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The Inter-District KO Competition took place at Westgate Centre on Sunday 18th April 2010. Unfortunately Waterside District was unable to field a team so five districts were represented.

In the First round Aldershot & Camberley players Paul Nicolls, Robin Trust, Gareth Davis, Diane Doyle, Claire Stott and Debbie Miller met the Portsmouth & Havant team, which comprised Phil Sayer, Martin Barrett, Dave Kane, Nicky Pointon, Louise Burdfield and Jesse McAllen. Aldershot & Camberley won two of the Mixed games, then all the Ladies and Mens, finishing on 373 points to 274.

In the second half of the draw the Basingstoke team, made up of Tim Cooper, Steve Harrison, Ben Ansell, Alison Crawford, Juliet McAskill and Emma James, met the Winchester players: James Bevis, Peter Seward, Richard Whatley, Julie Turner, Julie Newbold and Alison Gerett. Winchester won two of the Mixed games, two Mens and two Ladies games - all very close results. Winchester won by 364 points to 302.

In the second round Winchester played Southampton, who had received a bye. The Southampton team of James Todd, Alex Ferguson, John Hepworth, Jenny Crump, Lesley Lockie and Jackie Barron proved just too strong for Winchester, taking seven of the nine games. The third Mixed was shared and Winchester B/C Ladies won their game. Southampton won by 360 points to 303.

In the contest for the Trophy Southampton again proved the stronger team, winning 6 games to Aldershot & Camberley’s 3: two Mixed, three Mens and one Ladies. The final points were 352 to 289.

Basingstoke and Portsmouth & Havant contested the Plate. This was a very close match with Portsmouth & Havant winning 5 games, one Mixed, two Mens and two Ladies, but Basingstoke gained more points to win by just 7 points, 334 to 327.

Ruth Cairns 21/04/10

KNOCK OUT TOURNAMENT REPORT

KNOCK OUT TOURNAMENT 2010
by Ruth Cairns

The semi-finals and finals of the Basingstoke and District Badminton League Knock out cup competition took place at Costello College of Technology on Sunday 28 th March 2010. The Phoenix team (+7) comprised Greg Sudell, Paul Nightingale, Matt Hawkins, Carolyn Neale, Alison Rendall and Averil Mason. Their opposition Andover Sports (0) was made up of Emmerson Cumberbatch, Damian Roberts, Chris Clarke, Pauline Prior, Sue Hartfield and Liz Roberts. Phoenix A/ C, and A/B Men together with their B/C Ladies won their games with Andover sports B/C Men, A/C and A/B Ladies taking the remaining three Levels. This gave Phoenix a 12 point advantage going in to the Mixed. Both A/A and B/B Phoenix pairs triumphed taking their team into the final 352 points to 314.

In the second semi-final, Beechdown team, Martin Webb, Mark Bayliss, James Bartlett, Lisa Moran, Ruth Seward and Sandra Smith met B.H. Pegasus B players Phil Carly, Martin Hill, Jason King, Hayley Burger, Christie Wenbing Yao, and Amanda Marsden. The levels were very close with Beechdown A/C Men and A/B Ladies winning comfortably, but B.H.Pegasus B hit back with wins for their B/C Men , A/C and B/C Ladies. The remaining Mens game was shared. With only one point difference before the Mixed there was everything to play for. Beechdown A/A pair won then the B/B game was shared, then B.H.Pegasus B won the C/C contest, but with too few points to stop Beechdown reaching the final by 323 points to 316.

In the final Phoenix won all the Mens games, one of the Ladies and one of the Mixed to give a final score of 356 to 285.

In the 3 rd/4 th place competition, Andover Sports took an early lead and then romped away taking all the Mens, all the Mixed and one Ladies, to take 3 rd place 347 points to 297.

The Cup trophy will be presented to Phoenix and the Plate to Runners-up Beechdown at the League AGM in July. Chairman of the League, Ruth Cairns, congratulated all the players on a splendid days badminton.

JUNIOR TOURNAMENT REPORT

BDBL JUNIOR TOURNAMENT 2010
by Ruth Cairns

The Junior Tournament, held at Costello Technology College on 28th February 2010, was supported by 56 players, many parents, BDBL committee members and BDBL Badminton England coaches. All games were to 21 points with no setting.

The Girls section comprised 2 groups of 12 to 15 year olds. The Robert Mays contingent, coached by Jenny Skilton, had the largest showing with two pairs in each group.

Group A winners were Gemma Edey /Nikki Fletcher, from Andover (coaches Ann Viney and Geoff Lewis), who won all their games to finish with 84 points. Emma Taylor/ Karin Thernsen (RMS) were runners-up with 72 points. In third position were Lizzy Thornam/ Chloe Biss, from Allstars (coached by Linda and Carlo Rapacioli) with 67 points. Equal fourth were Vicky Ingleton /Francesca Ruffles (RMS), and Sadia Islam/Celine Loughlan from Costello technology College (coach Jenny Skilton) on 48 points.

Andover pair Catherine Lewis/Kim Brown also won all their games in Group B. Runners-up were Allstars Emily Chapple/Gina Rapacioli, who lost just one point, finishing on 83. The remaining places were very close: Ellis Couter-Morgan/Rachel Sworn, from RMS (63 points), Amy Oxford ( Basingstoke, coached by Philip Oxford and Alex Wigmore)/Emma law (RMS) with 62 points and Victoria Baker/Heather Marnoch (RMS) with 58 points.

The all Andover final was won by Gemma Edey/Nikki Fletcher 21-13.

The younger boys played in one section of 6 pairs with the Winners and Runners-up playing a final. Beechdown pair Miles Nagle/Jason Cottle (coached by Andrea Jefferies), finished on the maximum 105 points. Close behind, losing just 8 points were Allstars Adrian Cole/Jack Mackell with 97 points. In third place were George Harfield/Oliver Payne (CTC), with 91 points, then Isaac Reeves/Robert Howard with 69 points. Thomas Ketteringham/Max Potter, from the Sports Centre (coached by Jenny Skilton) came 5 th with 66 points. Niamh Yates (a brave Allstars girl who played as a boy to make up numbers)/George Lark did well to gain 59 points. In the final Nagle/Cottle beat Cole/Mackell 21-14.

Twelve pairs of older boys were divided into two groups with the winners playing a final. Adam Hood/Cori Sewhee from Loddon Sherpas (coached by Jenny Skilton) were clear winners of Group B with maximum 105 points. Ben Plowman/Sam Allen, from Andover lost just 9 points to come second. James Orr/Samiul Islam (CTC) gained 81 points, Thomas Hicken/Fraser Roskilly ( Basingstoke) 74 points, Jake Bagnato/Spencer Lawrence(RMS) 59 points and Fraser McGregor/Cameron Taylor 47 points.

In Group C Andover pair Michael Todd/Matthew Brown gained the maximum 105 points, with Tom Clews/Josh Jones (Loddon Sherpas) second on 95 points. The remaining places were taken by Owen Stone/Ben Taylor (RMS), with 89 points, Jamie Cole/Robert Caldeira-Hankey (Allstars), 82 points, Sai Sherika/Adi Shrestha (CTC), 52 points and Joe Edmunds/Aaron Brown (sports Centre) on 49 points.

Michael Todd/Matthew Brown had a close final against Adam Hood/Cori Sewhee, but came through to win 21-17

BDBL Chairman Ruth Cairns and Committee member Phil Cooper presented trophies to the Winners and Runners-up, thanked all the helpers, and congratulated the juniors on their enthusiasm, good sportsmanship and high standard of play.

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