News - November 06

Yonex East of Scotland Junior Championships 2006

This year’s East of Scotland Junior Championships was another highly successful event, once more attracting players from Ireland, England and Wales as well as a wide array of talented Scottish players. For the first time, semi finals and finals were held at Heriot-Watt University which proved to be an excellent venue.

Lothian players featured prominently in all age groups, with Emma Devine, Michael Campbell, Craig Pollock, Angus Simpson, Caroline Collinson, Peter Hockey, Duncan Leith and Roya Arabshahi all appearing in finals. Emma and Michael were both double title winners. Mathew Carder won the boys under 15 supplementary singles with Lyndsey Scott winning the girls under 17 supplementary event.

The following players were all double title winners at the tournament:

Under 13 – Calvin Percival, Adam Hall & Emma Devine

Under 15 – Michael Campbell & Gary Gibson

Under 17 – Tony Stephenson (Ireland) & Kirsten Geals

Under 19 – Stephen McPhail & Carissa Turner (Wales)

Final Results:

Under 13:

Boys Singles – Calvin Percival bt Josh Neil 21/19 17/21 21/18

Girls Singles – Emma Devine bt Rebekka Findlay 21/9 21/14

Boys Doubles - Calvin Percival & Adam Hall bt Josh Neil & Ben Torrence 21/9 21/12

Girls Doubles - Emma Devine & Rebecca Flint bt Heather Campbell & Caitlin Gilmour 21/18 19/21 21/15

Mixed Doubles - Adam Hall & Caitlin Gilmour bt Calvin Percival & Emma Devine 21/19 18/21 21/17

Under 15:

Boys Singles – Michael Campbell bt Craig Pollock 21/19 21/18

Girls Singles – Kirsty Gilmour bt Sinead Chambers (Ireland) 17/21 21/13 21/18

Boys Doubles - Michael Campbell & Gary Gibson bt Angus Simpson & Craig Morrison 16/21 21/11 21/11

Girls Doubles - Fiona Archibald & Emma Gallacher bt Shereen Spittal

Anna Kay 21/10 21/14

Mixed Doubles - Gary Gibson & Gail Woodburn bt Craig Morrison & Emma Gallacher 21/18 10/21 21/16

Under 17:

Boys Singles – Tony Stephenson (Ireland) bt Kyle Longmuir 22/20 18/21 21/17

Girls Singles – Kirsten Geals bt Kaity Hall 21/19 19/21 21/14

Boys Doubles - Tony Stephenson & Tony Murphy (Ireland) bt Xavier Lee (England) & Stephen Doolan 22/20 18/21 21/15

Girls Doubles - Kirsten Geals & Kaity Hall bt Caroline Collinson & Jade Sinclair 21/17 21/13

Mixed Doubles - Gary Gibson & Eilidh Ballantyne bt Fraser Michie & Kaity Hall 21/13 21/13

Under 19:

Boys Singles – Stephen McPhail bt Gordon Hoggan 21/18 21/10

Girls Singles – Carissa Turner bt Alison Marr 21/19 21/18

Boys Doubles - Peter Hockey & Duncan Leith bt Kenny Young & Stephen McPhail 21/19 20/22 21/16

Girls Doubles – Gillian Sloan & Carissa Turner bt Alison Marr & Roya Arabshahi 21/16 22/20

Mixed Doubles - Stephen McPhail & Catriona Lawler bt Kenny Young & Alison Marr 16/21 21/19 21/18

All players from Scotland unless otherwise stated.

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