Month: April 2014

Brothers and sisters did battle, and then put their rivalries aside in the final weekend of the IW Junior Badminton Tournament.

The under 21’s competition took place at the Fairway Sports complex, with three pairs of siblings, Matthew & Jacob Honnor, Alfie & Rosie Hancock & Sophie and Lucy Baggott, featuring heavily in the final results.

 

The men’s singles attracted a strong entry of 16, of whom 11 had represented the I.W at senior county level in the last year.

The semi-finals were between Angga Dewanatara and Jacob Honnor, which Angga battled through to win 21-20, 19-21, 21-17, while in the other semi-final Matthew Honnor defeated Daniel Parslow 21-14, 21-10.

Angga and Matthew both stepped up a gear for a thrilling final, which was won eventually by Matthew, 21-17, 21-19.The men’s singles plate final was won by Connor Ambrosini, who beat Connor Firth 21-14, 12-21, 21-16.

The ladies singles event was held as a round robin event , with Sophie Baggott edging out sister, Lucy by just four points for the tile. They then teamed up for the ladies doubles and won without dropping a game. Victoria Cave and Beth Wathan were second with Emily Boynton and Rosie Hancock third.

The men’s doubles had two groups of four, with two pairs going through from each group to the semi-final stage. Matthew and Jacob Honnor teamed up to play George Utteridge & Connor Ambrosini, the latter pair booking their place in the final, winning 21-15, 19-21, 21-17.

The other semi-final saw Angga Dewanatara and Hasma Hadibroto defeat Connor Firth and Alfie Hancock 21-14, 21-16.

The final went to George and Connor who came back from 20-18 down to win the first game 21-20 before winning the second set 21-15.

A round-robin mixed doubles event concluded the day and the tournament for another year, and this was won by James Phillips and Sophie, winning from Jacob and Lucy second. Alfie and Rosie were third.

In front of a large crowd at Yarmouth, Fairway won the Mallett Cup Plate beating Newport C 5-1. The match was closer than the scoreline suggests as four of the matches were decided in three sets, two being won 21-20 and the other two being won 21-19.

Full results Fairway scores first.

M.Honnor & D.Honnor bt S.Egerton-Read & S.Rutherford 21-8 21-17

J.Honnor & A.Brading lost to M.West & R.Sexton 21-15 6-21 20-21

C.Holmberg & K.Stott bt M.Freeman & L.Sexton 21-16 18-21 21-20

M.Honnor & D.Honnor bt M.West & R.Sexton 11-21 21-10 21-19

C.Holmberg & K.Stott bt S.Egerton-Read & S.Rutherford 21-15 21-17

J.Honnor & A.Brading bt M.Freeman & L.Sexton 21-18 18-21 21-19

Sandra Dye and Alex Southwell are the winners of this season’s W & D Thomas Mixed Doubles tournament.

In the final at West Wight Sports Centre, starting at scratch they beat Gill Bushell & George Utteridge, who started at -10, 21-17 21-19. In the semi final they needed three sets to beat Jenny Utteridge & Toby Utteridge 21-16 14-21 21-15. Their qualification to the semi final was as best placed runner up.

The second semi final saw Gill Bushell & George Utteridge beat Rosanna Riddett & Tom Phillips 21-14 21-14.

The earlier rounds were played as a round robin with the group winners and best placed runner up progressing to the semi finals.

Group placings

Group A

George Utteridge & Gill Bushell 158 pts

Chris Massey & Lisa Dyer 157 pts

James Phillips & Sophie Baggott 144 pts

Martin Taylor & Vanessa Milne 136 pts

 

Group B

Tom Phillips & Rosanna Riddett 164 pts

Alex Southwell & Sandra Dye 162 pts

Andrew Hunt & Caroline Pearson 148 pts

Keith Lacey & Sally Isaacs 141 pts

Dan Parsloe & Emily Boynton 135 pts

 

Group C

tToby Utteridge & Jenny Utteridge 164 pts

Cleet Holmberg & Kerrie Stott 160 pts

Tony Isaacs & Penny Osman 151 pts

Clint Gardner & Hayley Snders-Page 146 pts

Richard Price & Jo Baggott 142 pts

 

 

 

 

Jack Hobbins, Evie Afonso & Jacob Honnor were the big winners from the second round of the Isle of Wight Junior Badminton Tournament, at the Fairway Sports Complex.

Jack took a hat-trick of wins in the under 12’s competition, defeating Aaron Scott-Roberts in the singles final 15-11, 15-8, before teaming up with Aaron to win the doubles in a round-robin tournament with maximum points. Nicholas Early and Richo Hadibroto were second.

Jack completed the sweep by winning the mixed doubles with Evie Afonso in a round-robin, again on maximum points. Sam Gray, playing in an older age group, and Isabelle Honnor were second.

In the girls under 12’s Evie won the singles, beating Isabelle 15-13, before the pair teamed up to win the doubles, beating Lilly Green and Sarah Baggott 15-5, 15-10, in the final and these with her mixed win with Jack also gave her  a clean sweep.

The boy’s plate competition was won by Oliver Clow, who beat Richo Hadibroto 15-10.

 

In the under 16’s tournament, Jacob Honnor also swept the board.

With a 15- strong entry in the singles, he beat Alfie Hancock 21-8, 21-11 to retain the title he won last year.

He and Alfie then teamed up to win the boys doubles, defeating Luke Joynes & Sam Woods 21-15, 21-7 in the semi-final and Jordan Aspinal and Lucas Afonso in the final, 21-9, 21-11. Jordan and Luke made the final by beating Reece Widgery and Ted Blowers 21-7, 17-21, 21-10.

The hat-trick was complete in the mixed doubles when he and Lucy Baggott took maximum points in the round-robin tournament, with Alfie and his sister Rosie Hancock, second.

 

Having won the under 14’s tile two weeks earlier, Rosie won the under 16’s girls singles title beating Emily Boynton 21-16. She also won the girls doubles with Victoria Miles as they beat Emily & Lucy 21-20, 21-16.

The Boys singles plate was won by Sam Woods who beat Daniel Peach 21-11, an impressive win given he was playing in an older age group.