Badminton Many defections in final round

Press, 1 September 1980, Page 21

Badminton Many defections in final round

t '..' The absence of some top players and the number of defaults marked the final round of the A grade badminton championships at Skellerup Hall on. Saturday. One team somewhat depleted was the second-placed side. Hagjrtey 11, which missed its two top -men. Brian Williams was ill and Dave Bell had pulled stomach muscles. Their repalcements, Allan ■ Overton and Allan Drewett, both • \ acquitted themselves well, and •. (though they lost in straight i ■ games to Geoff Miller and An- • -drew Duckmanton (Railway I) .- ■ respectively, Hagley II was happy ■ to win three of the contests. One ’' of them was an entertaining : • - women’s doubles with Rosey Kerr and Karen Rogers getting - ■’.the better of Jane Clarke and Robyn Erskine. Railway I finished with a con- .. vincing 35-point win in the com_petition, with Hagley II only '• just holding off the club’s No. 1 . 1 side by a bare point. j ' ■ That late run by Hagley I came ' in a close 5-3 victory over Knox e.which , won only one of the Singles, but made a bold showing in the doubles. Knox’s singles win was provided by Lynda Kitchingham who met a B grade player, Robyn White. Miss White gave spirited opposition in the singles and, in particular, the doubles. In the end the over-all result of the contest depended on the men’s doubles between Hagley I’s David Ross and Charles Wasley, and the more “seasoned” combination of Warren Edge- ■ cumbe and Eoin Kirkland for j. - Knox. A Knox success would - 'have required a games count- ' ( Ross and' Wasley quickly estab--'lished their superiority in the 'first game but Kirkland and a flu-stricken Edgecumbe gritted ■: .'their teeth and got things going I ' well to win the second. In the '* -third, though, the younger pairing was on top from the start i' ' and looked v;ery sharp. r ' ' There was a little tragedy in 8 ’the section II contest between

the two South Brighton teams. Brent Wilson (South Brighton I), making a return from injury after a five-week absence, went over on his knee late in the very' even first game against John Barker. He was unable to play the second game of the match and also had to default his two doubles. Easily the closest of the singles' was that between Christine Campbell and Lori Ellis (also an A grade squash player) with the former shading her opponent 12-11 in the third game. Once again both Ross Campbell and Paul Boatwood were missing from the South Brighton line-ups. In another section II match Railway climbed ahead of Hagley 111 into third place, taking advantage of three defaults by the Hagley' team. University,'in section 111, was also one woman short, and the only three matches it lost against Christchurch were defaults. The best match here was the mixed doubles which went to setting in the third.

Final points.—Section I: Railway I 166, Hagley II 131, Hagley I 130. Knox 116. Section II: South Brighton II 115, South Brighton I 97, Rahway 11 91, Hagley 111 83. Section III: Bryndwr-Kaiapoi 86, University 81, Christchurch 75. Results:— Knox 3, Hagley 5 Singles.—W. Edgecumbe lost to D. Ross. 12-15, 4-15; E. Kirkland lost to C. Wasley, 12-15. 5-15; Miss J. Miles lost to Miss J. Hood, 7-11, 11-6, 11-3; Miss L. Kitchingham beat Miss R. White, 11-6, 11-0. Doubles. — Edgecumbe and Kirkland lost to Ross and Wasley'. 5-15, 15-6, 3-15. Misses Miles and Kitchingham beat Misses Hood and White, 15-6, 15-12; Edgecumbe and Miss Miles beat Ross and Miss White, 15-11, 15-7; Kirkland and Miss Kitchingham lost to Wasley and Miss Hood, 10-15. 6-15.

Hagley II 3, Railways I 5 Singles.—A. Overton lost to G. Miller, 9-15, 1-15; A. Drewett lost to A. Duckmanton, 3-15, 11-15; R. Kerr lost to J. Clarke, 5-11, 4-11;

K. Rogers beat R. Erskine, 11-5, 11-4.

Doubles.—Overton and Drewett lost to Miller and Duckmanton, 3-15, 8-15; Miss Kerr and Mrs Rogers beat Misses Clarke and Erskine. 15-10, 15-11; Mrs Rogers and Overton lost to Miller and Miss Erskine, 12-15, 11-15; Miss Kerr and Drewett beat Duckmanton and Miss Clarke, 15-9, 15-5.

South Brighton II 5, South Brighton I 3 Singles.—J. Barker beat B. Wilson, 16-14, 15-0; P. McMillan lost to M. Hutton, 8-15, 3-15; Miss C. Campbell beat Miss L. Ellis, 6-11, 11-4, 12-11; Mrs B. Avery beat Mrs H. Cliff, 8-11, 11-1, 11-0. Doubles.—Barker and McMillan beat Wilson and Hutton, by default; Miss Campbell and Mrs Avery lost to Miss Ellis and Mrs Cliff 17-14. 16-18, 3-15; Barker and Miss Campbell beat Wilson and Miss Ellis by default; McMillan and Mrs Avery lost to Hutton and Mrs Cliff 16-18, 7-15. Hagley 111 2, Railway II 6 Singles.—M. Chambers lost to M. Nolan. 9-15, 2-15; S. Chambers lost to G. Sercombe, 8-15, 12-15; Mrs J. Jamieson beat Mrs N. Jacobs, 9-11, 11-8, 11-4; Miss A. Ramsay lost to Miss S. Wilson by default. Doubles. — Chambers and Chambers lost to Nolan and Sercombe. 5-15, 6-15; Mrs Jamieson and Miss Ramsay lost by default; S. Chambers and Miss Ramsay lost by default; M. Chambers and Mrs Jamieson beat Sercombe and Miss Wilson, 15-6, 18-6.

Christchurch 3, University 5 Singles—D. Le Page lost to C. Goh, 10-15, 12-15; P. Terrace lost to G. Girdler, 9-15, 7-15; Miss J. Tucker lost to Miss .P. David, 8-11, 7-11; Miss G. Askew won by default.

Doubles. — Le Page and Terrace lost to Goh and Girdler. 15-12, 10-15, 7-15; Misses Askew and Tucker won by default; Le Page and Miss Askew lost to Goh and Miss David, 6-15, 15-6, 13-18; Terrace and Miss Tucker won by default.

Bryndwr-Kaiapoi 7, Combined I