Badminton countback

Press, 11 August 1980, Page 4

Badminton countback

Two contests decided on a countback and ■ a ' default highlighted the first round of section play in the A grade badminton competition at the Skellerup Hall yesterday.

' The closest finish was the section one match between the nearest teams to the topplaced Railway I side, Hagley I and Hagley. 11.

Both had two singles and two doubles wins, and both had a win and a loss in matches which wett to three games. Both won nine individual games but Hagley I had a 10-point advantage when all the points were tallied up! Christchurch beat BryndwrKaiapoi, 10 games to eight, after the score was level at 4-4. Christchurch won by. virtue of taking a game in the men’s singles and the second mixed doubles. Although losing both matches, those games were enough to allow Christchurch to sneak ahead on a countback.

Railway II beat South Brighton I by default, a loss which cuts to one point South Brighton’s lead in section two.

i In Ra!lwayTss-3 win over Knox, Geoff Miller had his first win in three matches this season against Warren Edgecumbe while Eion Kirkland reversed a first round loss to Andrew Duckmanton. In the other matches, South Brighton II beat Hagley 111, 5-3, Mark Chambers having a good win over-.Pras-anna Gulasekharam, and University beat Combined, 'B,-0. Points —Section I: Railway I 143, Hagley II 125, Hagley I 119, Knox 102. Section II: South Brighton 1 94, South Brighton II 93, Railway, II .76, Hagley 111 67. Section III: University 68, BryndwrKaiapoi 60, Christchurch 58.

Results: — Knox 3, Railway I 5 Singles.—W. Edgecumbe lost to G. Miller, 7-15, 13-15; E. Kirkland

beat A. Duckmanton, 15-11. 15-1; Miss J. Miles lost' to Miss J. Clarke, 11-12, 3-11; Miss L. Kitchingham beat Mrs R. Erskine, 11-6, 11-8.

Doubles. — Edgecumbe and Kirkland lost to Miller and Duckmanton, 6-15, 6-15;. Miss Miles and Miss Kltchingham beat Miss Clarke and Mrs Erskine, 15-9, 15-7; Edgecumbe and Miss Mlle s lost to Miller and Mrs Erskine, 12-15, 6-15; Kirkland and Miss Kitchingham lost to Duckmanton and. Miss Clarke. 11-15, 15-5. 7-15.

Railway II beat South Brighton I, by default Hagley 111 3, South Brighton II 5 Singles.—M. Chambers beat P. Gulasekharam, 6-15. 18-17, 18-15; S. . Chambers lost to K. Tibble, 15-9. 17-18, 10-15; Mrs J. Jamieson beat Mrs B. Avery, 8-11, 12-11, 11-8; Mrs B. Leonold lost to Miss A. Williamson. 1-11, 0-11. Doubles.—Chambers and Chambers lost to Gulasekharam and Tibble, 10-15. 13-15; Mrs Jamieson and Mrs Leopold beat Mrs Avery and Miss Williamson. 15-6, 15=12; S. Chambers and Mrs Leopold lost to Gulasekharam and Mrs Avery. 10-15,- 1-15; M. Chambers and Mrs Jamieson lost to Tibble and Miss Williamson. 12-15, 9-15.

Combined 3, University 5 Bryndwr/Kaiapol S, Christchurch 10 Singles.—J. Le Heron lost to D. Le Page. 5-15, 12-15; M. Reid beat P. Terrace, 15-7, 15-7; Miss W. Thorpe beat Mrs S. Goddard, 11-3, 11-6; Mrs D. Smith lost to Miss C. Erikson. 9-11, 9-12. Doubles.—Le Heron and Reid beat Le Page and Terrace, 12-15, 15-9, 15-6; Miss Thorpe and Mrs Smith lost to Mrs Goddard and Miss C. Erikson, 445, 745; Reid and Miss Thorpe lost to Le Page and Mrs Goddard. 14-17. 9-15; Le Heron and Mrs Smith beat Terrace and Miss Erikson, 12-15, 15-4. 15-12. ' ' . Hagley II 191 points, Hagley I 201 points Singles.—B. Williams beat D. Rass. 18-15, 15-2: D. Bell lost to C. Wasley. 11-15, 4-15; Miss R. Kerr lost to Miss J. Hood. 4-11, 11- 3-11; Mrs K. Rogers-beat Mrs V. Cooper, 11-5, 11-1. ; > Doubles.—Williams and (Bell lost' to Ross and Wasley, 14-17, 8-15:t Mrs Rogers arid' Miss, JCetr beat Miss Hood and Mrs Cooper, 12- 15-12, 15-1; Williams ~ and Miss Kerr beat Ros., and*.Mrs Cooper, 15-11. 17-16; Bell and Mrs Rogers lost to Wasley and Miss Hood. 1-15, 6-15. . '