Oroua Champs - Jnr Results

^{Thanks to Jerry Varghase for photos above}

Manawatu had a big contingent of Manawatu Juniors playing in the Oroua Age Championships yesterday Sunday May 2nd.

Reports were that there was 40 more entries than last year and I believe Manawatu would have been a significant contributor to the boost in numbers.

Well done to all our players and parents.

Congragulations to Ruawai Te Rata who was the only Manawatu player to win a title. She won the U17 Girls Doubles with her regular doubles partner Emily Beard of Wanganui & the U17 Mixed Doubles with her regular mixed doubles partner Elliot Pike of Hutt Valley.

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Girls Singles U13

Congratulations to Rebecca Ye who made the final after beating fellow team member Charlotte Stock in the semi finals. She lost the final to Niamh Alley from Hawkes Bay, who is from a talented badminton family.

Pryanka Archayva won the Plate final after beating fellow Manawatu player Caitlin Bartosh.

Boys Singles U13

Junius Ong made the Semi Finals after beating fellow team member Chris Varghese in a very entertaining game. He lost his semi to Benjamin Cook of Wellington who on went to claim the title.

Honorable mention goes to Cameron Loughran who had a tough 3 setter against Victor Francis who missed out on making the final by two points.

Cameron did a lot of umpiring through out the day and was impressive, with a strong clear voice. A definite prospect for the next umpiring course!

Boys Doubles U13

Cameron Loughran & Chris Varghese made it to the boys doubles finals after winning their box with 2 tough 3 setters. Unfortunately they lost to the Wellington Pair who were both singles finalists. 15–9, 15 11

Mixed Doubles U13

Chris Varghese & Amy Rogers made it to the Final, after beating fellow Manawatu pair Junius Ong and Lisa Rogers in  the semis. Unfortunately they were beaten in the final by Niimh Alley and Tom Caughley 15 - 6, 15 - 7.

U 15 Boys Singles

Matthew Wapp and Sang-Ho Kim made it to the semi finals. Honorable mention to Sang-Ho Kim who gave the eventual winner Wei Ming Lim his toughest match of the day with a 3 setter going down 11-15 15-12 10 15.

U15 Girls Singles

A tough competition for all our girls. Cean Demecillo doing the best by progressing to the quarter finals.

Dinithi Bowatte won the Girls Plate.

U15 Boys Doubles

Tough day for our U15 boys.

Sang Ho Kim and Matthew Wapp made it through to the semi finals.

U15 Mixed Doubles

Matthew Wapp & Caragh Alley made it through to the semi finals.

U17 Boys Singles

Joseph Wilson made it through to the semi – finals where he fell to eventual winner Elliot Pike. His quarter final match was a tough three setter where he beat long time rival Nathan Robertson for the first time in tournament play and also reversed the result from two weeks ago at the Bay of Plenty Champs. Well done Joseph!

U17 Girls Singles

A tough day for our girls.

Ruawai Te Rata won the plate.

U17 Boys Doubles

Joseph Wilson/Yao Lik Chun made to the finals where they lost 23 17, 23 – 21. They beat Manawatu pair Thomas Lavendar/Xinyuang Xao in the semi finals.

U17 Girls Doubles

Ruawai Te Rata/Emily Beard won the girls doubles title 21-19, 14-21, 21-15 against Wellington pair Alyse Derby and Donelle Rota.

U17 Mixed Doubles

Ruawai Te Rata/Elliot Pike won the mixed doubles.