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 September 2017 La Carreta Event, entries still open and additional IC nations needed The 2017 La Carreta event will be held at the Bulgarian National Tennis Centre in Sofia during the 20th – 24th September 2017, in conjunction with the IC of Bulgaria’s 10th anniversary celebrations. Thus far the IC of France, GB and and Belgium are the only nations to have expressed an interest. With an ideal number of 8 teams, we need some more support from participating IC Nations. For more information please see the below information or attached factsheet and information document, and please get in touch with Katerina Guenova at your earliest convenience to discuss - kguenova@bgtennis.bg Venue: Bulgarian National Tennis Center Borisova Gradina; Nezabravka 3-5 Sofia, Bulgaria Tel: + 359887500600 Tournament Rules Participating ICs – up to 12 Teams: 1 Lady 50+, 1 Lady 60+, 1 playing or non-playing captain Matches per tie: 2 singles (60+ and 50+), 1 double (50+/60+) Matches: best of 3, 3rd set match tie break (10 points) Balls: HEAD ATP Wednesday- 20.09.17 Arrival, practice, captains meeting at 19:00 Thursday- 21.9.17: First round matches Friday- 22.9.17: 10:00 a.m.: Quarter finals and Consolation Saturday- 23.9.17: 10:00 a.m.: Semi finals and consolation Sunday- 24.9.17: 10.00 a.m.: Finals and consolation Tournament Committee t.b.a. Social events: Thursday- Welcome party at the Bulgarian National Tennis Center Friday- Sightseeing trip, Free evening Saturday- 7:00 p.m.: IC dinner Sunday- 2:30 p.m.: price giving ceremony Players´ hotel: Park Hotel Moskva, Nezabravka str. 25, Sofia Bulgaria Entries: Entries have to be sent by 30 May 2017 with the registration form to IC Bulgaria, Vesselina Doneva, via e-mail to : vdoneva@bgtennis.bg If less than 12 teams want to participate, there maybe change in the number of competition days and the tournament may finish on Saturday. Entry fees: For teams with 2 players only (1 double room): 450,00 € For teams with 2 players + 1 captain (1 double + 1 single room): 800,00 € For teams with 3 players + 1 captain (2 double rooms): 930,00 € For teams with 3 players + 1 captain (1 double + 2 single rooms): 1.100,00 € The entry fees cover following services: Hotel with breakfast for 4 nights (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday) Welcome party in the club (Thursday), 4 lunches in the clubhouse and the IC dinner on Saturday evening The entry fee has to be paid by 30 July, 2017 to the following bank account of IC Bulgaria: D Bank Bulgaria BG32DEMI92401000178525 BIC:DEMIBGSF If the entry fee is not paid by the deadline date above, we reserve the right to substitute the IC in delay by another IC team. La Carreta 2017 Factsheet La Carreta 2017 Bulgaria La Carreta 2017 -Registration Form Previous Article Guidelines for Staging Major IC Events Next Article 2017 IC AGM