It’s been a busy couple of weeks with the Yonex MCFM East of Scotland Under 15 and Under 19 Junior Championships taking place on the 28 th /29 th October and the Under 13 and Under 17 Championships taking place two weeks later (4th/5th November). For both competitions, matches on Saturday were held at the Jack Kane Centre with Meadowbank Sports Centre being used on Sunday for the semi finals and finals. As always, there were many entertaining and competitive matches throughout each tournament culminating in some excellent semi finals and finals on both weekends.
Unfortunately, the Under 15 and Under 19 championships was impacted by the extreme weather conditions at the time which resulted in some players being unable to travel and compete. Fortunately, the large majority of players were able to make it and in addition to players from many parts of Scotland, we were also delighted that we had players from England playing in the tournament.
Katrina Chan was the only triple winner of the U15/U19 tournament, winning all three events in the under 19 age group. Evan Kenny also won two events (boys’ doubles and mixed doubles) in the under 19 age group and in the under 15s, both Alfie Martin (boys’ singles and mixed) and Lothian’s Ingrid Wang (girls’ singles and doubles) won two events. Other Lothian winners were Qing Yang Xiao in the U15 girls’ doubles with Ingrid and Tushara Senthilrajaram winning the U15 mixed doubles with Alfie Martin (Lanarkshire).
In the U13/U17 tournament, titles were shared widely in both age groups with only Ewan Stewart in the under 17s and Akshara Chavan in the under 13 age group winning two titles. There were some great performances from Lothian players with Melrick Dsouza & Dylan Jia winning the U13 boys’ doubles, Deepti Vijayakumar & Qing Yang Xiao winning the U17 girls’ doubles and Tushara Senthilrajaram winning the U17 mixed doubles with Alfie Martin (Lanarkshire).
We greatly appreciate the support from the members of the Lothian Badminton Group committee who assisted throughout both tournaments and to the staff at the Jack Kane and Meadowbank Sports Centres who were very helpful at the respective venues. We are also very grateful to the Badminton Scotland Court Officials group for providing umpires for the finals.
Final Results:
Under 15:
Boys’ Singles – Alfie Martin bt Luke Parkinson 21-13 / 15-21 / 21-13
Girls’ Singles – Ingrid Wang bt Jaagruti Mannem 21-12 / 12-21 / 21-13
Boys’ Doubles – Max McCabe & Luke Parkinson bt & Charlie Junnor & Alfie Martin 16-21 / 21-19 / 21-13
Girls’ Doubles – Ingrid Wang & Qing Yang Xiao bt Tushara Senthilrajaram & Shreya Vargheese 21-18 / 21-14
Mixed Doubles – Alfie Martin & Tushara Senthilrajaram bt Luke Parkinson & Ingrid Wang 21-16 / 21-14
Under 19:
Boys’ Singles – Daniel Kemp bt Daniel Harris 21-17 / 21-18
Girls’ Singles – Katrina Chan bt Amy Craig 21-14 / 18-21 / 21-14
Boys’ Doubles – Evan Kenny & Josh Taylor bt Godfrey Antomarlin & Joe Esson 21-9 / 21-6
Girls’ Doubles – Katrina Chan & Amy Craig (winners) Sophie Barrie & Ella Haime (runners up) in Round Robin event.
Mixed Doubles – Evan Kenny & Katrina Chan bt Josh Taylor & Katie Stewart 19-21 26-24 21-15
Lothian players highlighted in bold.
A complete set of results for the U15/U19 event can be found at Yonex MCFM East of Scotland U15 & U19 Junior Championships
Final Results:
Under 13:
Boys’ Singles – Calum Tsang bt Dylan Jia 21-16 / 21-19
Girls’ Singles – Elona Kennedy bt Arisha Manir 21-9 / 21-18
Boys’ Doubles – Melrick Dsouza & Dylan Jia bt Maoyan Li & Nathan Wong
21-12 / 21-9
Girls’ Doubles – Akshara Chavan & Arisha Manir bt Emily Jobson & Elona Kennedy 21-18 / 25-23
Mixed Doubles – Nathan Luo & Akshara Chavan bt Melrick Dsouza & Emily Jobson 21–14 / 21-18
Under 17:
Boys’ Singles – Ewan Stewart bt Lewis Smith 18–21 / 21-8 / 21-11
Girls’ Singles – Pranavi Singh bt Deepti Vijayakumar 12–21 / 21–16 / 21-13
Boys’ Doubles – Lewis Smith & Ewan Stewart bt Fraser Banks & Callum Jack 21–18 / 7-21 / 21-16
Girls’ Doubles – Deepti Vijayakumar & Qing Yang Xiao bt Tushara Senthilrajaram & Pranavi Singh 21–13 / 21-15
Mixed Doubles – Alfie Martin & Tushara Senthilrajaram bt Lewis Smith & Lanna Campbell 22-20 / 21-15
Lothian players highlighted in bold.
A complete set of results for the event can be found at Yonex MCFM East of Scotland U13/U17 Junior Championships
Our Sponsors
We were delighted that Martin Campbell was in attendance on both weekends to watch the finals and then present the prizes. It really adds to the tournament to have a sponsor who has such a strong relationship with our sport and this event in particular, attending the finals. We really do appreciate the support that we receive from Martin Campbell Financial Management and Yonex, supported by Gannon Sports, as without their help, it would not be possible for these tournaments to take place.
