Under 15's

Under 18's

U15's

The Ipswich and District Badminton League Junior Championships, for the Under 15 age group, were held at Northgate Sports Centre. In a well-supported event, with a number of young players aged 12 and under taking part, pride of place goes to Anna Godbold (Meridians) who captured a hat trick of titles. Gavin Coyne (YMCA) and Ryan Newcombe (Stowmarket) were also successful in winning two events.

32 players contested the boys’ singles event and there were no upsets as the top ranked players progressed as expected in the early rounds. At the semi final stage, Coyne defeated Levi Hoang (YMCA), and Newcombe overcame Jonathan Kuribayashi-Coleman (Meridians). The final produced some excellent badminton in a match of few errors as both players tested their opponent with good length clears and enterprising net play. At the halfway stage, Newcombe had established an 11-5 lead, before Coyne pulled back to 13-all. Both players gave their all in the final stages, as Newcombe emerged the victor, 21-19, leaving Coyne as runner-up for the second year running.

The first match losers entered a plate competition and Sam Abbott (Meridians) won his 4 matches to emerge as the winner, defeating Ewan Payne (Framlingham), 21-16, in the final.

Godbold reached the final of the girls’ singles with a semi-final victory over Betsy Chenery (Thorpeness). In the second semi-final, Katie Clark (Thorpeness) defeated Saskia Wright (Woodbridge). The early exchanges of the final were even, but Godbold edged ahead from 7-all and then retained her lead from thereon, to win the title, 21-12, leaving Clark as defeated finalist for the second year running.

16 pairs contested the boys’ doubles and were split into three groups, with the 3 group winners and best runners-up going forward to the knockout stage. Coyne and Newcombe, emerged undefeated from Group A, and overcame Sam Abbott and Kuribayashi-Coleman, the winners of Group C, in the semi-final. Matthew Cross (Corinthians) and Hoang qualified, as the best runners-up and beat the Abbeygate pairing of Michael Edwards and Thomas Fisher, the Group B winners, in their semi-final. Coyne and Newcombe were comfortable winners in the final, defeating their younger opponents, 21-8.   

The 6 pairs in the girls’ doubles played each other in a round-robin format. In the last match of the event, 2 pairs, undefeated so far, met to decide the contest. Megan Clark (Thorpeness) and Godbold overcame Katie Clark and Chenery in a closely fought contest, 21-18, to lift the trophy.

In the last event of the day, the mixed doubles, there were semi-final victories for Godbold and Coyne against Megan Clark and Edwards and for Katie Clark and Newcombe over the Abbeygate pair, Hannah Robertshaw and Matt Osborne. Godbold and Coyne took the title with a 21-13 victory in the final.

Boys’ Singles: Semi-finals – G Coyne beat L Hoang 21-6, R Newcombe beat J Kuribayashi-Coleman 21-10. Final: R Newcombe beat G Coyne 21-19.

Girls’ Singles: Semi-finals – A Godbold beat B Chenery 21-4, K Clark beat S Wright 21-7. Final: A Godbold beat K Clark 21-12.

Boys’ Doubles: Semi-finals – G Coyne & R Newcombe beat S Abbott & J Kuribayashi-Coleman 21-15, M Cross & L Hoang beat M Edwards & T Fisher 21-19. Final: G Coyne & R Newcombe beat M Cross & L Hoang 21-8.

Girls Doubles: Winners – M Clark & A Godbold, Runners-up – B Chenery & K Clark.

Mixed Doubles: Semi-finals – A Godbold & G Coyne beat M Clark & M Edwards 21-6, K Clark & R Newcombe beat H Robertshaw & M Osborne 21-6. Final: A Godbold & G Coyne beat K Clark & R Newcombe 21-13.

Boys’ Singles Plate: Winner – S Abbott

Girls’ Singles Plate: Winner – H Robertshaw 

Mixed Doubles Plate: Winners – B Chenery & T Fisher 

U18's

Northgate Sports Centre hosted the Ipswich and District Badminton League Championships for the Under 18 age group. Tim Scott (YMCA) repeated his hat-trick success of last year by capturing the boys’ singles, doubles and mixed titles and Claudette Reis (Woodbridge) won two events.

In the top half of the draw, Scott made steady progress to the final of the boys’ singles, including a semi-final victory over Jack Gray (Stowmarket). In the bottom half, Gavin Coyne needed a third game to see off the spirited challenge of Jonathan Kuribayashi-Coleman (Meridians). He then gained revenge for his Under 15 final defeat by Ryan Newcombe (Stowmarket) by coming out on top in their semi-final encounter. The first game of the final was evenly matched, Scott had game point on three occasions, but Coyne rallied to win 24-22. Scott came out on top in the next two games to take the title.

In the opening round of the girls’ singles, Hannah Ferguson (Belstead) came from behind to defeat Reis in a closely defeated match but was beaten by Anna Godbold (Meridians) in the semi-final. Isabel Lucas (Stowmarket) defeated Megan Clark (Thorpeness) in their semi-final match and Lucas won the event with a comfortable victory over Godbold in the final.

In a round-robin boys’ doubles competition, two pairs, Coyne and Scott, and Gray and Newcombe had won their first four games and met to decide the contest. Coyne and Scott were the winners with a 21-12 victory.

The five pairs in the girls’ doubles event played each other in a single game to 21 points. Two pairs, Kym Gormer (Belstead) and Reis, and the Meridians pairing of Godbold and Charlotte Horn both won three of their four games, but Ferguson and Gormer took the title as a result of their 21-20 win in the game between them.

In the last event of the day, the mixed doubles, Reis and Scott were the victors for the second year running, with Lucas and Newcombe finishing as runners-up.

Boys’ Singles: Semi-finals –T Scott beat J Gray 21-15, 21-13, G Coyne beat R Newcombe 21-11, 21-19. Final: T Scott beat G Coyne 22-24, 21-10, 21-17.

Girls’ Singles: Semi-finals - I Lucas beat M Clark 21-9, 21-9 A Godbold beat H Ferguson 21-8, 21-12. Final: I Lucas beat A Godbold 21-10, 21-9.

Boys’ Doubles: Winners – G Coyne & T Scott, Runners-up – J Gray & R Newcombe.

Girls Doubles: Winners – K Gormer & C Reis, Runners-up – A Godbold & C Horn.

Mixed Doubles: Winners – C Reis & T Scott, Runners-up I Lucas & R Newcombe.

Boys’ Plate Winner: J Kuribayashi-Coleman

Girls’ Plate Winner: C Reis