Champion does well in badminton

Press, 6 April 1981, Page 19

Champion does well in badminton

Canterbury's outstanding A grade badminton club, Railway 1, began its defence of the interclub title with a "whitewash” of Christchurch at the V. R. Skel'erup Bad'.riinton Hall on Saturday. In each case, the wins were in straight games.

Both Mairehau and Hagley I had similarly crushing wins. Mairehau did drop one match to Hagley 11. but that was by way of Petcr Whiting safeguarding his fitness. He and Joanne Tucker having already won the first game of their mixed doubles against Mark Chambers and Bev Leopold, Whiting suffered a bruised foot. He finished that game, and defaulted the next, the team’s victory already in the tag, thus avoiding the risk of aggravating the injury. The handy depth of the Hagley club was well illustrated in its unblemished win against University. In the absence of David Ross. Greg Paskell filled in well, winning all three of his matches, indeed, the only flaw in the Hagley I performance was that the mixed doubles went to three games, Paskell and Brian Williams dropping the first, 16-18, and only winning the decider by the same margin.

The other three 'matches were much more keenly contested, with the sharp rivalry between the Bryndwr teams a feature. This turned out to be a battle of the top side’s male players ultimately accounting for the young female strength in the- second side.

Debbie Sherlock, a promising prospect, accounted for Wendy Thorpe — the latter gallantly scoring injury and illness — in both singles and doubles and Brvndwr I, its male clean-sweep i being countered by the same result to tlie Bryndwr II women, had to take both mixed doubles to win and that was hard fought. One sidelight was that brothers came into conflict on three occasions, and each, time, Mark Reid had the measure of David Reid. I However, the experience of John De Heron was the most critical point in Bryndwr Fs success. The depth of Railway’s re-

sources was underlined by the victory enjoyed by the second side, at the expense of Canterbury, even in spite of the three wins enjoyed by the siiy Audrey Smith. Graham Sercombe’s y cuth and vigour brought him a clean sweep in his matchings against Don Le Page. Warren Edgecumbe’s recent illness may have played a vital part in Knox's 3-5 loss to South Brighton, though the veteran’s steadiness brought Knox a vital victory in the mixed doubles. The equally-experienced Paul Boatwood also had to fight to hold out Eion Kirkland, but the most impressive performing was by a junior, Adrienne Williamson, against Janet Miles. Results:Railway II S, Canterbury 3 Men.—G. Sercombe beat D. Le Page , 15-4, 15-11; G. Rogers beat A. Spinks, 4-15, 15-3, 15-6. Sercombe and Rogers beat Le Page and Sparks. 15-12, 13-18, 15-5. Women.—K. Rogers beat J. Feek, 11-3, 11-5: S. Wilson lost to A. K. Smith, 7-11, 9-12. Rogers and Wilson lost to Feek and Smith, 15-11, 8-15, 7-15.

Mixed.—Sercombe and Wilson beat Le Page and Feek, 15-8, 15-9. Rogers and Rogers lost to Spinks and Smith, 10-15, 15-6, 12-15.

Bryndwr I 5, Bryndwr II 3 Men.—M. Reid beat D. Reid, 15-3, 15-9; J. Le Heron beat S. Tetai, 17-16, 10-15, 15-0. Le Heron and M. Reid beat D. Reid and Tetai, 15-5, 17-14. Women.W. Thorpe lost to D. Sherlock, 10-12, 3-11; J. Moore lost to J. Saunders, 11-12, 11-8. Thorpe and Moore lost to Sherlock and Saunders, 15-9, 4-15. 11-15. Mixed.—M. Reid and Thorpe beat D. Reid and Saunders, 15-9, 15-8; Le Heron and Moore beat Tetai and Sherlock, 15-13, 17-15. South Brighton 5, Knox 3 Men.—G. Prasanna beat W. Edgecumbe, 15-8, 15-5: P. V. Boatwood beat E. Kirkland, 18-17, 15-11. Boatwood and Prasanna beat Edgecumbe and Kirkland, 15-7, 15-11. Women.—A. Williamson beat J. Miles, 11-9, 12-9: R. Adam beat L. Kitchingham, 11-4, 11-8. Williamson and Adam lost to Miles and Kitchingham, 15-18, 15-18. Mixed.—Boatwood and Williamson lost to Edgecumbe and Miles, 15-17, 11-15; Prasanna and Adam lost to Kirkland and Kitchingham, 8-15, 12-15. Mairehau 7, Hagley II 1 Men.—P. Whiting beat M. Chambers, 15-3, 15-1; E. Ogier beat D. Bell, 13-18; 13-1, 15-7. Whiting and Ogier beat Chambers and Bell, 15-11, 15-8. Women.—J. Tucker beat R. White, 11-2, 11-1; N. Sintos beat B. Leopold, 12-11, 2-11, 11-3. Tucker and Sintes beat White and Leopold, 15-12, 18-15. Mixed.—Whiting and Tucker lost to Chambers and Leopold. 15-3, 15-17, 0-15; Ogier and Sintes beat Bell and White. 15-12, 15-6.

Railway I 8, Christchurch 0 Men.—G. A. Miller beat R. Manderson, 15-2, 15-6; A. Duckmanton beat P. Terrace, 15-4, 15-2. Miller and Duckmanton beat Manderson and Terrace, 15-6, 15-8.

Women.-—J. Clarke beat C. Erikson, 11-4, 11-4; R. Erskine beat N. Jacobs, 11-4, 11-6. Clarke and Erskine beat Erikson and Jacobs, 15-10, 15-10.

Mixed.—Miller and Erskine beat Manderson and Jacobs. 15-9, 15-10; Duckmanton and Clarke beat Terrace and Erikson, 15-12, 15-9. Hagley I 8, University 0

Men.—B. Williams beat G. Girdler, 15-1, 15-8: G. Paskell beat Ng Hui Hua, 15-12, 15-11. Williams ana Paskell beat Girdler and Ng, 16-18, 15-7, 18-16. Women.—J. Hood beat R. Hodgson, 12-10, 12-9; R. Stanton beat J. Wood, 11-3, 11-5. Hood and Stanton beat Hodgson and Wood, 15-8, 15-11. Mixed.—Williams and Stanton beat Girdler and Wood, 15-4, 15-4; Paskell and Hood beat Ng and Hodgson, la-7, 15-7.