Other major clubs are in Santa Cruz and other cities, including Sucre and Tarija. The clubs have served as meeting places for people of different backgrounds and have promoted values such as discipline, respect and teamwork. Discussions around the creation of the IC of Bolivia started at the IC Centenary celebrations at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in August 2024 – which were followed up with approaches to professional players to secure their support. At the start of 2025, the founding team worked alongside the IC Council and members of the ICs of Argentina and Uruguay to create the statutes for a new IC of Bolivia, and held a founding day with their 19 founding members to establish the Constitution on 1 March in La Paz. The founders presented their plans at the IC AGM on 6 July and the creation of the IC of Bolivia was formally approved. From this point, the board of the IC of Bolivia plan to: Hold their first AGM Onboard around 20-30 new members Set up a philanthropic programme that will offer tennis coaching for disadvantaged children in key cities around Bolivia Start the organisation of an IC of Bolivia Invitational event for 2026 – working with the ICs of Argentina and Uruguay Work with the IC Council to create the IC of Bolivia website and social media pages. Please join us in welcoming the IC of Bolivia to our IC community! Previous Article Meet a member: Antonia Lottner, IC of Germany
July 2017 2017 IC AGM In usual tradition, this year’s Annual General Meeting was held on the middle Sunday of The Wimbledon Championships at the National Tennis Centre, London. A total of 60 IC members attended, with 32 out of the 40 IC nations represented. As always, it was fantastic to get so many new and familiar faces together and to work together to constantly improve the ICs of the World. A summary of the day is as follows: Elections to the Executive Committee: • Roberto Pulido was re-elected to the IC Executive Committee as the Caribbean and North America representative Elections of Officers of the Council: • The Chairman of the Council, Peter McQuibban, was re-elected • The Honorary Treasurer of the Council, Mike Carroll, was re-elected • The Honorary Auditor of the Council, Chris Appleton, was also re-elected • Gustavo Herrero was elected as Honorary Secretary of the Council Finances: • Notable exchange rate losses due to impact of Brexit were discussed and noted IC Philanthropy: • An impressive total of 13 philanthropy projects sustainable thus far, with wide geographic disparity • The ICP will be hosting an intimate dinner in November 2017 and a Philanthropy Ball in November 2018 • In support of sending an Ethiopian Philanthropy project team to the Compass African Junior Challenge, there are IC Philanthropy scarves available to purchase for £35. For more information please contact Henri Reiter. Events: • 2017 has been, and continues to be a busy year for events • The La Carreta event in September in Bulgaria requires more teams • IC Germany Week is underway in August 2017 • Compass Junior Challenge Regional qualifying events are to take place on each Continent • 2017 completed events thus far include; Deltec Bank & Trust Bahamas IC Doubles Week, The Gene Scott Trophy in Bahamas, The Potter Cup (including the inaugural women’s event), CQS 4 Nations Cup and Robert Abdesselam Trophy • 2017 upcoming events include; Compass Regional Junior Challenge, Juego de Pelota, IC Week Germany (Windmill and Mercelis Trophies), La Carreta and the tennis/golf challenge • 2018 is also looking to be another year full of fixtures Website and Communications: • All IC websites are in the process of a major revamp to increase the ICs online presence • This raised potential discussions of finding new donors AOB: • New IC Lapel pins are available. Please click here for more information • It was decided that this year’s Jean Borotra CQS Sportsmanship Award recipient would be carried over to 2018 Please note that in support of sending an Ethiopian Philanthropy project team to the Compass African Junior Challenge, there are IC Philanthropy scarves available to purchase for £35. For more information please contact Henri Reiter. Previous Article September 2017 La Carreta Event, entries still open and additional IC nations needed Next Article The annual lunch for Presidents and Secretaries at Wimbledon