| Sponsored by BADMINTONscotland
and the Borders Badminton Group, nearly 50 people travelled up to
the Kelvin Hall on Sunday the 22nd of November 2009. It was finals
day of the International Badminton Championships and youngsters from
all over the Borders took part in a Badminton Carnival before seeing
the top players in action and gathering autographs from their
favourites.
The carnivals are organised by
BADMINTONscotland and with a mixture of fun games and coaching to a
background of pop music filling the Kelvin Hall arena, the two hour
session was enjoyed by all.
HRH the Earl of Wessex was in attendance and
with top players from all over the world, the action was fast and
furious. Scotland had two finalists and the crowd cheered on their
local players.
SUSAN EGELSTAFF delighted the home crowd
when she won her first Scottish International Badminton
Championships title. Her 21-18, 21-10 win over Russia's No.1 seed
Ella Diehl in the women's singles final was emphatic and the perfect
follow up to Scotland's memorable win over Australia in the rugby at
Murrayfield 24 hours earlier. |
