Holder still queen of road tennis

Article by Ezra Stuart

KIM HOLDER authoritatively answered the doubting Thomases at the Wildey Gymnasium on Saturday night.

She is still the Beacon Insurance National Sports Council’s Inter-Parish road tennis queen and southpaw Ezekiel Ward showed that he is the best Under-15 player in the country.

St James also made a statement by ensuring that traditionally-strong St Michael won’t win any silverware for the first time in the tournament’s six-year history by taking the ‘B’ class title, through the stylish strokeplay of Dario Hinds and Dwayne Lynch.

Lynch, a former Barbados soccer striker and top-flight cricketer, outclassed Anthony “Prince” Haynes 21-9, 21-15 while Hinds prevailed in an entertaining first set before hammering former junior national volleyballer Jamal Branch 21-19, 21-12.

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