13 Apr 2008 - Solihull Badminton League's First Singles Competition
With the help of sponsorship from Maurice Robinson Sports & Yonex, the Solihull Badminton League were proud to organise the first Solihull Open Singles’ championships which they hope will become an annual evemt. In the Ladies’ competition, Louise Carter (Calthorpe Continental) beat Nadine Chapman (Whitestone) 21-11 and Vanessa Ballesteros (Solihull & Shirley) beat Becci Crawshaw (Solihull & Shirley) 21-17 to reach the final. Louise then went on to beat Vanessa to pick up the Ladies’ trophy.
In the Men’s lower category, it was a closely contested final between Edward Cook (Colmer’s Farm) & Foysul Ahmed (Bidgley) after having beaten Robert Spink (Lighthall) & Tom Hogan (Solihull & Shirley) respectively in the semis. Foysul persevered to come through to win the final.
In the Men’s upper category, the title could have been anyone’s after some great individual performances. Steve Kiernan (Activ Sports) overcame Dinesh Passi (Jubilee) 22-20 & Puneet Sharma (Jubilee) beat Kamrul Islam (Bidgley) 21-16 to reach the final. Puneet went on to pick up the crown & have the honour of being the first name on the trophy.
It was good to see so many keen participants and special thanks must be given to Wendy from Maurice Robinsons & Yonex for providing & presenting the trophies & prizes.