BadmintonWAunder15s 2019: October 2016

Dear readers

The Individual events has ended with WA players doing their best but not excelling. Only Theodore managed a singles plate medal.

The rest of the players had the following results:

Jonny Kok beat James Delosa in the first round in singles but lost to eventual semi finalist Ryan Venpin in 2 sets.

Jackie won his first match against Souksavat but lost in the 2nd set to Ben Chen.

Theodore lost in the first set and went to win the plate.

Bernice lost to eventual winner Majan in 2 sets. She did well and can still play next year.

Alicia went to the plate and lost to Aroonsiri in the 2nd round.

Anjali lost her first round and went to the plate before losing to Irene Chau the plate winner in 2 sets.

Bernice and Thomas Ng won their first round but lost in the 2nd to R Audley and K Ea in 2 sets,

Jackie and Alicia lost the first round to R Wang and M Zhao therefore going to the plate. They got to the quarters in the plate.

Theodore and Viravong went as far as the semis before being beaten by R Audley and K Ea who came in second.

Jonny and Anjali went to the plate after losing to Kolla and C Bui. They lost in the plate finals to R Venpin and I Chau.

In the BD Theodore and Souksat reached the semis before losing to eventual winners R Agustino and E Chen.

Jonny and Jackie went to the plate before losing in the final to Thomas Ng and R Tang.

Phoebe and Alixia managed to win the first before losing to A Liu and Y Say in 2 sets.

Anjali and Ann Buon went to the plate. They lost to Alicia and Ooi.

So that is the end of the tournament for the players.

I am sure they have learned heaps from this experience. They may feel disappointed they did not do better, but I am sure they gave their all. Some may still be able to play in the Under 15s next year and will definitely do better. Others have the Under 17s to look forward to.

They must be proud to represent WA. Good luck to them in their future badminton journeys.

The players need to thank Coach Nick, Umpire Lily and manager Ian. They have done a great job.

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Dear readers

You should have seen my phone on Sat. There were tonnes of whatsapp messages.

The WA team beat SA 6/2 in a very hard fight.

That meant they had a chance of getting a medal again as SA had beaten Vic 2 in points just like Voc 2 won WA in points.

WA then went on to beat NSW 2 5/3 giving them the right to fight for a bronze medal.

The kicker was that when NSW 1 played against Vic 2, they won 6 matches. NSW 1 then forfeited 2 matches to Vic 2 in walkovers. That gave Vic 2 a 2 game lead against WA in the total game score.

At first WA thought they had won the chance for a medal fight but it was not to be. The referee deemed Vic 2 the winner against WA despite the howls of protest by all in WA and the WA team.

Vic 2 went on to beat the territories again in points.

How cruel it was for WA and the young players.

There was even shouts of protest that NSW 1 should be disqualified for throwing the last 2 matches to allow Vic 2 to win 2 matches.

Life can be tough. I hope the players pick themselves up and prove themselves in the individual events to put themselves up as the worthy winners.

In the team event as there are only 7 teams, WA came in 5th and did not have to play on Sun. Maybe its a blessing in disguise so they can have a rest. I will try an cover the individual events tomorrow,

I am sure WA and the players parents are very proud of what the young players did for WA.