Tennis Academy and Enrichment Center, Mount Zion Rose Hall Montego Bay Jamaica

Our mission is to instill discipline and build responsible leaders on the court, in the classroom, and in the community by providing recreational and competitive tennis instruction and academic assistance for the youth of Mt. Zion and surrounding communities. We create an enriching environment where young adults can learn, grow, and have fun with others.

Ultimately, we hope to:

• Promote tennis as a viable career/profession
• Use tennis as a vehicle for social and economic enrichment
• Enable students to obtain tennis scholarships abroad
• Develop a love for tennis and uncover possible champions (to have a US Open champion from Jamaica within 10-15 years)
• Provide special instruction and academic assistance to struggling children in the area
• Provide a safe and nurturing environment for the youths of Mt. Zion and surrounding communities

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Part of our efforts to provide opportunity for young adults includes an emphasis on encouraging and supporting girls, who have historically lacked representation in Jamaican tennis. Growing up as a ball boy at Half Moon hotel in Montego Bay, Jamaica, Delroy never saw any ball girls, and when looking at Jamaican tennis coaches today, few are women. Many of Jamaica's tennis players and coaches were ball boys at one point; however, girls were never given this opportunity, and those coming from low-income homes rarely got to play the sport of tennis. The Jamaica Non-Profit Tennis Academy Enrichment Center at Mount Zion is now moving to bridge this gender gap.