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Press Release 6th February 2003
BAT’s B team recently played Torpoint Badminton Club in Division 4 of the Plymouth and District Badminton League. With points important for both clubs – Torpoint in trying to keep in touch with the top of the division and BAT’s trying to get away from the bottom of the division.
In the first of the men’s doubles rubbers Ewen Rae and Mike Ward were unlucky to lose the first game 15–17 but Torpoint then rallied to take the second rubber comfortably 9–15. The second men’s doubles rubber saw the BAT’s pair of Ewen Rae and Gavin Leithall take the first game of the rubber 15–8. Torpoint then responded by taking the next two games 1–15 2–15 in a complete turnaround. The third men’s doubles rubber saw Mike Ward and Gavin Leithall change the BAT’s fortune when they scrabbled a rubber 17–15 15–13.
The ladies doubles rubbers saw BAT’s dominant with all three rubbers going their way. All three ladies played their part with Tamsin Woodruff, Kate Povey and Glynis Hingston playing some good well thought out rallies to thwart the Torpoint players.
With just the mixed doubles to play BAT’s had taken 4 rubbers and were determined to take one more to win the match. The first mixed doubles rubber saw Ewen Rae and Tamsin Woodruff lose the first game 4–15. The second game was very close all the way through but in the end it was Torpoint who took the game and the rubber 16–17. The second mixed doubles rubber saw Mike Ward and Kate Povey play excellently to take the all important rubber 15–7 15–7. The final mixed doubles rubber saw Gavin Leithall and Glynis Hingston unable to add to the score when Torpoint took the rubber 3–15 9–15.
At the end of the evening BAT’s B team had gained an all important victory 5–4 over Torpoint to take then further away from the relegation zone in Division 4.
Alan Berry
Published in the Tavistock Times Gazette on Thursday 6th February 2003