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NTA shines brightMore players attracted The tennis association has wrapped the year in style with more clubs and players joining the game this year. 
Having managed to attract more players, the Namibia Tennis Association (NTA) is proud of the achievement and describes 2016 as a successful year. According to NTA league coordinator Robert Riethmueller a record number of 22 teams consisting of 130 to 150 players competed for club championship points this year.
“For the first time the tennis league comprised three divisions for men and two for women, unlike the previous years were there were only two divisions for men and a single one for women.
“The league was divided into more divisions to encourage more players and teams of different playing levels to compete in club tennis.
“The club league was played in a home-and-away mode, as matches took place each second or third Saturday between the end of May and the end of November,' he said.
The registered teams represented on one side the traditional tennis clubs of Nampol, SKW, DTS and the Central Tennis Club (CTC), while on the other side newcomers such as the City of Windhoek and the Patrick Iyambo Police College fielded teams as well. The Central Tennis Club entered the most teams, among them the Central Tennis Club-associated NUST University team and Team OTB Sport.
Another notable team that participated in the league in the 2016 season was Unam, which returned to club tennis after a year's absence.
After months of competitive tennis the Sport Klub Windhoek (SKW) turned out to be the most successful club, dominating the men's First Division and the Women's First Division.
In the highly competitive Men's Second Division traditional frontrunners CTC 2A were the most successful team, outplaying the rest of the pack with an impressive overall average match-point tally of 16 out of 20 possible points per match.
The runners-up, OTB Sport, managed to win only 13 average match points. In the men's third division the City of Windhoek team beat the NUST men's team.
In the Women's First Division the SKW women led by veteran player Amanda van Wyk were too strong for the competitors. The women's second division saw a tight race between DTS and OTB Sport. In the end DTS collected most winning points overall.
SPORT REPORTER