The 2014 IW Badminton Championships were held over the weekend 19th to 21st September at Fairway Sports Centre. The Singles events were held on the Friday evening and attracted a good number of entries in both the men’s and ladies events. In the men’s event the finalists were the same as last year Stuart Isaacs the holder and Chris Massey and this time Chris proved too strong for Stuart winning in straight sets 21-8 21-9. The ladies final featured two previous holders of the title Sally Isaacs and Jane Jackson. This was a close three setter with Sally eventually winning 17-21, 21-12, 21-11. There was a plate in the men’s event and this was won by up and coming young player Jacob Honnor beating Richard Gray in the final 21-16, 21-15
Saturday saw the men’s Ladies’ and Mixed events being keenly contested. After a lot of good badminton the winners were, in the Men’s double Chris Massey and Dom Aphonso who beat the holders Stuart Isaacs and Kes Downer 27-25 21-14. The current holders Gill Bushell and Denise Insley retained their title beating Jane Jackson and Debbie Honnor 21-16, 21-18. In the mixed doubles Chris Massey and Karen Murrant beat Kes Downer and Denise Insley 222-20 21-11.
This meant that Chris Massey had completed a clean sweep of all the trophies emulating Stuart Isaacs the previous year.
A minutes silence was held on the finals day in memory of a stalwart player and supporter of Island Badminton Dave Wedge who passed away earlier in the week after a long illness.
Chris Massey who won all three events