Uphill Badminton Club

UPHILL BADMINTON 'A' TEAM STILL TOPS

UPHILL BADMINTON 'A' TEAM STILL TOPS Uphill Badminton Club had another week of excellent results as the 'A', 'D' and 'E' teams all won, the mens team drew and the 'C' team lost a very close match. The 'A' team were away to Pill and won by 9 rubbers to 0. The team of Becky Matthews, Paul Edwards, Nicky Mills (Capt,), Mark Edwards, Becky Halfpenny and Matt Cole showed no mercy to the opposition as they won all the rubbers in straight games. The only competitive rubber in the match was the second mens in which Paul Edwards & Matt Cole were made to work hard by Steve Simpson & James Light before winning 25-23, 21-19. The 'C' team were at home to Portishead 'A' and lost by 5 rubbers to 4. This was a close and competitive match which could have gone either way, with 3 rubbers going to three games and many other individual games having close score lines. The team of Claire Garrett, Steve Mathew, Julie O'Sullivan (back from maternity leave), Matt Valentine, Maureen Matthews (Capt,) and Tom Higgins all played well. Uphill had a good start to the match with Claire & Steve winning the first mixed 21-15, 21-17 and Julie & Matt winning a thrilling second mixed 22-20, 27-25. The third mixed was a topsy turvy rubber with Maureen & Tom losing the first game 16-21 but then winning the next easily 21-11 before losing a very close third game to Anna Reisco & Ralph Fog 20-22. The Portishead ladies then took control winning all three rubbers, however the second ladies was again close with Claire & Maureen taking Ellie Marsh & Ana Reisco to three games before losing 21-18, 19-21, 21-23. In the mens rubbers James Cant & Sam Quormby of Portishead beat Steve & Matt 21-17, 21-18. The second mens rubber was another close affair with Steve & Tom eventually winning 21-15, 20-22, 21-17 against James Cant & Ralph Fog. The last mens rubber was won comfortably by Matt & Tom 21-13, 21-14. The only player to win all their rubbers was Ana Reisco of Portishead. The 'D' team consisting of Fiona Singleton, Robin Curry, Claire Garrett, Grant Kelly, Captain Sue Garrett and Peter Rybaruk were at home to Wells City and won by 6 rubbers to 3. Uphill got off to a good start when Fiona & Robin won the hard fought first mixed 21-23, 21-10, 21-18. But Wells hit back when Andrea Simpson & Spencer Russell beat Claire & Grant comfortably 21-15,21-17 and followed this up by Christy Allen & Peter Hughes beating Sue & Peter who was playing his first league match for the club, 20-22, 21-17, 21-17 in the third mixed. The Uphill ladies then stamped their presence on the match by winning all the ladies rubbers in straight games. The Uphill men then continued the good work by winning the first two mens rubbers in straight games before Spencer Russell & Peter Hughes of Wells hammered Grant & Peter 21-8, 21-9. The only players to win all their rubbers were Fiona Singleton and Robin Curry. The 'E' team juniors were at home to Portishead 'B' team and won by 6 rubbers to 3.The team of Kate Robinson, Andrew Potts (Capt.), Emily Look, Billy Fear, Emily Walker and Sourish Ganapathi, playing his first league match, all played against an older and more experienced team. This was a long, enjoyable and competitive match as five of the rubbers went to three games and the other individual games all had close scores. Uphill got off to a poor start when Kate & Andrew lost to Barbara O'Brien & Richard Martin 21-13, 16-21, 18-21 but in the second mixed Emily Look & Billy after losing the first game 20-22, came back to win the next two 21-16, 21-17 to take the rubber. In the last mixed Emily Walker & Sourish won 21-19, 21-13. In the first ladies Kate & Emily Look were beaten by Barbara O'Brien & Sue Tasker 14-21, 18-21. The second ladies was won by Kate & Emily Walker in two very close games 21-19, 21-18. The third ladies was another ding dong battle as the two Emily's beat Sue Tasker & Chris Brooks 14-21, 21-16, 21-19. All the mens doubles were very close with Andrew & Billy losing to Richard Martin & Steve May 15-21, 21-18, 17-21 in the first, then Andrew & Sourish winning the second 26-24, 21-19 and finally Billy & Sourish winning 15-21, 21-15, 21-13. The only players to win all their rubbers were Emily Walker and Sourish Ganapathi. For his first match Sourish showed good composure which augers well for the future. The photo below shows the winning junior 'E' team. From L to R: - Kate, Andrew, Emily Look, Billy, Sourish and Emily Walker The mens team were away to Nailsea & Backwell and drew three rubbers each. This is the third time this season the team has drawn a match, are they becoming draw specialists? The team of Steve Emerson, Nigel Judge, Fred Brown and Captain Bill Ponting all had an enjoyable evening. In the first rubber Steve & Nigel lost 21-14, 21-16 but Fred & Bill levelled things up by winning the next 21-19, 21-10. The third rubber saw Steve & Fred lose 21-16, 21-15. Not to be outdone Nigel & Bill then won the next 21-14, 21-18 and Captain Bill then followed this up by winning the next rubber with Steve 10-21, 21-15, 21-15 to put Uphill in the lead, however the final rubber saw Nigel & Fred lose 11-21, 21-13, 21-18 for everything to finish up equal. Captain Bill Ponting led his team well and was the only player to win all his rubbers.