THE Castries Table Tennis Centre in Vide Bouteille will be the venue for the Saint Lucia National Tennis Associationās National Premier Table Tennis League finals today from 5:00 p.m.
Contesting the finals will be Superserv Carbons and BXB Money Savers Challengers in an anticipated thrilling showdown between the two teams.
In semi-final action played on Wednesday night at the same venue, the Eagles suffered defeat at the hands of the BXB Savers Challengers 3 – 1. Chris Wells and Celestin Samuel competed for the Eagles and Adrian Albert and Chris Hippolyte competed for the BXB Savers Challengers
Chris Wells of Eagles beat Chris Hippolyte 3 ā 0 and Celestin Samuel of Eagles lost to Adrian Albert 1 – 3. In doubles action Wells and Samuel lost to Albert and Hippolyte 1-3. Albert beat Wells 3 – 1 to complete the victory for BXB Savers Challengers 3 – 1.
In the play offs for the finals, the Eagles came up against the formidable Compuserv Carbons represented by Omarie Ferdinand and Carlos Innocent. Compuserve Carbons won easily 3 – 0.
Ferdinand defeated Samuel 3-0; while Innocent made light work of Wells defeating him 3 – 0.
In doubles action, Innocent and Ferdinand beat Wells and Samuels 3 – 0.