Edinburgh’s Deepti Vijayakumar, 15, completed a clean sweep of titles at the Scottish under-17 badminton championships in Perth.
In the singles final Deepti defeated Qing Yang Xiao then teamed up with her to win the girls doubles, beating Anishita Jaiswal and Ingrid Wang in the final.
The mixed doubles saw Deepti partner Lewis Smith to victory over Lingyun Xiao and Qing Yang Xiao.
In the boys’ events Alfie Martin was defeated 13-21 and 11-21 in the singles final against Lingyun Xiao. The boys’ doubles was won by Lewis Smith and Lingyun Xiao at the expense of Ciaron Hope and Alfie Sweeney.
The under-13 singles saw Yingfan Wang beat James Huang while in the girls’ event Emily Jobson came out on top against Akshara Chavan. In the the under-13 mixed doubles final Divyam Goyal and Akshir Chavan defeated Yingfan Wang and Emily Jobson.
The boys’ doubles was a triumph for Yinming Oscar Feng and Yingfan Wang against Divyam Goyal and James Huang while Akshara Chavan and Emily Jobson won the girls doubles against Josie Columbine and Sophie Mackay.
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