Well done to all the teams who took part in the third fixture of the North East Wales Junior League last Saturday!
The level of badminton is improving all the time and there were some excellent games on show!
Winners:
Division 1 – Christleton A
Division 2 – Buckley A
Division 3 – Eros C
Division 4 – Christleton C
Division 5 – Eros E
Division 6 – Eros F
Full results and further details about Junior League can be found HERE.
Sunday, 23rd April, saw 64 juniors and their families, coaches and supporters filling Mold LC to capacity for the Gareth Coppack Memorial Tournament. Clubs from Buckley, Flint, Rossett, Connah’s Quay, Prestatyn and Christleton took part, with an age range from 7 to 17. The whole event was played in a brilliantly sporting manner and it was great to see kids who hadn’t competed before taking part.
The trophy went to Flint A who didn’t drop a game in the competition, silver medals went to Christleton A, and bronze to St Peter’s A and Prestatyn A who were third and fourth respectively.
Thanks to players, supporters, coaches and helpers and to the Coppack family who came to present the trophy.
Jane Liddle
Connah’s Quay Junior Badminton Club showed why they are so highly regarded as members of the North East Wales Junior Badminton League.
With talent galore and masterminded by top Coach, Jane Roberts, they have swept all before them this season, becoming Junior League Champions and then going on to win the prestigious Gareth Coppack Memorial Team Tournament with Emily Finch voted the League’s Girls Sports Personality for 2019/2020.
The winning squad, seen in the picture, consisted of L to R and back row, Jack Foster, Tim Roberts-Biggs, Kyle Roberts-Lamb, Declyn Bayly, Aarthy Aravind, Grace Evans, Will Winfield, Emily Finch and Rhianna Goodrum; front row Liam Ellis, Ben Foster and Abhishek Aravind.
In the North East Wales Senior Badminton League the Corona virus implication has had an unfortunate effect on play, with the League Committee taking urgent action to safeguard the health of its members by cancelling the remaining fixtures.
Connah’s Quay Junior Badminton Club showed why they are so highly regarded as members of the North East Wales Junior Badminton League.
With talent galore and masterminded by top Coach, Jane Roberts, they have swept all before them this season, becoming Junior League Champions and then going on to win the prestigious Gareth Coppack Memorial Team Tournament with Emily Finch voted the League’s Girls Sports Personality for 2019/2020.
The winning squad, seen in the picture, consisted of L to R and back row, Jack Foster, Tim Roberts-Biggs, Kyle Roberts-Lamb, Declyn Bayly, Aarthy Aravind, Grace Evans, Will Winfield, Emily Finch and Rhianna Goodrum; front row Liam Ellis, Ben Foster and Abhishek Aravind.
In the North East Wales Senior Badminton League the Corona virus implication has had an unfortunate effect on play, with the League Committee taking urgent action to safeguard the health of its members by cancelling the remaining fixtures.
In Division 3 second placed Holywell A visited the other side of town to whitewash Flint Phoenix C 8 – 0. At second mixed Chris Travers and Gwenda Moorcroft came closest to winning for Flint when they took on David and Anne Booth. Travers and Moorcroft opened up and played some sublime attacking badminton to take the first game 21/19. However the Booth duo dug in and responded with a change of tactics in the second game to seize the initiative. With Travers and Moorcroft outplayed and forced on the defensive the Booths ran out comfortable 21/5 winners. The decider was a real humdinger of a game; the lead constantly changing hands with long rallies being enjoyed by the spectators. With nothing to choose between the two pairs it came down to who made the least unforced errors and that turned out to be the battling Booths who edged it 21/18 to take the game and their match.
Denbigh B hosted Llanferres D who arrived a lady short and having to concede two events were up against it at the start of their match. Denbigh went on to capitalise on Llanferres situation and with strength in depth cruised to a 6 – 2 win. Player of the match for Denbigh, Jane Thomas, teamed up with Bethan Sian to put on a dazzling display of ladies doubles to overwhelm Emma Browne and Pauline Brooke-Rankin to win easily by 21/5 and 21/9.
Two junior teams representing the North East Wales Badminton League’s Junior Satellite Squad, took on their longstanding rivals, Conwy recently at Mold. The Under 15 team of George Furnival, Ben Bromwich, Harry Ledsham, Cathal Johnson and Elliot Caines rose to the occasion and playing some fantastic badminton triumphed 6 – 4.
The Under 17 team consisted of Max Gilbert, Luke Hughes, Tomos Tustain, Adam Griffiths, Will Winfield, Hannah Harrison, Megan Blackburn and Grace Evans with all playing superbly to go on and win 9 – 7. Will Winfield, Grace Evans and Cathal Johnson starred, putting in particularly strong performances, each winning all their three matches.
In the League’s latest tables to the 29 February Division 1 is still headed by, as yet, undefeated Eros on 91 points, closely followed by Flint Phoenix A on 89.
Flint Phoenix A reinforced their determination to challenge for the top position with a resounding 8 – 0 win away over Mold B. At fourth mixed for Mold, Dan Roberts and Lili Thomas came closest to a home win when they took David Carnelly and Jude Hughes to three games before losing out by 21/15, 11/21 and 13/21.
Mold’s A team however went one better when they entertained Deeside and with the visitors handicapped by being a lady short, applied the 8 – 0 whitewash. Deeside’s Ashley Oxborough and Gareth Thomas put up serious resistance in their top men’s doubles against Ton Peace and Pete Walker just losing out by 21/19, 11/21 and 20/22.
Flint Phoenix B sit on top of Division 2 with 94 points with Buckley in second position on 89.
Flint Phoenix B showed their strength in depth when they demolished Llanferres B 8 -0. Only at fourth mixed did Flint’s Alfie Moorcroft and Holly Gill not win in two straight games when they were taken to the decider by Ben Garnett and Moira Bonar before clinching the match by 18/21, 21/12 and 21/16.
The clash between second placed Buckley and third placed Llangollen proved to be a highly competitive match with little to choose between the two teams and the result was a fair 4 – 4 draw. Event of the evening was at second ladies which saw Buckley’s Alison Ince and Chris Dailey take a hard earned match against Jo Drummett and Zoe Pritchard by 17/21, 21/19 and 21/18.
In Division 3 Connah’s Quay look certainties for promotion with 97 points along with Holywell A on 91.
The Quay cleared up at Llanferres D when they put the home team to the sword winning 8 – 0. At second mixed Sian Elias and Kris Paterson had to work hard in a long three game thriller to eventually edge out Martyn Davies and Pauline Brooke – Rankin by 18/21, 23/21 and 21/15.
Confusion over names on the score sheet didn’t prevent Mold C from securing a comfortable 8 – 0 win over bottom club Holywell B. Match of the evening was at third mixed which saw Eve Ellis and rising star James Maddocks play impressively to take their event with Hilary Roberts and John Speed by 18/21, 21/17 and 21/17.
