BADMINTON: TRURO SCHOOL DELIGHTED TO LIFT THE SHIELD  

8th October, 2006

Truro School defeated  First Edition Badminton Club’s Juniors, from Camborne, by 8 rubbers to 7, in an inaugural Badminton “Challenge” match, held in the School’s sports hall, last Thursday evening (October 19th), writes John Tresidder, with David Hunt.

And the event, which will now become an annual contest, with the shield being perpetual, formed part of The National Badminton Week, which concludes on Sunday, October 22nd.

The match, which was played in a fine sprit, was seen to go to the wire; with the score tied at 7-all, Truro School's Kiran Bhardwaj held his nerve to win the final singles 24-22 against Ben Cooper of First Edition.

All involved felt it was a great night's badminton with the match fees of £20 pounds (one pound per player) going to the NSPCC – BADMINTON England’s chosen charity for the week.

The organisers were: David Hunt, Master/Second Year Head, Truro School and Clif Morcom, the Coach, for both Truro School and First Edition Juniors.

Kath Wotton, the Badminton Development Officer for Cornwall was also in attendance and giving her support. Mrs. Wotton commented: “I enjoyed the proceedings, immensely and wish to relay my congratulations to the organisers and to all the youngsters who took part.”

Finally, “Roll on 2007” was the universal call from One & All in the hall.


FULL RESULTS:

1.00 Doubles (Truro School names listed first):
  • Emily James and Claire Whitmore lost to Luke Bristow and Dan Johnson 19-21;
  • Chris Glasson and Rob Newlands beat Michael Bolt and Daniel Brewer 21-10;
  • Eric Yung and Kiran Bhardwaj lost to Connor Moore and Raymond Tse 9-21;
  • Max Billingsley and Joe Abraham beat Bronwen Wotton and Ellie Stackpole 22-20;
  • Johanna Philp and Claire Tresidder beat Ben Cooper and Joe Ross 21-17.
2.00 Singles:
  • Chris Glasson lost to Luke Bristow 16-21;
  • Emily James beat Dan Johnson 21-14;
  • Claire Whitmore beat Bronwen Wotton 21-15;
  • Rob Newlands lost to Connor Moore 19-21;
  • Johanna Philp beat Michael Bolt 21-14;
  • Joe Abrahams lost to Raymond Tse 10-21;
  • Eric Yung lost to Dan Brewer 11-21;
  • Max Billingsley beat Ellie Stackpole 21-12;
  • Kiran Bhardwaj beat Ben Cooper 24-22;
  • Claire Tresidder lost to Joe Ross 14-21.