Shuttle service for Argyll youngsters at Scottish Schools badminton qualifiers
More than 70 pupils from Oban high, Tobermory high, Campbeltown grammar, Dunoon grammar and Rothesay grammar schools converged at Oban’s Atlantis Leisure for annual regional badminton qualifiers.
The visitors had difficult journeys through snowy conditions on the morning of the competition but everyone made it to compete in a fantastic day of badminton.
Active schools co-ordinators Gillian Walker and Alan Wright and Oban High School PE teacher Denise Gemmell organised the event which has been running since 2002.
Under 14, 16 and 19 singles, doubles and mixed doubles competitions for boys and girls were played with a good spread of prizewinners from throughout the region.
Mrs Gemmell said: ‘There were many nail biting games played not just in the finals but throughout the day.
‘The standard was exceptionally high and we wish all the pupils that go on to represent Argyll and Bute in the Scottish Schools competition in March the best of luck.
‘Most important though was the spirit in which games were played. It was competitive but very sporting and fair.’
Results:
Under 14s Girls Singles: winner, Violet Campbell, Campbeltown. Runner-up, Tayler Robinson, Oban, 21-14. Under 14s Boys Singles: winner, Malik Clowes, Tobermory. Runner-up, Innes MacCallum, Oban, 21-5.
Under 16s Girls Singles: winner, Nuria Clowes, Tobermory. Runnerup, Jane Scott, Campbeltown, 21-18. Under 16s Boys Singles: winner, Rory Dods, Oban. Runnerup, Morgan Gemmell, Oban, 21-19. Under 19s Girls Singles: winner, Kathryn Lindsay, Dunoon. Runner-up, Lauren MacKinnon, Campbeltown, 21-17. Under 19s Boys Singles: winner, Allan Mollins, Dunoon. Runner-up, Fegus Carmichael, Oban, 21-17.
Under 14s Girls Doubles: winners, Violet Campbell and Imogen Scott, Campbeltown. Runners-up, Wiktoria Ryszka and Katie MacLellan, Oban, 21-14. Under 14s Boys Doubles: winners, Malik Clowes and Joris Hutton, Tobermory. Runners-up, Calum Scott and Ewan O’May, Campbeltown, 21-6.
Under 16s Girls Doubles: winners, Nuria Clowes and Anneloes Hutton, Tobermory. Runners-up, Jane Scott and Jennifer McMurchy, Campbeltown, 21-12. Under 16s Boys doubles: Winners, Marcus Keith and Kameron Smith, Dunoon. Runners-up, Morgan Gemmell and Rory Dods, Oban, 21-14. Under 19s Girls Doubles: Winners, Lauren MacKinnon and Jessica Ronald, Campbeltown. Runners-up, Ella MacKechnie and Lucy MacKinnon, Oban, 21-8. Under 19s Boys Doubles: winners, Alan Mollins and Ciaran Danks, Dunoon. Runners-up, Andrew Tyre and Alistair Gibson, Dunoon, 21-12. Under 14s Mixed Doubles: winner, Innes MacCallum and Tayler Robinson, Oban. Runners-up, Rory Dods and Wiktoria Ryszka, Oban, 24-22.
Under 16s Mixed Doubles: Winners, Nuria Clowes and Malik Clowes, Tobermory. Runners-up, Anneloes Hutton and Joris Hutton, Tobermory, 21-15.
Under 19s Mixed Doubles: Winners, Alan Mollins and Kathyrn Lindsay, Dunoon. Runners-up, Fergus Carmichael and Zoe Cook, Oban, 21-12.