Sunday, 8 December 2024
Saturday, 30 November 2024
Thursday, 21 November 2024
The new SCC season begins
Cornwall’s two teams took to the road earlier this month to play the first matches of the new season.
The 1st team
2nd team with manager Lorna Riggs
The second team travelled to Torquay to take on teams from Avon and Somerset, and fought hard to win some games, and gain a lot of experience for this young side. The team was - Jess Canfield, Jess Hargraves, Lucy Hill, Kerensa Shaw, Jess Shaw, Matilda Scowen, Julian Cooper, Frank Adams, Alec Newley-Reseigh, Louis Yule and Ed Hill.
Monday, 4 November 2024
Badminton Bonanza 2024
Over 60 badminton players from all over Cornwall and Plymouth, 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.
The Organisers Sue, Kath & Trev
This year’s tournament was another great success, with some exciting battles in all the disciplines, and a happy day of great badminton.
In the social men’s doubles, the Choughs club pair of Martin Penney and Steve Knuckey narrowly beat Falmouth’s Scott McGrane and Barry Buist, winning the most number of sets and overall points.
Martin Penney minus partner Steve Knuckey!
Runners up Scott McGrane & Barry Buist
The men’s doubles league produced some tight games leading to a final between the top two seeds, Jake Turpie and partner Will Woodard from Plymouth, against Newquay’s Jake Brazewell and Alec Hill - which the Devon pair won after an entertaining game.
The men’s doubles league finalists.
The women’s doubles combined the league and social pairs, with Tecans club colleagues Paulina Elliott-Poxon and Sara Best just beating Helen Pennells and Rachel Williams by a narrow margin. The Choughs club pair of Zelda Bennett and Fran Combellack won the social women’s doubles.
The league women’s doubles finalists
Zelda Bennett & Fran Combellack
Both mixed events followed, again with some narrow wins and unlucky losers. The mixed league final was between Jake Brazewell and partner Penny Foulds against Truro’s Maci Johanning and Sheila Wu, who had won their competitive group in fine style. Jake and Penny took the title in a convincing manner in two sets of attacking badminton and good defence.
The mixed league finalists.
Martin Penney again won another title with his partner Fran Combellack as they won the mixed social group, just outpointing club colleagues Mark Griffiths and Zelda Bennett.
Social mixed doubles winners and runners up
Later in the afternoon the singles events started, eventually leading to two great finals as the tiring players somehow dredged up enough energy to play more sets. The men’s league final was won by Jake Brazewell who just beat Mount’s Bay Lee Chapple in two close fought ends, and it was a similar story in the social men’s final where Martin Penney completed his hat-trick of wins by only narrowly beating Falmouth’s Simon Rafferty in one of the best games of the tournament.
Watching the league men’s doubles final
Lee Chapple and winner Jake Brazewell
Martin Penney & Simon Rafferty
The day closed with the women’s singles, as Hester Luke of Mount’s Bay over-powered Falmouth’s Sheila Wu in the league, with Amelia Ooi also from Falmouth, won the women’s social event, and complete another popular tournament for the year.
Winner Hester Luke with runner-up Sheila Wu
Results –
League men’s singles – winner Jake Brazewell runner up Lee Chapple
Social men’s singles - winner Martin Penney, runner up Simon Rafferty
League women’s singles – winner Hester Luke, runner up Sheila Wu
Social women’s singles - Amelia Ooi
League men’s doubles – winners Jake Turpie & Will Woolard, runners up Jake Brazewell & Alec Hill
League women’s doubles – winners Paulina Elliott-Poxon & Sara Best, runners up Helen Pennells & Rachel Williams
Social men’s doubles – winners Martin Penney & Steve Knuckey, runners up Scott McGrane & Barry Buist
Social women’s doubles - winners Zelda Bennett & Fran Combellack, runners up Charlene Cheung & Thea Cann
League mixed doubles – winners Jake Brazewell & Penny Foulds, runners up Maci Johanning & Sheila Wu
Social mixed doubles – winners Martin Penney & Fran Combellack, runners up Mark Griffiths & Zelda Bennett
Sunday, 3 November 2024
Sunday, 20 October 2024
Tuesday, 1 October 2024
County Champs 2024
The top players in Cornwall took part in this year’s tournament to find the County Champions at Cornwall College’s sports hall in Pool at the weekend. Day one began with the men’s and women’s singles, and there were several sets of brothers and cousins battling it out in the men’s - the Hill family, the Dyers and the Brazewells, amongst the other men.
Dyer brothers in action
Brian presents Jack with singles trophy
In the women’s event, Joanna Vyvyan came out a deserved winner over Hope Warner, with her consistent play and athletic court coverage.
Joanna receives her trophy from Brian
The women’s doubles was dominated by top seeds Hope and Bridget Murray who won comfortably overall, although Maddie Griffiths and Hannah Pugh played well to take the second slot.
Hope overhead!
Action women
The women finalists
The next day was another busy one, with the mixed and men’s doubles and two plate events, so things kicked off with the mixed and some close games involving young, up and coming players and the more experienced pairs. There was a close semi-final involving James Whetter and Vicki Meade taking Jack Dyer and Joanna Vyvyan to three ends, but the second seeds Jack and Joanna won to progress to the final, where they were no match for top seeds Elliot Dyer and Hope Warner who won in two ends.
Mixed final action
The finalists with Referee Brian
In the men’s quarter finals, there were two close three-ender games involving Frank Adams and his partner Alec Netley-Reseigh beating Tony Wong and Chen Yu Zhao, plus Lee Chappel and Ben Tredinnick winning against Dominic and James Hill, but the top two seeds eventually progressed to the final.
Lee and Ben v Guy and James in the semis
The men’s final
The final was also an exciting match, as James Whetter and Guy Michell, the evergreen St Austell pair, took Harry and Jack Dyer to three tight ends of skilful, fast badminton with the Dyer brothers outlasting their opponents to take the title, and finish an excellent weekend’s badminton. Congratulations to the three Dyers, Jack, Elliot and Harry, who between them won 3 out of the 5 Championship events. Winners of all 5 events can play in Badminton England’s prestigious Champion of Champions event at BE’s Milton Keynes headquarters in May next year.
The men’s finalists.
Mixed Plate finalists
RESULTS
Men’s singles. Winner-Jack Dyer beat Harry Dyer. 21/19 21/19. Women’s singles Winner-Joanna Vyvyan beat Hope Warner. 21/16 21/17
Women’s doubles Winners-Hope Warner & Bridget Murray beat Maddie Griffiths & Hannah Pugh 21/8 21/12
Mixed doubles. Winners-Elliot Dyer & Hope Warner beat Jack Dyer & Joanna Vyvyan 21/12 21/19
Men’s doubles. Winners-Harry & Jack Dyer beat James Whetter & Guy Michell 21/18 19/21 21/14
Plate events.
Men’s singles winner - Jake Brazewell
Mixed doubles winners - Julian Cooper & Jess Canfield
Men’s doubles winners - Julian Cooper & Alec Hill
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