Lothian players were well represented in the Yonex MCFM East of Scotland under-13 and under-17 badminton tournament held at the Jack Kane Centre.
Yingfan Wang won both the boys’ singles and mixed doubles in the under 13 age group.
Anvita Awasthi also won a title in this age group, partnering triple winner Sophie MacKay to victory in the girls’ doubles. Anvita also reached the final of the girls’ singles.
Glasgow’s James Huang was also very successful in this age group, reaching all three finals and claiming a title in the boys’ doubles with Aarav Sinha.
In the under 17 age group, Lothian’s Emma Joshua was a title winner in the girls’ doubles in partnership with Zoe Tait. Zoe also won the girls’ singles and reached the final of the mixed doubles.
Arnav Saraswat (singles and boys’ doubles) and Max McCabe (boys and mixed doubles) were also winners of two titles in this age group.
Shona Brown had an excellent tournament, reaching all three finals, culminating in a victory in the mixed doubles with Max McCabe.
Highlights included a 30-29 game and a match which went to 28-26 in the third. A special mention for Calum Tsang and Nathan Luo who followed up a marathon 56 minute boys’ singles semi final which the former narrowly edged, by joining forces to win an epic boys’ doubles semi final. The pair then opposed each other again in the mixed semi final in another hotly contested match.
The tournaments were sponsored by Martin Campbell Financial Management as were the under-15 and under-19 events a few weeks earlier and Martin was present to watch the finals and present prizes.
The City of Edinburgh Council also contributed significantly to the event.
Final results (Lothians participants designated) – Under 13 – Boys’ Singles – Yingfan Wang (Lothians) bt James Huang 21-12 21-9;
Girls’ Singles – Sophie MacKay bt Anvita Awasthi (Lothians) 23-21 21-9;
Boys’ Doubles – James Huang & Aarav Sinha (Lothians) bt Saathvik Karthik Saravanan (Lothians) & Sumanth Prakash 17-21 21-10 21-18; Girls’ Doubles – Anvita Awasthi (Lothians) & Sophie MacKay bt Bhanu Duvvuri & Ava Li 21-12 22-20; Mixed Doubles – Yingfan Wang (Lothians) & Sophie MacKay bt James Huang & Ava Li 14-21 21-12, 21-10.
Under 17: Boys’ Singles – Arnav Saraswat (Lothians) bt Calum Tsang (Lothians) 21-12 21-14; Girls’ Singles –Zoe Tait (Lothians) bt Shona Brown (Lothians) 21-11 8-21 21-17; Boys’ Doubles –Max McCabe & Arnav Saraswat bt Nathan Luo & Calum Tsang 21-13 21- 23 21-10; Girls’ Doubles – Emma Joshua (Lothians) & Zoe Tait (Lothians) bt Shona Brown (Lothians) and Lucy Degg (Lothians) 21-16 21-14; Mixed Doubles – Max McCabe & Shona & Brown (Lothians) bt Calum Tsang (Lothians) & Zoe Tait (Lothians) 21-15, 26-24.
