CUL- DE- SAC, St Lucia, May 4, 2025: St. Lucia’s durable duo of Joseph Clercent and Sheldon Descartes has champed the 2025 Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association (ECVA) Senior Beach Volleyball Championship here at the Cul- de- Sac Bay.
A come from behind, 2-1 (18-21, 21-16, 15-8) win over Bermuda’s Benjamin Barnet and Sean Tucker, gave Clercent and Descartes, their third straight lien on the title.
The finalists emerged from the semi-finals in contrasting styles over their opponents.
Clercent/ Descartes beat St Kitts and Nevis’ Bristol /Pencheon 2-1(18-21, 21-16, 15-8), while Barnett/ Tucker outlasted Mervin Mingo and Bill Frederick of Dominica Two, 2-0 (32-30, 21-16).
Third Place
The pair of Bristol/ Pencheon went on to secure third place, by defeating Mingo/ Frederick 2-1(21-19, 10-21, 15-11), to secure bronze for their country.
Reflecting on their continued success in the championships, Joseph said, “It is an honour to win again, because we put in the work, and in order to get the results, you have to put in the work. I am glad that the youngsters want to challenge us and that is good for the sport in this region”.
On behalf of silver medallist – Bermuda, Tucker expressed delight in at least being ranked in the top two of the championships.
“It is deflating to lose in the gold medal match. We really wanted but second is big for Bermuda in general and we are really proud how we performed. Coming up against the home country, back-to-back champions in the final, they gave us a big challenge, and ended up prevailing, as they are a very skilful team”.
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