Canty just beaten in badminton
The title-holder, Canterbury, suffered a narrow loss to North Shore, 19 sets to 18, during the first round of the New Zealand junior inter-pro-vincial badminton championship at Skellerup Hall yesterday.
Although Canterbury won all of the girls’ singles and doubles events, it could add victories in only one boys’ singles and one mixed doubles. North Shore fared better in the count-back after each team had finished with eight match wins.
North Shore 19 sets, Canterbury 18
Canterbury names first.— Singles.—Boys: J. Fletcher lost to G. Cox, 11-15, 5-15; T. Campbell beat N. Wilkins, 15-9, 15-9; R. Mitchell lost to L. Little, 5-15, 2-15; D. Oliver lost to T. Tait, 13-15, 7-15. Girls: A. Williamson beat R. Moreton, 11-6, 7-11, 11-7; S. Pizzey beat L. Forbes, 12-11, 11-6; P. Thorpe beat B. Green, 11-4,11-1; L. Smith beat K. Edmond, 10-12, 11-7, 12-9.
Doubles.—Boys: Campbell and Mitchell lost to Cox and Little, 5-15, 6-15; Fletcher and D. Lester lost to Wilkins and Tait, 6-15, 8-15. Girls: Williamson and Smith beat Moreton and Forbes, 15-11, 15-10; Thorpe and Pizzey beat Green and Edmond, 15-9,15-5. Mixed: Fletcher and Thorpe lost to Cox and Forbes, 16-18. 12-15;
Mitchell and Williamson lost to Little and Moreton, 11-15, 15-2, 2-15; Campbell and Smith beat Wilkins and Edmond, 1715, 9-15, 15-12; Oliver and M. McMullen lost to Tait and Green, 17-15, 3-15, 0-15. Canterbury 10, Hutt Valley 6 Canterbury names first.— Singles.—Boys: Fletcher lost to C. Werry, 18-16, 9-15, 7-15; Campbell lost to P. Dowell, 1015, 11-15; Mitchell lost to P. Clare, 15-18,18-13,11-15; Lester lost to B. Watson, 12-15, 18-14, 6-15. Girls: Williamson beat K. Troughton, 11-2, 11-0; Pizzey beat E. Heath, 11-2, 11-1; Thorpe beat L. Weatherhead, 11-8, 11-4; Smith beat F. Ogilvie, 11-12, 11-3, 11-7.
Doubles.—Boys: Mitchell and Campbell lost to Dowell and Clare, 9-15, 15-17; Fletcher and Lester lost to Werry and S. Halstead, 15-6, 11-15, 0-15. Girls: Williamson and Smith beat Heath and Weatherhead, 15-2, 15-10; Pizzey and Thorpe beat Troughton and Ogilvie, 15-8, 7-15, 15-13. Mixed: Fletcher and Thorpe beat Werry and Heath, 15-9, 15-11. Mitchell and Williamson beat Clare and Weatherhead, 15-7, 17-14. Campbell and Smith beat Dowell and Troughton, 1015, 15-12, 15-5. Lester and McMullen beat Halstead and Ogilvie, 15-9, 15-6. In other matches Auckland beat Hutt Valley, 13-3, and North Shore, 11-5.
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