St. Lucia remains ECVA Men’s Beach Volleyball Champion

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.

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 medalist – 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 to win, but second is big for Bermuda in general and we are really proud of 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 skillful team”.

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).

The Bristol/ Pencheon pair went on to secure third place and the bronze medal for their country, by defeating Mingo/ Frederick 2-1(21-19, 10-21, 15-11).

FINAL STANDINGS

1. Clercent/ Descartes (SLU-1) 2. Barnett/ Tucker (BER) 3. Bristol/ Pencheon (SKN)4. Mingo/ Frederick (DMA-2)

Rankings 5-8:  Robinson/ Florent (DMA-1) def Franklyn/ Delpesche (VIN) 21-17, 22-20; Oxford/ Nelson (GRN -1) def Walcott/ Hamilton (GRN -2) 22-24, 21-17, 15- 11; Robinson/ Florent def Oxford Nelson 21-19, 21-19; Walcott/ Hamilton def Franklyn/ Delpesche (forfeit)

Classification: Hazzard/ Fredericks (AGU) def. Emmanuel/ Joseph (LCA) 21-19, 21-16; Davis/ Joseph (ANT) def Albert/ Clarke (SLU) 21-18, 21-13