This year’s Yonex MCFM East of Scotland Under 15 and Under 19 Junior Championships were held this weekend at the Jack Kane Centre with another strong entry in both age groups.
As always, there were lots of entertaining and competitive matches throughout the weekend concluding with some excellent semi finals and finals on the Sunday. There were some very strong Lothian performances in the tournament. In the under 15 age group, Zoe Tait was a double winner (girls’ doubles and mixed doubles). Lothian’s Emma Joshua reached all three finals in the under 15 age group, winning the girls’ doubles with Zoe Tait who was the only doubles winner in the Under 15s. In the under 19 age group, local players Blair Tait (boys’ doubles and mixed doubles) and Deepti Vijayakumar (girls’ singles and mixed doubles) were the only double winners in this age group. Unfortunately, Thomas Fragell sustained an injury in the final of the U19 boys’ singles against his boys’ doubles partner, Arnav Saraswat, which resulted in him having to withdraw from both the boys’ doubles and mixed doubles finals.
We were delighted to welcome back one of our sponsors, Martin Campbell, to watch the finals and then present the prizes. We really appreciate the support that we continue to receive from Martin Campbell Financial Management and Yonex and we are also extremely appreciative of the additional support which has been provided by the City of Edinburgh Council.
Many thanks to the members of the Lothian Badminton Group committee who assisted throughout the weekend, along with the Badminton Scotland Court Officials who umpired the finals and the staff at the Jack Kane who were very helpful throughout.
The next big event in Lothian will be the Yonex MCFM East of Scotland Gold U13 & U17 Junior Championships which will take place at the Jack Kane Centre on 1st and 2nd November. You can enter at Yonex MCFM East of Scotland U13/U17 Gold Junior Championships
Entries close on Sunday 19th October 2025.
Final Results:
Under 15:
Boys’ Singles – Nathan Luo bt Yuanxi Cui 21-12 / 22-20
Girls’ Singles –Emily Jobson bt Emma Joshua 21-10 / 22-20
Boys’ Doubles –Melrick Dsouza & Dylan Jia bt Yuanxi Cui & Leo Gaunt 21-9 / 21-10
Girls’ Doubles – Emma Joshua & Zoe Tait bt Josie Columbine & Emily Jobson 21-18 / 21-13
Mixed Doubles – Calum Tsang & Zoe Tait bt Dylan Jia & Emma Joshua 23-21 / 21-7
Under 19:
Boys’ Singles – Arnav Saraswat bt Thomas Fragell 14-21 / 21-12 / 21-14
Girls’ Singles – Deepti Vijayakumar bt Pranavi Singh 13-21 / 21-18 / 21-18
Boys’ Doubles –Blair Tait and Lingyun Xiao bt Thomas Fragell & Arnav Saraswat w/o
Girls’ Doubles –Anshita Jaiswal & Chloe Mackenzie bt Lanna Campbell & Jaagruti Mannem 19-21 / 21-19 / 21-12
Mixed Doubles – Blair Tait & Deepti Vijayakumar bt Thomas Fragell & Lanna Campbell w/o
A complete set of results for the event can be found at Yonex MCFM East of Scotland Gold U15 & U19 Championships
