Yacht Club chasing tennis title

Article by Jonteau Coppin

Barbados Yacht Club will be looking to win their first ever Inter-Club title when they take on defending champions Tennis Centre in the final of the 2023 Barbados Tennis Association (BTA) Inter-Club Competition.

After six weeks of competition at the National Tennis Centre in Wildey, unbeaten Yacht Club reached the final on the back of a 55-38 win over Ocean View in their semi-final clash.

On the other side of the draw, two-time winners Tennis Centre overcame Paragon 55-33 to set up Saturday’s final.

Tennis Centre will be looking to set the record straight when the final rolls into town at 2 p.m. after comprehensively losing their previous encounter against Yacht Club 61-30.

The latter have lost the finals twice, in 2012 and 2016.

There are only five teams competing this year instead of the eight member clubs, with three-time winners Windward Cricket Club, International Club of Barbados and University of the West Indies not participating.

Group standings

Team Matches Wins Losses

Yacht Club 4 4 0.

Tennis Centre 4 3 1

Paragon 4 2 2

Summerhayes 4 1 3

Ocean View 4 0 4

Results:

Tennis Centre 58:45 Paragon

Yacht Club 56:24 Ocean View

Yacht Club 60:31 Summerhayes

Paragon 52:44 Ocean View

Summerhayes 53:46 Ocean View

Yacht Club 61:30 Tennis Centre

Paragon 55: 31 Summerhayes

Ocean View 45:19 Tennis Centre

Tennis Centre 56:31 Summerhayes

Yacht Club 54: 39 Paragon

Semi-final 1: Yacht Club 55:38 Ocean View

Semi-final 2: Tennis Centre 55:33 Paragon

(JC)