Kampala club retained the British Airways Inter-Club tennis tournament that was held recently at Kampala Club after beating their visitors Lugogo tennis club 13-7 points in doubles and two singles in the one day tournament.
Kampala club won the first leg last year by a similar scoreline at Lugogo tennis club on November 2013.
Commenting on the tournament, Faith Chaitezvi Country Commercial Manager British Airways Uganda, said, “British Airways is once again happy to sponsor the 2nd League of the British Airways inter-club corporate tennis. As promised last year, the games will be played every quarter by participating clubs with each hosting the other.
This time, we had Kampala Club challenge and host Lugogo Tennis Club. We hope to engage more clubs to increase the well-being of more of our customers whilst growing the game of tennis in Uganda.”
The games format were outlined as : Fourteen players from each club to make eight men four women, one veteran (over 55) and a youth player (under 13).
These played a series of double and single matches over the course of the day.
The winner of the challenge was determined as the club that won the most matches over the course of the day.
Commenting on their second win of the tournament, Aggrey Mwesigwa the Captain of Kampala Club stated that it was necessary to retain the trophy in our backyard because Kampala Club has this reputation.
“We have always had a strong team which contains a mixture of youth with a lot of experience, and always performed to the best of our capabilities, this is the reason why I was very confident we would win once again. It is also our hope that the tournament expands in the near future to let more clubs join to make it a bigger competition”.
Victor Drile the Lugogo Tennis Club Captain in reaction to their loss to Kampala Club said, ‘As Lugogo Tennis Club we have not been deterred by our loss in the last two legs. We shall continue playing until we take the trophy home. We hope that it will be our turn in the next Leg. It was a good match, and we hope to do better in the next Leg. “
The Tennis interclub challenge’s main aim is to promote health benefits as one of British Airways’ main priorities for its passengers.