The 12th Warwickshire Junior Inter-Club Tournament was hosted by Jubilee Junior Club at the West Coventry Academy, on Sunday 23rd June, 2019. There were 8 teams from the following clubs.
Jubilee Juniors (Coventry)
Alveston Juniors (Stratford)
Racqueteers Juniors (Coventry)
Rugby Youth Badminton Squad (Rugby)
The Under-14 and Under-18 teams competed in separate groups playing a series of round robin matches. Each match included individual boys and girls singles games as well as a number of doubles (boys, girls and mixed) matches. The competition excluded County players above 11 years of age. There were some keenly fought games in all groups. In the Under-14 tournament Jubilee Juniors won the deciding match 6-4 to take the trophy. In the Under-18 tournament Rugby Youth won one match and drew two, which allowed Racqueteers to take the trophy with two wins and a draw.
Results
U18 shield: Racqueteers
Runners-up: Rugby Youth Badminton Squad
U14 shield: Jubilee Juniors
Runners-up: Rugby Youth Badminton Squad
The Rugby teams comprised
Under-18:Alex Farren, Rhiya Srivastav, Pragyaa Vijay, Isha Pophali, Dan Burgess, Finlay Miles, Dylan Mistry, Jonathan Tao
Under-14 : Catriona Sirman, Emma Bouvier, Lauren Tosh, Prina Mistry, Harry Huang, Aadi Sharma, Jujanna Deshpande, Roshan Mistry
The U-14 team won two matches by 9 games to 1, and 10 games to nil. In the crucial decider, against the hosts Jubilee, the team lost 6-4 after some very close games. Harry Huang and Aadi Sharma competed in the singles and boys doubles, Emma Bouvier and Lauren Tosh in the singles and girls doubles, Jujanna Deshpande and Roshan Mistry in boys and mixed doubles, and Catriona Sirman and Prina Mistry in girls and mixed doubles. It was a good all round team performance with lots of support from the sidelines. Click here to see match scorecards.
The Under-18 team won one match by 8 games to 2, but were held to a 5-5 draw by the other two clubs. The match against the eventual winners was very close. Rugby dropped only 22 points, winning 188 points against 171 for the Racqueteers, but they couldn’t quite convert points into games. The Racqueteers went on to beat Jubilee and secure the trophy. Dan Burgess & Finlay Miles competed in the singles and boys doubles, Alex Farren and Rhiya Srivastav in the singles and girls doubles, Dylan Mistry and Jonathan Tao in boys and mixed doubles and Pragyaa and Isha in girls and mixed doubles. Again there was lots of great support from the sidelines. Click here to see match scorecards.
