Lothians’ players were well to the fore when the Yonex East of Scotland under-15 and under-19 badminton championships, sponsored by Martin Campbell Financial Management, took place at the Jack Kane Centre.
Zoe Tait was a double under-15 winner in the girls doubles and mixed doubles while Emma Joshua reached three finals in the same age group winning the girls doubles with Zoe Tait.
Among the under-19s Blair Tait won boys’ and mixed doubles titles. His partner in the latter event, Deepti Vijayakumar, also claimed the girls singles.
Spare a thought for Thomas Fragell who, after reaching the boys’ singles final, had to pull out injured from two doubles finals.
- The under-13 and under17 championships will be held at Jack Kane Centre on November 1 and 2.
Final results:
Under-15
Boys’ singles – Nathan Luo bt Yuanxi Cui 21-12, 22-20; Girls’ singles – Emily Jobson bt Emma Joshua 21-10, 22-20; Boys’ doubles – Melrick Dsouza & Dylan Jia bt Yuanzi Cui & Leo Gaunt 21-9, 21-10; Girls’ doubles – Emma Joshua & Zoe Tait bt Josie Columbine & Emily Jobson 21-18, 21-13; Mixed doubles – Calum Tsang & Zoe Tait bt Dylan Jia & Emma Joshua 23-21, 21-7.
Under-19 finals
Boys’ singles – Arnav Saraswat bt Thomas Fragell 14-21, 21-12, 21-14; Girls’ singles – Deepti Vijayakumar bt Pranavi Singh 13-21, 21-18, 21-18; Boys’ doubles – Blair Tait & Lingyun Xiao bt Thomas Fragell and Arnav Saraswar w/o; Girls’ doubles’ – Anshita Jaiswal & Chloe Mackenzie bt Lanna Campbell & Jaagruti Mannem 19-21, 21-19, 21-12; Mixed doubles’ – Blair Tait & Deepti Vijayakumar bt Thomas Fragell & Lanna Campbell w/o.
