Blythe Bridge and Trentham dominate Staffordshire Badminton inter-schools Championships

 

 

 

Blythe Bridge High School boys teams were dominant at the Staffordshire inter-schools championships winning both the U14 and U16 competitions. Trentham High School girls teams were equally impressive also winning both the U14 and U16 competitions.

 

The Staffordshire County Round of the BADMINTON England National inter-schools championships took place on 29th and 30th January at Trentham High School.

 

In the under 14 boys' competition, Blythe Bridge High School were the winners edging out Clayton Hall High School who finished in second place.  Schools competed against each other in a group of five with Blythe Bridge winning all their matches 3-2.

 

Blythe Bridge were dominant in the under 16 boys competition completing a successful day with 5-0 wins in all their matches. The runners up were John Taylor who performed well but were unable to account for the strength in depth of the Blythe Bridge team.

 

Trentham High School were the major success story in the girls' competition. In the under 14 girls, a closely fought battle between Trentham, Westwood College and Clayton Hall resulted in a win for Trentham with Westwood as runners up.

 

The closest competition came in the under 16 girls where Trentham (pictured below), Biddulph and John Taylor were all tied on two matches each. The final result was then decided on total games won with Trentham winning by just one game from Biddulph and John Taylor. Second place went to John Taylor who could only be separated from Biddulph on points difference.

Pictured above: Trentham High School U16 Girls

The winning teams will now go on to represent Staffordshire in the regional round.


For more information about the National Inter-Schools Competition and Schools programmes please contact:

Matt Hanson
Badminton Development Officer
Tel: 07825 981924
Email: matthanson@badmintonengland.co.uk