WINDHOEK – The last round of matches in the Windhoek’s Men’s and Ladies tennis league championship were completed in the capital recently at the Central Tennis Club (CTC) in Olympia.
The tennis league was played in two male and one lady division and besides CTC, teams from the Sports Klub Windhoek (SKW), DTS, Police Tennis Club and UNAM also participated.
The 1st League Men’s division consisted mostly of young top Namibian players and professional coaches. Social players dominated the 2nd league and overall ladies divisions, while SKW took honours on the 1st league and also won the ladies club competition.
The winner of the 2nd Division is the CTC Team A. With 6 teams CTC contributed most teams to the 2014 league. Fielding 1 team in the men’s 1st Division and 4 teams (A, B, C and CTC-OTB) in the 2nd men division and one ladies’ team, the Central Tennis Club as in previous years contributed most players to the competition.
The other teams in the second division were composed of UNAM and SKW players. CTC club president, Lucky Gawanab, was happy about the large number of players contesting the club competition. “Especially in the 2nd league it is not about winning but all about the sport camaraderie and social interaction after the exhausting matches” he said.
Caption: CTC ladies team player Melissa Khupe – Photo by: Robert Rietmueller
By Robert Rietmueller