Down and Out in Belfast

January 27, 2010 by Alan Spink
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Or the on going adventures of Rob Spink and Greg Mairs,

Hopes were high as we flew into Belfast to meet up with Greg, to take on the Irish on their own country, Alas any thoughts of taking home any precious metal from the U17 Gold event were soon dashed when first match opponent’s Jonathan Dolan and Adam Jermyn proved just too strong, the match being lost in two games 17-21 and 18-21.

Falling at the first hurdle - Greg Mairs and Rob Spink

However in their next match the English pair managed to rescue some pride, coming out on top of a very tight match against Matthew Getty and Martin Lau 22-20, 13-21, 24-22

If all seams lost you might as well prey!

If all seems lost you might as well prey!

Rob had a tough singles draw losing both his matches, Greg faired much better winning his group before losing to number two seed and the winner of Rob’s group, Ruaraidh Sim 16-21, 3-21.

Ruaraidh Sim - N.Ireland

Excellant perfomances by English players included, in the boys singles, a great semi final win by James Scott over number one seed Jack Kinmond 14-21, 21-19, 21-16. James went on to lose out in the final to Jonathan Dolan 13-21, 18-21.

Jack Kinmond - England

In the boys doubes Jack Kinmond and Ruaraidh Sim took the gold from Toby Moon and Tom Stamford 21-12, 21-19.

Jonathan Dolan - Ireland

James Scott - England

More English success in the girls doubles saw Becky Crawshaw and Nicole Burgess win the final 21-12, 18-21, 21-18 against Rae Lamour and Jessica Wilkins also from England.

Nicole Burgess and Becky Crawshaw - England

To see and purchase all the Action Photographs from the U17 and U13 Tournament please visit the gallery page of www.actionphotography.co.uk best regards.

Alan.

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January 11, 2010 by Alan Spink
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Coming soon, (badkidz – kids who play badminton)

News from the world of Badminton, English U11, U13, U15, U17 and U19 National Championships, reports and photos, Also English Nationals, 100th All England Championships and European Individual Championships.

My hope is that this will become an interesting and worthwhile exercise. If you have any input (events/words/photos) which you would like to see posted here, please get in touch, alan@actionphotography.co.uk . In the mean time, while you are waiting:-

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/badminton/default.stm

Hey it’s me on the BBC!! :- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7876093.stm shooting the England team before they went off to the World Championships in India. Don’t blink or you’ll miss it

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