Junior Badminton Report 29.11.09
Successful Wrexham Satellite Tournament drew players from as far as Conwy, Cheshire, Shropshire and NEW.
The U11s produced some good matches. In the boys singles semis Dhruv Bansal (Wrexham) beat Flint's Aaron Smith 21-6 and Mold's Tomos Sudder beat Oliver Howarth (Mold) 21-3. Bansal won the exciting three setter final 10-15, 15-7, 15-4. In the doubles Howarth teamed up with Jamie Noble (Mold) to win the doubles 21-12 against Smith and David McCracken.
There was a good entry of 13 in the U13 boys singles. In the quarters David Palmer (Mold) beat Ethan Johnson (Buckley) 21-12, Callum Sant (Buckley) beat Kieran van der Kooij (Mold) 21-16, Jack Griffiths had a close victory 219 against Joe Cottrill, Ewan Cook (Cheshire), Ewan Cook (Cheshire) beat Iwan Pullen (Buckley) 2108. In the semis Palmer dominated Sant 21-5 and Cook beat Griffiths 21-14. Palmer won the exciting final 10-15, 17-15, 15-13.In the doubles semis Pullen and Sant beat Cook and Andrew Gerrard 21-16 and Palmer and Griffiths beat Mold's Kooij and Owain Sparrow 21-18 and then won the final 15-7,15-13.
The best of the local players in the girls singles was Flint's Emma Paton who lost 2-21 in the semis to the eventual winner Vicki Rawlings (Shropshire). In the doubles semis Sophie Davies (Castell Alun) and Laura Williams (Cheshire) beat Cerys Brackenbury (Buckley) and Abi Wiseman (Mold) 21-12 and Rawlings and Mold's Bethan Sudder beat Erin Bailey (Llanferres) and Paton 21-8. Rawlings and Sudder won the final convincingly 15-9, 15-7.
There was a twenty strong entry in the U15 boys singles. In the quarters Dan Ellis (CQ) beat Daniel Williams (Prestatyn) 21-6, Saksham Bansal (Wrexham) beat Ben Griffiths (Llanrwst) 21-16, Scott Oates (Deeside) had a great win over Mold's Lloyd Martin 22-20, and Hugo Williams (Prestatyn) beat Andrew Oates (Deeside) 21-18. In the semis Bansal reversed the result of the earlier Conwy Tournament, beating Ellis 21-13 and H Williams beat S Oates 21-13. In the final Bansal won 15-6, 15-8.In the boys doubles semis Ellis and Martin beat S Oates and Rory Tremayne (Cheshire) 21-10 and D and H Williams beat Bansal and Liam McGivern 21-18. Ellis and Martin won the closely fought final 15-13, 15-13.
The girls singles resulted in a win for Prestatyn's Sophie Wilson 21-15 against Beth McLellan (Deeside). Wilson then partnered Hanna Bryant (Cheshire) to win the doubles in a close and see-sawing final 14-16, 15-10, 16-14 against McLellan and Zoe Hughes (Mold).
The small entry for the U17s still produced some close matches. In the boys singles Adam Bains (Buckley) beat Matthew Wright (Wrexham) 24-22 and Cheshire's Dominic Liddle-Crewe beat Jack Ellis (Mold) 21-18. Liddle-Crewe won the final 16-14, 15-6 against Bains. Liddle-Crewe and Jack Reilly (Cheshire) beat Wright and Matthew Morris (Wrexham) 15-13, 15-6 in the doubles final.
U11 Boys singles
U11 boys doubles
U13 girls doubles
U13 boys doubles
U15 girls doubles
U15 boys doubles
U17 boys competitors
NEWRBA Junior league
Connah's Quay A continue to dominate this season's NEWRBA Junior Badminton league finishing top of the 1st Division in all 3 matches played so far, the only team likely to threaten them is Prestatyn A, who have climbed back to the 1st Division after having a player missing in a previous match and on paper have a strong team. Deeside A gained promotion to the 1st Division in the second matches of the season with a very young team and managed to hang on this time due to a bad day by Flint A who were relegated to Division 2. Connah's Quay B not to be outdone by their top team were runaway winners of Division. 3
Castell Alun continue to improve, they now have 3 teams, their A team now in Division 3 after winning Division 4, their B team playing their part and winning Division 5.
Buckley now has 4 teams, A and B continue to hold their own in Divisions 2 and 3, with their C and D teams hanging on in Division 6.
Previous winners of the junior league Mold A managed to play to their potential at last and finished in the runners up position in the 1 st Division Mold B did the same in Division 2 with their C team demoted to join the D team in Division 4.