Cornwall County Badminton Association
Hon President Mike Avery
Veterans Tournament
At Cornwall College, Trevenson Road, Pool, Redruth. TR15 3RD
On Sunday 7th January 2024
10.00am to 5.00 pm
Please tell anyone who might be interested in participating
Entries can be made by telephone or email by 1st Jan 2024
Cost £16 for one element or £20 for 2 elements
Cornwall’s top players make storming start
The first matches of the new season in Badminton England’s Senior County Championships took place last weekend, as Cornwall’s best players travelled to Bridgwater in Somerset to begin their campaign for promotion this year.
First up in the morning were a young Devon team and Cornwall’s four singles players, Milo Semonin, Harry Dyer, Hope Warner and Joanna Vyvyan set the tone by winning all the games in two comfortable ends.
The Cornish men continued their form in the doubles, as Milo and Liam Sillifant, plus Harry and older brother Jack Dyer, won again in two impressive ends. In the women’s doubles two new pairings of Hope and Melissa Lin, and Joanna and Bronwen Wotton, both went the distance in their games but won in three ends.
To complete the match, the three mixed doubles pairs of Milo and Hope, Elliot Dyer and Melissa, and Guy Michell and Bronwen, once again gave the Devon team no quarter, and won, to make the overall match score a storming 11-0 score.
In the afternoon Cornwall took on one of the Avon teams, and again won all 4 singles games, with only Harry going to three ends before winning well against an experienced player, to give another great start.
Milo and Liam had two close ends in the men’s doubles, but won despite setting in both, while Harry and Jack won their game in convincing style. Hope and Melissa again stormed to victory, and Joanna and Bronwen followed suit despite being pushed in a hard-fought win.
The three mixed pairs of Milo and Hope, Elliot and Melissa, and Guy and Bronwen completed the match in fine form by all winning in two to give another 11-0 overall score, and a fantastic 100% start to the season.
Cornwall team –
Milo Semonin (Illogan), Harry Dyer (Truro), Liam Sillifant (Launceston), Jack Dyer (Truro), Elliot Dyer (Truro), Guy Michell (St Austell), Hope Warner (Illogan), Joanna Vyvyan (Camborne), Melissa Lin (Truro), Browen Wotton (Bristol)
A Bonanza of Badminton, Sir Ben Ainslie Sports Centre, Truro, 19th November 2023
Over 50 badminton players from all over Cornwall, Devon and Somerset, gathered at Truro School’s 8 court sports centre at the weekend to take part in Cornwall Badminton Association’s popular Bonanza event.
The idea of Badminton Bonanza tournaments is to give both social players and those who play league badminton a chance to try out and develop their skills against different players. The many regulars were joined this time by some very welcome new faces, some playing in a tournament for the first time, as the Bonanza goes from strength to strength, with any profits going towards developing badminton in Cornwall.
This year’s tournament at Truro was another great success, with some close fought battles in all the different disciplinesand a great day of badminton.
For the social players, the men’s doubles was a closely fought event, won by Camborne’s David Wong and Joseph Tsewith Phil Wright and Simon Rafferty from Falmouth as runners-up. In the mixed doubles, the top slots were once again shared by members of the Choughs club based at Carn Brea, with a repeat of last year with Russell Tucker and Zelda Bennett coming first, followed by regulars Mark and Della Griffiths. The men’s singles saw Phil Wright triumph with the top results, with fellow Falmouth club member Barry Buist as runner-up. The overall women’s singles title went to Sheila Wu, who competed in the combined mens and womens social singles.
The social women’s doubles title went to Chough’s Linda Bishop and Martha Rail, who outpointed the runner’s up from Falmouth, Anna Mitchell and Meg Trevaskis.
In the league women’s doubles, after some close games, mother and daughter combination Jane Barber and Jess Hargrave came first, with players from the Tecans club based in Pool, Sara Best and Anne Herlihy runners up.
The league men’s and mixed events also had some hard fought, skilful badminton, and in the men’s singles the two group winners went through to the final, where Torquay’s Jake Turpie played Falmouth student Quinn Hurwood Foster in an absorbing game which Jake eventually won. Following some close group games in the men’s doubles, the final was contested by Tecan’s Gary Braunton and Tony Wong from Mount’s Bay, against Lee Chappel and Steve Chan also from Mount’s Bay. After two close games, Gary and Tony ran out winners overall. The mixed doubles final was between group winners Jake and partner Lorna Riggs from Truro, and Tony partnering Sara Best, with Jake and Lorna winning after some impressive mixed badminton and complete an excellent day’s badminton.
Results –
League men’s singles – winner Jake Turpie, runner up Quinn Hurwood Foster
Social men’s singles - winner Phil Wright, runner up Barry Buist
League women’s singles – winner Sheila Wu
League men’s doubles – winners Tony Wong/Gary Braunton, runners up Lee Chappel/Steve Chan
League women’s doubles – winners Jane Barber/Jess Hargrave, runners up Anne Herlihy/Sara Best
Social men’s doubles – winners David Wong/Joseph Tse, runners up Simon Rafferty/Phil Wright
League mixed doubles – winners Jake Turpie/Lorna Riggs, runners up Tony Wong/Sara Best
Social mixed doubles – winners Russell Tucker/Zelda Bennett, runners up Mark/Griffiths/Della Griffiths
Cornwall County Badminton Association
Presents
The 2023 West Cornwall Badminton Bonanza Tournament
19th November 2023 9am – 5.30pm
Sir Ben Ainslie Sports Centre, Truro School, Trennick Lane, Truro TR1 1TH
Separate Social and League Categories
Level doubles – early morning
Mixed doubles – approx midday
Singles – mid afternoon
The County Senior Championships took place at the weekend at Cornwall College’s sports hall at Pool to find this year’s top players, producing two days of quality badminton.
In front of a good crowd on the first day, the men’s and women’s singles events took place with some exciting battles and hard-fought games. The men’s semi-finals featured the two Dyer brothers, Jack and second seed Harry, against top seed and reigning champ Milo Semonin, and Tyler Sillifant, a previous champion.
One of the best and closest games of the weekend was Harry’s match against Tyler, which went the distance of three tight ends of fast, explosive badminton and amazing retrievals, before Tyler eventually won, taking him into the final against Milo, who had beaten Jack in two close ends. In the final, Milo had just too much for a tiring Tyler, and was once again crowned county champion.
The women’s singles event came to a repeat of last year’s final, with top seed Joanna Vyvyan taking on Jess Canfield, and again Joanna came out on top with her strong positional play and court coverage. This event had featured 14-year-old Bridget Murray making her promising debut in her first Cornwall Championships.
The afternoon featured the women’s doubles with a good entry and standard of play, with the final being between thetop seeds Melissa Lin and newcomer Hope Warner taking on Jess and Joanna, this time playing together as a pair. Hope and Melissa had too much quality and finesse, and they won in two convincing ends despite Jess and Joanna giving it their all.
Day two started with the mixed doubles, and with a great mix of youth and experience on court there were some absorbing games to watch. The semi-finals had top seeds Milo and Hope beating Tom Lyle, who was making a welcome return from long term injury, and his new partner Sheila Wu, before second seeds Elliot Dyer and Melissa outlasted the evergreen James Whetter and Vicki Mead. The final proved to be a fairly one-sided affair as Milo and Hope beat Elliot and Melissa in two ends, becoming new mixed champions.
In the last event of the weekend, the men’s doubles had the top 4 seeds duly progressing to the semi-finals, where Milo and Liam Sillifant beat Tom and Elliot in two ends, and the regular pairings of Jack and Harry against James and his long-term partner Guy Michell. This was an exciting game to watch over three ends, with James and Guy just edging the first before Jack and Harry finally triumphed in the next two. The final was another gripping game as Milo and Liam won the first then very narrowly won the second end, which could easily have gone the other way, as the Dyer brothers battled hard for every point. And so Milo finished the weekend as an impressive county champion three times over, and now has the chance with his partners, Hope and Liam, to go onto Badminton England’s Champion of Champions event against other county champions at the headquarters of badminton at Milton Keynes next month.
An excellent weekend’s badminton showcasing the best players against new young players and some county stalwarts who have been around a bit longer, indicating that this season will be a good one to watch.
Results
Men’s singles Milo Semonin beat Tyler Sillifant 21-10 21-10
Women’s singles Joanna Vyvyan beat Jess Canfield 21-11 21-12
Men’s doubles Milo Semonin and Liam Sillifant beat Jack and Harry Dyer 21-15 22-20
Women’s doubles Hope Warner and Melissa Lin beat Joanna Vyvyan and Jess Canfield 21-12 21-12
Mixed doubles Milo Semonin and Hope Warner beat Elliot Dyer and Melissa Lin 21-14 21-6
Plate results
Men’s singles Jake Brazewell beat Cameron Albury 21-15 21-12
Women’s singles Bridget Murray beat Sheila Wu 21-9 21-14
Men’s doubles Julian Cooper and Richard Townsend beat Bob Bell and Jon Wyatt 21-16 21-14
Women’s doubles Vicki Mead and Sara Best beat Sheila Wu and Robyn Warwick 21-13 21-7
Mixed doubles plate Julian Cooper and Jess Canfield beat Guy Michell and Penny Foulds 21-10 22-20
The Kernow Cup team tournament made a welcome return after a three year absence to Truro School’s Ben Ainslie Sports Centre at the weekend, with 8 teams from across Cornwall battling it out for the trophy.
The teams were split into two groups of 4, and each played matches of men’s and women’s doubles and two mixed doubles games, with a mix of social and league clubs in both groups.
Cornwall’s top players have just returned from the final match weekend in Badminton England’s Senior County Championships, played over two days at Bath University’s Sports Training Village, to complete the season.
