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It was past midnight when Mike Lindo defeated Barry Rahman 21-18, 21-9 to claim the Billy Bee Trucking Challenge Cup in the deciding match of the tournament.

Lindo had earlier put OCC on the road to victory in a nail-biting encounter with Calvin Butterfield. Lindo came out on top in a 42-minute marathon of defensive choppers mixed with occasional aggression 21-11, 19-21, 22-20. At one point Lindo trailed 13-6 in the final game.

In other contests, David Waltham routed Rahman 21-7, 21-13 before becoming the second player to edge out Butterfield in three games.

Lindo and Waltham combined to beat Butterfield and Derron Trott in the doubles skirmish, although Trott later had his revenge over Lindo with an impressive 21-6, 21-12 triumph.

Trott was in fine form, also putting Calvin Burgess to flight by the same score. And he teamed up with Rahman to beat Burgess and Waltham in the second doubles encounter.

UK SCHOOLS ON SPORTS TOUR SOC CRI HOC ATH UK schools on sports tour Two schools from the UK are set to visit the Island over the Easter holidays to compete in various sports.

Birchfield School from Wolverhampton in the English Midlands are due to arrive today, bringing 16 boys in the under-14 age group who will take on local school teams in soccer, cricket, hockey and track and field.

They are being hosted by parents and students from Saltus and Warwick Academy and will stay until April 7.

Birchfield coach and PE teacher Martin Ford formerly taught at Northlands in Bermuda and played soccer in the Commercial League with BAA as well as hockey.

Also visiting are students from the Minister School in Hereford, who have in the past hosted pupils from Saltus.

Some 19 girls in the under-17 age group will take on Saltus, BHS and Berkeley in hockey and netball as well as teams from the Bermuda Netball Association and Bermuda Ladies Hockey Association.

Meanwhile, a Saltus team left for a tour of the UK yesterday but will return in time to play games against Minster.