Orkney Badminton Association Hosted One of Their Biggest Competitions on Sunday 18Th November

Orkney Badminton Association hosted one of their biggest competitions on Sunday 18th November. The Primary Schools Singles & Doubles has always been challenging due to the sheer number of players and officials involved. The Organisers extend a massive thankyou to everyone helping and taking part on the day.

Orkney Badminton are delighted to have R Clouston Ltd sponsoring the Primary School competitions, which also includes the team event held at the end of the season. A huge thank you to them for supporting and promoting this age Group Championships.

Games were timed up to the Finals, where 1 set to 21 was then played. Plate Competitions were also drawn up in each event for 1st round losers. 53 Players entered and entertained us with many close games. Orkney Badminton are delighted to see so many boys and girls playing at such a high standard in this age Group which is credit to the coaches & parents involved. 7 Schools were represented this year being Dounby(D), Glaitness (G), Firth (F), Stromness (S) St Andrews (StA), Papdale(P) and Orphir(O).

Girls Singles had 17 entries. 3rd & 4th place saw Ingrid Rendall(F) and Neve Hall (StA) playing off, with Ingrid emerging the winner 21-13 for 3rd place. Molly Cant(G) was the 1st seed and always going to be the one to beat and she held her form, coming through to play Freya Stevenson(StA) in the Final. Molly had the upper hand in the first half but Freya fought back, both girls showing good tactics, they were tied at 20 all and then had to play for 2 clear points to win. Molly then edged her way through to take the title 22-20. Girls Plate had close games before Adele Flett(G) and Tegan Spence(D) came through to play the Final, Both girls worked hard and Adele edged ahead to win 21-15. Girls Doubles had 8 entries. Neve Hall & Ann Lennie(StA) edged through 16-15 in a very close semifinal against Ingrid Rendall & Nicola Williams(F). 3rd & 4th place was between Allannah Johnston & Kiera Stevenson (G) and Ingrid Rendall & Nicola Williams (F), all 4 girls played well and Allanah & Kiera edged ahead to win 21-14. Molly Cant(G) & Freya Stevenson(StA) teamed up and were a very strong pairing, playing very well in all their games and proving too strong for everyone including Neve & Ann in the Final winning 21-8.Girls Doubles Plate Final was Megan Clouston(O) & Nicola Sutherland (S) against Ellis Tait & Tegan Spence(D) with all 4 trying their best to move the shuttle around. Ellis & Tegan won this 21-13.

Boys Singles had 36 entries with many close games. Sam Rendall(StA) and Tommy Ballantine (G) played off for 3rd place with Sam emerging the winner 21-18. Charlie Corsie was on great form, as was Reid Kemp, both coming through with good wins to reach the Final, both playing very well, moving the shuttle around before Charlie edged ahead to win 21-19.Boys Singles Plate had a very close Final also, before Simon Carmichael emerged the winner against Ross Sinclair(G) 23/21. Boys Doubles had 13 entries. 3rd & 4th places were contested by Sam Rendall & Glen Foubister(StA) and Ross Sinclair & George Bailey(G), Sam & Glen worked well together to take 3rd place 21-12. The Final between Ewan Flett & Reid Kemp(G) and Tommy Ballantine & Charlie Corsie(G) was another crowd pleaser with all the boys working hard to gain points and outplay each other. Ewan & Reid then came through to win 21-15. Boys Doubles Plate was Ryan Hourston & Andrew Seator against Morgan Flett & Craig Drury, all from Firth, with Ryan & Andrew emerging the winners 21-9. Full results shown below:

Girls Singles

First Round: Megan Clouston(O) beat Ellis Tait(StA) 21 – 15;.

Second Round : Molly Cant(G) beat Megan Clouston(O) 32 – 5; Charis Reid(P) beat Nicola Sutherland(S) 21 – 15; Kiera Stevenson(G) beat Adele Flett(P) 21 – 18; Neve Hall (StA) beat Millie Stout (P) 37 – 6; Kasey Garriock(G) beat Ann Lennie (StA) 31 – 10; Ingrid Rendall(F) beat Senga Tait (StA) 33 – 5; Allanah Johnston (G) beat Tegan Spence(D) 18 – 13; Freya Stevenson(StA) beat Lilly Gray (G) 39 – 3.

Quarter Finals Molly Cant (G) beat Charis Reid(P) 31 – 4; Neve Hall (StA) beat Kiera Stevenson (G) 19 – 17; Ingrid Rendall(F) beat Kasey Garriock (G) 21 – 12; Freya Stevenson(StA) beat Allanah Johnston 32 – 2.

Semi Finals: Molly Cant(G) beat Neve Hall (StA) 21 – 17; Freya Stevenson(StA) beat Ingrid Rendall(F) 20 – 10.

3rd Place Playoff: Ingrid Rendall(F) beat Neve Hall (StA) 21 -13.

Final: Molly Cant(G) beat Freya Stevenson(StA) 22 – 20.

Girls Singles Plate

Quarter Finals: Nicola Sutherland (S) beat Lilly Gray(G) 22 – 18; Ellis Tait(D) beat Millie Stout(P) 26 – 16; Tegan Spence(D) beat Ann Lennie (StA) 24 – 9.

SemiFinals: Adele Flett(P) beat Nicola Sutherland(S) 23 – 15; Tegan Spence(D) beat Ellis Tait(D) 16 – 15.

Final: Adele Flett(P) beat Tegan Spence(D) 21 – 15.

Girls Doubles

Quarter Finals: Molly Cant(G) and Freya Stevenson(StA) beat Megan Clouston(O) and Nicola Sutherland(S) 23 – 11; Allanah Johnston and Kiera Stevenson(G) beat Charis Reid and Adele Flett(P) 15 – 14; Ingrid Rendall and Nicola Williams(F) beat Ellis Tait and Tegan Spence(D) 19 – 7; Neve Hall and Ann Lennie(StA) beat Kasey Garriock(G) and Millie Stout(P) 20 – 16.

SemiFinals: Molly Cant(G) and Freya Stevenson(StA) beat Allanah Johnston and Kiera Stevenson(G) 22 – 8; Neve Hall and Ann Lennie (StA) beat Ingrid Rendall and Nicola Williams(F) 16 – 15.

3rd Place Playoff: Allanah Johnston and Kiera Stevenson(G) beat Ingrid Rendall and Nicola Williams(F) 21 – 14.

Final: Molly Cant(G) and Freya Stevenson(StA) beat Neve Hall and Ann Lennie(StA) 21 – 8.

Girls Doubles Plate

SemiFinals: Megan Clouston(O) and Nicola Sutherland(S) beat Charis Reid and Adele Flett(P) 16 -14; Ellis Tait and Tegan Spence(D) beat Kasey Garriock(G) and Millie Stout(P) 18 – 10.

Final: Ellis Tait & Tegan Spence(D) beat Megan Clouston (O) and Nicola Sutherland(S) 21 – 13.

Boys Singles

First Round : Kalvin Clark (D) beat Findlay Cooper (StA) 15 – 13 ; Nairn Hall (StA) beat Jamie Hutchison (P) 23 – 9 ; Ryan Hourston (F) beat Rhys Davies (StA) 19 – 18 ; Cameron Milne (G) beat Owen Wick (StA) 21 – 4.

Second Round: Ewan Flett (G) beat Kalvin Clark (D) 27 – 3 ; Nairn Hall (StA) beat Scott Stevenson (D) 15 -14 ; Jay Foubister (G) beat Ryan Hourston (F) 19 – 14 ; Charlie Corsie (G) beat Cameron Milne (G) 27 – 6 ; George Bailey (G) beat Jacob Urguias (P) 24 – 5 ; Jed Watt (F) beat Fraser Bruce (G) 22 – 10 ; Jude Hill (D) beat Lachlan Dufort-Kennet (P) 28 – 11 ; Sam Rendall (StA) beat Andrew Seator (F) 28 – 7 ; Tommy Ballantine (G) beat Archie Flett (P) 23 – 6 ; Aidan Foubister (G) beat Simon Carmichael (F) 19 – 18 ; Connor Hancock (StA) beat Ross Leslie (G) 25 -15 ; Jamie Clouston (P) beat Finn Hancock (StA) 13 – 8 ; Glen Foubister (StA) beat Ross Sinclair (G) 22 – 13 ; Ryan Mooney (StA) beat Jamie Leitch (F) 28 – 5 ; Keir Garriock (StA) beat Craig Drury (F) 26 – 5 ; Reid Kemp (G) beat Ewan Stevenson (SA) 33 – 6.

Third Round : Ewan Flett (G) beat Nairn Hall (StA) 21 – 11 ; Charlie Corsie (G) beat Jay Foubister (G) 28 – 7 ; George Bailey (G) beat Jed Watt (F) 25 – 10 ; Sam Rendall (StA) beat Jude Hill (D) 31 – 6 ; Tommy Ballantine (G) beat Aidan Foubister (G) 22 – 8 ; Jamie Clouston (P) beat Connor Hancock (StA) 32 – 11 ; Ryan Mooney (StA) beat Glen Foubister (SA) 18 – 12 ; Reid Kemp (G) beat Keir Garriock (StA) 23 – 10.

Quarter Finals : Charlie Corise (G) beat Ewan Flett (G) 21 – 13 ; Sam Rendall (StA) beat George Bailey (G) 22 – 21 ; Tommy Ballantine (G) beat Jamie Clouston (P) 21 – 19 ; Reid Kemp (G) beat Ryan Mooney (StA) 22 – 13.

Semi Final : Charlie Corsie (G) beat Sam Rendall (SA) 25 – 9 ; Reid Kemp (G) beat Tommy Ballantine (G) 34 – 5.

3rd Place Play Off : Tommy Ballantine (G) beat Sam Rendall (StA) 21 – 18.

Final : Charlie Corsie (G) beat Reid Kemp (G) 21 -19.

Boys Singles Plate

First Round : Craig Drury (F) beat Jamie Leitch (F) 18 – 13.

Second Round : Simon Carmichael (F) beat Owen Wick (StA) 28 – 5 ; Lachlan Dufort-Kennet (P) beat Finn Hancock (StA) 18 – 16 ; Andrew Seator (F) beat Fraser Bruce (G) 17 – 16 ; Craig Drury (F) beat Scott Stevenson (D) 17 – 16 ; Ross Sinclair (G) beat Jacob Urguias (P) 26 – 3 ; Archie Flett (P) beat Jamie Hutchison (P) 24 – 8 ; Ross Leslie (G) beat Ewan Stevenson (StA) 23 – 14 ; Rhys Davies (StA) beat Findlay Cooper (StA) 29 – 8.

Quarter Finals : Simon Carmichael (F) beat Lachlan Dufort-Kennet (P) 30 – 7 ; Andrew Seator (F) beat Craig Drury (F) 22 – 16 ; Ross Sinclair (G) beat Archie Flett (P) 20 – 15 ; Ross Leslie (G) beat Rhys Davies (StA) 19 – 18.

Semi Finals : Simon Carmichael (F) beat Andrew Seator (F) 17 – 10 ; Ross Sinclair (G) beat Ross Leslie (G) 18 – 10.

Final : Simon Carmichael (F) beat Ross Sinclair (G) 23 – 21

Boys Doubles

First Round : Ewan Stevenson and Nairn Hall (StA) beat Ryan Hourston and Andrew Seator (F) 13 – 12 ; Fraser Bruce and Cameron Milne (G) beat Morgan Flett and Craig Drury (F) 17 – 1 4 ; Ross Sinclair and George Bailey (G) beat Archie Flett and Luke Shearer (P) 23 – 9 ; Ryan Mooney and Rhys Davies (StA) beat Jamie Leitch and Craig Kirkness (P) 24 – 2 ; Simon Carmichael and Jed Watt (F) beat Findlay Cooper and Finn Hancock (StA) 25 – 6.

Quarter Finals : Ewan Flett and Reid Kemp (G) beat Ewan Stevenson and Nairn Hall (StA) 24 – 8 ; Ross Sinclair and George Bailey (G) beat Fraser Bruce and Cameron Milne (G) 25 – 5 ; Sam Rendall and Glen Foubister (StA) beat Ryan Mooney and Rhys Davies (StA) 22 – 5 ; Tommy Ballantine and Charlie Corsie (G) beat Simon Carmichael and Jed Watt (F) 21 – 7.

Semi Final : Ewan Flett and Reid Kemp (G) beat Ross Sinclair and George Bailey (G) 18 – 14 ; Tommy Ballantine and Charlie Corsie (G) beat Sam Rendall and Glen Foubister (StA) 19 – 12 ;

3rd Place Play Off : Sam Rendall and Glen Foubister (StA) beat Ross Sinclair and George Bailey (G) 21 – 12.

Final : Ewan Flett and Reid Kemp (G) beat Tommy Ballantine and Charlie Corsie (G) 21 – 19.

Boys Doubles Plate

Quarter Finals : Archie Flett and Luke Shearer (P) beat Findlay Cooper and Finn Hancock (StA) 26 – 15.

Semi Finals : Ryan Hourston and Andrew Seator (F) beat Jamie Leitch and Craig Kirkness (F) 29 – 5 ; Morgan Flett and Craig Drury (F) beat Archie Flett and Luke Shearer (P) 20 – 13.

Final : Ryan Hourston and Andrew Seator (F) beat Morgan Flett and Craig Drury (F) 21 – 9.