DeWilde, Kelley win men’s doubles title at Almeric Christian Tennis Tournament.

ST. CROIX- Don DeWilde and teammate Les Kelley defeated the team of Stu Logan and Martin Marano in straight sets for the Men’s A Doubles title of the eighth annual Almeric Christian Tennis Tournament on Sunday.  DeWilde and Kelley dominated the match at the net, losing only two games in their 6-1, 6-1 win.

The tournament raised $2,500 for the V.I. Bar Association Scholarship Fund.

In other title matches, Flavia Logie and Marcia O’Neale used strong serves to defeat the team of Patty Hensley and Susan Armstrong for the Women’s A Doubles title, 6-2, 6-3.  In Men’s B Doubles, two of St. Croix’s top junior players, Devon Locke and Justin Aronstein, fell to the team of Clarence Shanklin and Roger Carrington for the title, 6-1, 6-3.
           
In the most competitive of the title matches, Lydia Moolenaar and Dynel Soto battled for two hours against the team of Jackie Holt and Debbie Schreiber before coming out on top, defending their title from last year.  The first set was close, with Moolenaar and Soto edging Holt and Schreiber, 7-5.  The second set was even more exciting for the 80 spectators as Holt and Schreiber brought their intensity up another notch but came up short, 7-6.
Finally, Christian Nelthropp, one of the top 16 year-old players in the Caribbean, teamed up with Magda Finch to win the Mixed Doubles Open category, 6-3, 6-4, over Kelley and Logie.