Edinburgh’s Seamus Russell and Glasgow’s Alice Campbell wereboth singles winners at the recent U12 East Lothian Open Badminton Championsh
Edinburgh’s Seamus Russell and Glasgow’s Alice Campbell
wereboth singles winners at the recent U12 East Lothian Open
Badminton Championships held at Meadowmill Sports Centre.
In the boys singles top seed Michael Farnood (Edinburgh) lost out at the quarter final stage 26/24 after a nail biting match to Alexander McGarrie (Blantyre). McGarrie’s next round opponent was local East Lothian player Alastair Campbell (Dunbar) who played a superb match to win a tough semi-final 21/19. In the final Campbell was up against Seamus Russell who was too strong and consistent winning the title 21/15.
Russell also reached the Boys Doubles final with Calvin Chan (Glasgow) but just lost out to a more established partnership of Michael Farnood and Colin Taylor (Hamilton) 21/15.
In the girls singles top seed Kiera Waddell (Duns) was beaten at the semi-final stage by Alice Campbell 21/14 who then went on to win the title 21/15 against Linlithgow’s Naomi Branford.
In the girls doubles Naomi Bradford and Kiera Waddell teamed up together and dominated the event winning the final 21/13 against Alice Campbell and Erin Waddell (Giffnock).
East Lothian Badminton Development Officer Christine Black would like to thank Lynda Lamb for assisting on the day and a special thanks to Roger Parry for all his support and organisation to help run such a successful tournament.
Final results –
Girls Singles – Alice Campbell (Edinburgh) beat Naomi Branford (Linlithgow) 21/15
‘B’ Singles – Erin Waddell (Giffnock) beat Kirsty Morrison (Aberlady) 21/11
‘C’ Singles – Emma Lessels (Longniddry) beat Francesca Lang (Longniddry) 28/26
Boys Singles – Seamus Russell (Edinburgh) beat Alastair Campbell (Dunbar) 21/15
‘B’ Singles – Calvin Chan (Glasgow) beat John Arbuckle (North Berwick) 21/12
‘C’ Singles – Andrew Hogg (Foulden) beat Lewis Muego (Edinburgh) 21/12
‘D’ Singles – Alex Campbell (Edinburgh) beat Lewis Allan (Edinburgh) 21/11
Girls Doubles – Naomi Branford & Keira Waddell beat
Alice Campbell & Erin Waddell 21/13
Boys Doubles – Michael Farnood & James Colin Taylor beat
Calvin Chan & Seamus Russell 21/15
Boys ‘B’ Doubles – Archie Bryden (Longniddry) & Marc Forsyth (Port Seton) beat
Fraser Dickson & Fergus Sharp (Motherwell) 21/11
