Christine Black
Christine Black.....

Badminton

  

Knox Academy pupils Hannah Laing and Megan Richardson were both in a festive mood after winning the girls doubles title at the Yorkshire U19 Open Badminton Championships last week end at the York Railway Institute. The Haddington duo although unseeded fought their way through to the final where they beat Yorkshire pair Martha Jones and Rachel Kershaw comfortably in two sets 21/10 21/16. In the girls singles Megan reached the semi final stage where she lost out to Claire Weaver while Hannah won her first round match but lost out next round to Tilshiloh Cole from Yorkshire.

In the mixed doubles Megan teamed up with Lancashire player Stewart Holdon but had a tough draw early on going out to the eventual winners Greg Mairs and Clare Weaver 23/21 21/14.

Hannah teamed up with Matthew Tolman (Lancashire) and also won their first round match before going out to a Cheshire pair who were eventual runners up.