February 2007


Willstrop fulfils childhood dreams

Willstrop fulfils childhood dreams

Top seed James Willstrop in a convincing and entertaining high speed encounter overcame Scotland's John White 11-10 (2-0), 11-7, 11-5 to win his first National title in Manchester.The first game was crucial with White just a little more error prone that he was in his destruction of Grant in the semi-finals. There were fantastic rallies, with at times both players in front of the short line intercepting and firing the ball into the front court nicks in fast reaction play, with...

The English National Badminton Championships - Manchester

The English National Badminton Championships - Manchester

Sunday 4th February 2007 was an action packed day at the Manchester Velodrome. Hi-Tec sponsored Gail Emms and Nathan Robertson, the mixed doubles champions were both in the finals- Nathan & Gail played against Anthony Clarck & Donna Kellogg and Gail was also in the Women's Finals paired with Donna. The mixed doubles were to play first, and after a long 3 set match with scores 23-21, 14-21, 22-20 lasting over an hour, the World Champions lost out to their friends. Both...

 

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