Hunters II 4-2 Claybrooke II
Hunters 2 (won 4-2) v Harborough Feathers, Thursday 19th January. The return home match for Hunters 2 was rewarded by a win by the young team of Greg Denton/James Thornton and Richards Lewis/Andy Singh.. Greg and James had enough youthful speed and agility to beat the opposing teams in both rubbers. Richard and Andy combined well together and won in three games in the first and lost in three in the second. In the splits it was 1 all in rubbers.
Hunters I 6-0 Claybrooke II
Hunters first team returned to form with a good result against Claybrooke. David Pugh and Arthur Male started slowly against Claybrookes first pairing with their first rubber going to three games before taking the first game eventually taken by Hunters. Simon Davies and Jamie Carter playing one of their first matches together put up a very good performance against Claybrookes second pairing, and put up a very good performance against the Claybrooke first pair takeing both rubbers without losing a game. The final two rubbers both went hunters way leaving a final score of 6-0.
Hunters II 3-3 Hunters I
Hunters second meeting of the season turned out to be a much closer match than the first. Arthur Male and David Pugh played well to take their first two rubbers for the first team, however the second team pairings of Greg Denton and James Thornton, and Pete Sawyer and Antonio Hui all played very well to take the second two rubbers, leaving it level, 2-2 at the split. With Arthur and Simon taking their final game it was down to the final rubber to decide the match. Greg and Antonio played extremely well to take the first team pairing to 3 games and came out on top in the final game 21-14. Final score 3-3, the first team were clearly in a kef, but a very good result for Hunters second team.
Harboro Feathers 1-5 Hunters II
Hunters Badminton Club 2nd team gained their first win of the season in an away fixture against Harboro Feathers at Market Harborough on Friday night. The pairings of Pete Sawyer, Jamie Carter and James Thornton, Greg Denton soon got into their stride and by the split had gained an unassailable 4-0 lead. The Harboro team made things a little more difficult with John Fannon and Craig Smith taking a game off Pete and James before losing their 5th rubber, while Jamie and Greg lost the final game to Jo Thornton and Mark Smith. This made the final score 1-5 which reflected a good all-round performance by the team.
Hunters I 6-0 Harboro Feathers
Hunters first encounter with Harboro Feathers for a few seasons turned out to be a good one. With the home advantage and plastic shuttles Arthur Male and David Pugh made good progress in their first two rubbers winning both without losing a game. Mark Taylor and Simon Davies also started well winning their first rubber, however in their second they were up against two of Harboro Feathers young and most determined players. The first two games were shared and the final game looked to be going Hunters way at 20-17, however the Harboro pairing came back well to level at 20-20 until Mark unleashed his bandersnatch character and won the game and match for Hunters. The final score 6-0 to hunters.
Claybroke II 4-2 Hunters II
The visitor pairings of Pete Sawyer and Antonio Hui and Jamie Carter and Greg Denton saw them lose both opening matches in close games and at the split found themselves 1-3 down with Pete and Antonio being the only success in another close three setter. Pete and Jamie had another success but Antonio and Greg just failed to get us a point on their final match which turned out to be another close encounter arguably the best match of the night.
Hunters I 6-0 Hunters II
Hunters started their season with an inter club fixture. Despite losing two match players over the summer, Hunters have still put together a quality first and second team, with several new players. The first team with Arthur Male and David Pugh first pairing were solid in their first rubber, whilst Mark Taylor and Simon Davies made a flying start in the first game only to be push very closely in the second game. It was 4-0 at the split. The acme of the evening was Mark & Arthur against Pete Sawyer and Badj Rahman, Mark and Arthur took the first game, but Pete & Badj fought back to win the second game 25-27 and took it to a decider, the third game was eventually taken by Mark & Arthur. The match finished 6-0 to the first team, a good start for the season.