U17 Event:
It started with the U17 mixed doubles event on Friday 8th Feb at 6.30pm at Black Isle Lesiure centre continuing the Saturday with U17 singles and U17 level doubles. There was a good entry with 45% competing from outside the Highlands including: Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, North Berwick; with the Highland areas: Inverness, Caithness, Orkney, Moray, Dingwall, Gairloch and Buckie.
Calum Flockhart (Dundee) showed up well for singles and mixed doubles to take both titles – the first double winner of the weekend. The mixed final saw Calum and Eilidh McCallister (Edinburgh) win 21-11, 27-25 against Ian Campbell (Inverness) and Erin Sinclair (Kilmarnock). To continue his success, he went up against Marc Graham (Glasgow) with Calum securing the win 21-7, 21-16.
Eilidh McCallister secured her mixed before narrowly missing out on a singles title against Stonehaven’s Jodie Harris with Jodie winning 19-21, 21-18, 21-19 – a thrilling match to watch. The pair then teamed up to win the round robin doubles event with the final game for first position a victory over Erin Sinclair (Kilmarnock)/Rachel McLean (Edinburgh) 21-14-21-16. This gave Eilidh her second title of the weekend – along with a second doubles title.
Jodie Harris (Stonehaven) took the girls singles title against Eilidh and girls doubles title partnering Eilidh – a super win in both events. This was also her second title of the weekend.
The boys’ doubles final saw Marc Graham (Glasgow)/Fraser Sheriff (Glasgow) win over Moray boys Bruce McWhirter/Aiden Smith 21-7, 21-9.
Continuing on Sunday 11th Feb - U14 Event:
There were 62 competitors with 36% from outside the Highlands. Areas were: Orkney, Western Isles, Lochcarron, Glen Ythan, Inverness, Caithness, Aberdeen, Stonehaven, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Moray, Buckie, Dingwall, Nomads, Lanark and Fortrose.
Katie Stewart (Glasgow) started her run of titles with a win in singles, beating Inverness' Sophie Barrie in the final – Katie winning 21-15, 21-19. The mixed event saw another win with Katie and Josh Taylor (Glasgow) winning 21-17 over Evan Kenny (Glasgow)/Eva Tremble (Irvine). This made her second title of the day and she became the 3rd double title winner of the weekend.
Josh Taylor (Glasgow) started his title win in boys’ doubles with partner Evan Kenny (Glasgow) to secure win over Nicky Hart (Lanark)/Matthew Waring (Lanark) in a close encounter 22-20. Along with the mixed win this made his second title – 4th double title winner of the weekend.
The boys’ singles saw Nicky Hart (Lanark) go head to head with Matthew Waring (Lanark) with Matthew securing the win 21-17. The girls’ doubles saw Iona Muir (Glasgow)/Eva Tremble (Irvine) secure a win over Sophie Barrie (Inverness)/Anna Craig (Glasgow).
Overall results:
The weekend saw all players play lots of badminton with plenty of games on the day (which was for all). The consolation rounds gave the players more games when they couldn’t quite make it into the main round; and less sitting about time till their next event start. WELL DONE ALL – you are a credit to your coaches. We did recognise the hard work and effort of developing players - Andrew Robins (Applecross) was recognised for his formidable spirit on the day. Andrew worked extremely hard and was still smiling at the end of the day – regardless of the scores. Keep working hard young man and hope to see you at our restricted to improve further.
The 2 events saw a wealth of talent and lots of hard fought games throughout the weekend – we would like to thank the parents from outside the Highlands who exposed our players to a different level of play which will allow them a new goal to reach.
HBG would like to thank all players for their hard work and hope you continue to train hard to continue to develop. We hope to see you all at our future tournaments.
We also hope everyone got home safely with the snow starting to fall heavily in the area.
Special Thanks:
I would like to thank all HBG volunteers – Jane Grant, John MacCulloch, Andrew Durrand, Marion McCoustra, Eion Ballantine, Tracy Gough, Sharon Barrie, David Barrie, Ian Campbell, Megan Campbell. Without our volunteers’ we would not be able to organise and run any events. The biggest thanks go to Fortrose’s Black Isle Leisure Centre (David Proudfoot and his team) for their continued use of their hall – and more importantly, their seamless efforts to support us on tournament days with flawless execution.
Raffle: Many thanks for all proceeds to our raffle – with top prize being a Racket provided by Ashaway; won by Alex Thompson (Moray). This did total £124 which will go towards a Highland Team being escorted to Largs - ‘SSBU U12 Anglo Scottish’.
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WINNERS U17
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Pos.
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Name
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Club
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Boys Singles
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1
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Calum Flockhart
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Wing Club
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2
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Marc Graham
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City of Glasgow
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3
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Fraser Sheriff
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City of Glasgow
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4
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Hamish Mccallister
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National Junior Squad
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Consolation Winner: Aaron Morrison, Inverness
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Girls Singles
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1
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Jodie Harris
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Mackie Academy / NE
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2
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Eilidh Mccallister
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Tall Oaks
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3
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Emma Donald
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Badminton Moray
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4
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Rachel Maclean
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George Watson's College
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Consolation Winner: Nicole Miller, Wick
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Boys Doubles
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1
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Marc Graham+Fraser Sheriff
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City of Glasgow
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2
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Bruce Mcwhirter+Aiden Smith
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Badminton Moray
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3
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Ian Campbell+Angus Meldrum
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Millburn Academy/Irvine Junior BC
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4
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Scott Mackenzie+Aaron Morrison
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City of Glasgow/IRA
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Consolation Winner: Tommy Ballantine+Mark McCoustra, Orkney+Thurso
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Consolation 2 winner: Jamie Higgs + Pratyush Singh
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Girls Doubles
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1
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Jodie Harris+Eilidh Mccallister
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Mackie Academy / NE/Tall Oaks
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2
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Rachel Maclean+Erin Sinclair
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George Watson's College/Hurlford Badminton
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3
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Emma Donald+Nadia Fenton
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Badminton Moray/Gairloch High School
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4
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Shona Cumming+Mhairi Maclean
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Badminton Moray
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Mixed Doubles
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1
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Calum Flockhart+Eilidh Mccallister
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Wing Club/Tall Oaks
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2
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Ian Campbell+Erin Sinclair
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Millburn Academy/Hurlford Badminton
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3
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Fraser Sheriff+Rachel Maclean
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City of Glasgow/George Watson's College
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4
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Angus Meldrum+Imogen Meldrum
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Irvine Junior BC
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Consolation Winner: Finlay Sherrif+Sophie Barrie, Glasgow+Inverness
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WINNERS U14
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Pos.
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Name
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Club
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Boys Singles
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1
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Matthew Waring
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Lanarkshire Academy
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2
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Nicky Hart
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Lanarkshire Academy
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3
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Josh Taylor
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National Junior Squad West
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4
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Daniel Harris
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Mackie Academy
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Consolation Winner: Keith Bray, Western Isles
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Girls Singles
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1
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Katie Stewart
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Scotstoun
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2
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Sophie Barrie
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Inverness City BC
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3
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Iona Muir
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Individual affiliation
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4
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Eva Tremble
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GSOS
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Consolation Winner: Elenaor Strath, Lochcarron
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Boys Doubles
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1
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Evan Kenny+Josh Taylor
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City of Glasgow BC/National Junior Squad West
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2
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Nicky Hart+Matthew Waring
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Lanarkshire Academy
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3
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Daniel Harris+Noah Sarvesvaran
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Mackie Academy/ NE/Badminton Scotland
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4
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Joseph O'Neil Ferrero+Callan Short
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North East BC/Nomads
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Consolation Winner: Zen McClure+Alex Thompson, Moray
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Girls Doubles
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1
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Iona Muir+Eva Tremble
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Individual affiliation/GSOS
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2
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Sophie Barrie+Anna Craig
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Inverness City BC/Scotstoun
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3
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Amy Craig+Katie Stewart
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GSOS/Scotstoun
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4
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Cara Strath+Eleanor Strath
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Lochcarron
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Consolation Winner: Molly MacDonald/Beth MacPhail, Western Isles
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Mixed Doubles
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1
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Josh Taylor+Katie Stewart
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National Junior Squad West/Scotstoun
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2
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Evan Kenny+Eva Tremble
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City of Glasgow BC/GSOS
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3
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Daniel O'Neil Ferrero+Sophie Barrie
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North East BC/Inverness City BC
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4
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Callan Short+Imogen Meldrum
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Nomads/GSOS
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Consolation Winner FINAL A: Ewan Stewart+Amy Craig, Glasgow
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Winner FINAL B: Calum Robertson+Isobel Howard, Moray
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Consolation Winner FINAL B: Jackson Smith+Eryn Dawson, Moravian
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Results can be found on tournament software:
http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/
Photos can be found on HBG Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/HBGroup007/
Report Courtesy of Margaret Campbell