Inaugural School of Sport Badminton Tournaments
Glasgow School of Sport to run U11 and U12 Tournaments
At a recent Annual General Meeting BADMINTONscotland sanctioned Glasgow School of Sport to run 2 tournaments in season 2008/09. This is great news for the School of Sport and will attract some of Scotland’s most talented players to compete in the 6 court state of the art facility at Bellahouston Academy. The tournaments will be open to players born in the following years:
Glasgow School of Sport under 12 (Born 1997 or later) – Saturday 20 September 2008 (see below for news and results)
Glasgow School of Sport under 11 (Born 1998 or later) – Saturday 21 March 2009
(The entry form (348k) for the Under 11 Badminton Tournament is now available for download. The approximate file download size is included at the end of the entry form hyperlink. The document is in Portable Document Format (PDF). You will require Adobe Acrobat Reader to read the document. You can download Adobe Acrobat Reader from the Adobe Website.)
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Saturday 20 September 2008
67 Shuttlers Enter Inaugural Under 12 Tournament
| Event | Winner | Runner Up |
| Boys Singles – A Section | Alex Dunn | Callum Macmillan |
| Boys Singles – B Section | Stewart Dyce | Mark Shields |
| Girls Singles – A Section | Julie MacPherson | Abbie Moran |
| Girls Singles – B Section | Shannon Logan | Kaitlin Andrew |
| Boys Doubles – A Section | Struan Ross/Andrew Thompson | Alex Dunn/Mark Leith |
| Boys Doubles – B Section | Christopher Grimley/Mathew Grimley | Iain Richards/Fraser Young |
| Girls Doubles – A Section | Julie MacPherson/Abbie Moran | Tammi Gibson/Holly Newall |
| Girls Doubles – B Section | Emma Caughey/Shona Whillans | Lauren Dyce/Lucy Weisner |
A total of 67 players travelled from all over Scotland to the Glasgow School of Sport to take part in its inaugural under 12 badminton tournament. The purpose built facility played host to some of Scotland’s top players including many of last season’s Under 11 National Champions. The age of players varied and went from eight years old and up.
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Boys' Doubles Finalists - B Section with Deputy Head Teacher John Keatings |
Girls' Doubles Finalists - B Section GSOS Under 12 with Deputy Head Teacher John Keatings |
The boys’ singles saw some hard fought matches during the early rounds and produced some great play. Callum Macmillan and Alex Dunn upset the seedings by overcoming the top 2 seeds on the way to the final. In a nail biting finish Alex won 18-21/22-20/21-19 to take the title. In the girls’ singles Edinburgh’s Julie MacPherson won the final against doubles partner Abbie Moran with a fine display of play and very professional final from both girls. Julie and Abbie teamed up to contest the doubles final against Tammi Gibson and Holly Newall from Mauchline. Again all four girls played some great badminton with Julie and Abbie winning 21-11.
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Girls' Doubles Finalists - GSOS Under 12 with Deputy Head Teacher John Keatings |
Boys' Doubles Finalists - GSOS Under 12 with Deputy Head Teacher John Keatings |
Finally the boys’ doubles final was the last match of the day. Second seeds Struan Ross and Andrew Thompson set off against singles winner Alex Dunn and partner Mark Leith. Struan and Andrew showed they were stronger on the day and ran out winners in a very close match 21-19.
Overall a total of 198 matches culminated with presentations of singles and doubles finalists. Deputy Head Teacher Kate Johnston and Deputy Head Teacher John Keatings both from Bellahouston Academy were on hand to present prizes and enjoy the high standard of badminton on display.
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Boys' Singles Finalists - GSOS Under 12 |
Girls' Singles Finalists - GSOS Under 12 |
Special thanks must go to the organisers at the desk on the day, the parents and the volunteers who contributed to an excellent tournament. Thanks must also go to the café staff for some tasty food and snacks and to EG Sports for their contribution in bringing the shop to the tournament.
Finally, a special note of appreciation must go to all of the young players. The matches were played with great spirit and determination with an enjoyable element as well. No doubt many of these players will become junior internationalists and may eventually reach senior international standard. The talent of many players showed through and we can look forward to monitoring their development as they move through the age groups.
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Girls' Singles Finalists - B Section GSOS Under 12 |
Boys' Singles Finalists - B Section with Deputy Head Teacher Kate Johnston |
Tournament Participants
| Name | Club | Name | Club |
| Adam Glen | Rashielea Primary | Abbie Moran | West Lothian JABS |
| Adam Pringle | East Renfrewshire JBC | Adele Murphy | Easterhouse SC |
| Alex Dunn | Knowetop BC | Bethany Cook | Mauchline BC |
| Andrew Dolan | Individual | Eleanor O Donnell | Hurlford BC |
| Andrew Milton | Mauchline | Emma Caughey | Longniddry BC |
| Andrew Thompson | Biggar JBC | Erin Gould | Easterhouse SC |
| Brett Bowie | Cockburn BC | Francesca Bell | Mauchline BC |
| Callum MacMillan | Mauchline | Gemma Wright | Tall Oaks BC |
| Calum Atterbury | Tall Oaks BC | Hannah Ross | Locharron School BC |
| Calum Hooper | GNSBG | Hazel Wilson | Inverness JBC |
| Ciar Pringle | East Renfrewshire JBC | Holly Newall | Mauchline BC |
| David Moffatt | Mauchline | Joanne Deuchar | Duns BC |
| Douglas Crawford | Longniddry BC | Erica Johnstone | Inverness JBC |
| Fraser Young | Duns BC | Julie MacPherson | Tall Oaks BC |
| Glen Lewington | Tall Oaks BC | Kaitlin Andrew | North East |
| Greg McFarlane | East Kilbride BC | Keri McMullen | Shawlands BC |
| Hamish Gorn | Millenium BC | Lauren Dyce | Mauchline BC |
| Hamish Wilson | Louise Sloan | Mauchline BC | |
| Ian Richards | Duns BC | Lucy Weisner | Mauchline BC |
| Jack McManus | Shawlands BC | Scott Rachel | Duns BC |
| Scott Jack | Demi Ross | Easterhouse SC | |
| James Chapman | Longniddry BC | Sarah Findlay | East Renfrewshire JBC |
| Jordan Philip | Lanark YMCA | Shannon Logan | Shawlands BC |
| Kane Henderson | Castlemilk | Tammi Gibson | Mauchline BC |
| Kieron Conway | Easterhouse SC | Shona Whillans | Longniddry BC |
| Leon Masia | Shawlands BC | Zoe Branford | West Lothian JABS |
| Mark Leith | Mill o Forrest BC | Alice Marchant | Tall Oaks BC |
| Mathew Cranshaw | Mauchline | ||
| Ross Borland | Mill o Forrest BC | ||
| Ross McMullen | Shawlands BC | ||
| Sam Chater | Longniddry BC | ||
| Mark Shields | Individual | ||
| Shuan Kavanagh | Castlemilk | ||
| Stewart Dyce | Mauchline BC | ||
| Struan Ross | Inverness JBC | ||
| Christopher Grimley | Shuttleworks BC | ||
| Anthony Grimley | Shuttleworks BC | ||
| Mathew Grimley | Shuttleworks BC |
