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Well done to FastStep Elite player Luke Davies who picked up a bronze medal in the boys doubles on Sunday at the Essex U15 Bronze at Redbridge.
Luke and partner Tom Wood knocked out the number 1 seeds in the group stages, but couldn’t get past the eventual tournament winners in the semi-final.
Sussex juniors beat Hampshire this weekend at both u13 and u15, a brilliant result for our local youngsters.
On Saturday the Sussex u15 team won 12-8 at Horsham, with FastStep players Eva Craig and Luke Davies picking up important wins.
On Sunday over in Winchester the Sussex u13 team clinched a 11-9 victory, with FastStep players Isabelle Craig and Rebecca Moon winning vital games.
Well done to all the FastStep players at the Mid Sussex Tournament this weekend.
On Saturday, Ben Anthony and Luke Peel won the boys u12 doubles in a nail-biting 21-20 final. While Mina Myall won the girls u10 doubles with partner Sofia Bao.
Ben and Luke also reached the semi finals of the u12 boys singles where they played each other! Ben won and progressed to the finals where he lost in a hard fought game with Henry Wong.
On Sunday, Amshika Kusan reached the semi-final of the girls U14 singles, while there were hard fought wins in their groups for Will Bevan, James Yule and Louise Wall. Well done all of you.
Well done to Rebecca Moon from our Stars group who won the U14 girls’ singles today at the Tunbridge Wells Badminton League junior tournament in Tonbridge.
A great result and a well deserved gold medal.
Huge congratulations to Monica Carr-Pacquay for winning a Silver medal at the Hampshire U17 Bronze last week.
Monica and partner Rosheen Postlewhite came through two nail-biting sudden death matches in their box to reach the final.
Well done Monica – first of many BE medals we hope!
FastStep player Eva Craig and partner Chanumi Gamage picked up the gold medal at the Berkshire U15 Silver tournament in Bracknell. They battled through some close games to end the day undefeated and claim top prize.
Eva also reached the semi-finals of the girls’ singles and claimed a bronze medal.
Also, rather belatedly, there were plenty of medals for FastStep players at the Sussex U17 Bronze last weekend with Eva winning Silver in doubles and bronze in singles and mixed, and Amy Radford and Casey Coats claiming bronze in the girls’ doubles.
FastStep Elite player Eva Craig picked up two gold medals today at the SE Essex U15 Bronze tournament.
Eva comfortably won her box and the semi final before meeting the number 1 seed Anchal Garg in the final and easing past her in a tense match 21-16.
Eva then paired up with fellow Sussex player Emma Ford to win the girls’ doubles, undefeated in the round robin event.
FastStep players picked up an impressive 4 championship titles at the U15/U17 Sussex Junior Badminton Championships in Portslade today.
Luke Davies (left) was unseeded in the boys U15 singles, but played brilliantly all day to win the title. Then Luke paired up with fellow FastStep player Harry Tree (right) to win the U15 boys doubles in a very close round robin event. Harry also won the U15 boys singles plate.
Eva Craig (left) retained her U15 girls singles title, with some hard fought games, then won the U15 girls doubles with partner Emma Ford (right). The girls also competed in the U17 girls doubles and won their box and the semi final before losing in the final.
Ben Smith (right) and David Jolliffe (left) were third in the U15 boys doubles, just 2 points away from the title!
While Casey Coats picked up the U17 girls singles plate.
Well done to all our players today who played so hard and should be very proud of their efforts.
Well done to FastStep’s Eva Craig and partner Chanumi Gamage (Cambridgeshire) who picked up the Silver medal at the Luton U17 Bronze tournament.
Both girls attended the FastStep Summer Camp last week and their hard work paid off with a string of strong performances, just missing out on gold by a single point.
Congratulations to three of our players who picked up well deserved awards for most improved player in their county squads last night.