Business league to start soon

LEAGUE WINNERS: The Enterprise team who won the BIZminton 5 business house badminton league with their trophy. They are (from left): Mike Rice, Marshall Walker, Amy McNay and Justin Kent. Picture supplied

BADMINTON

ANOTHER edition of the badminton business house league starts next Wednesday (July 31). The closing day for entries is Sunday (July 28).

BIZminton 5 was completed recently with winners Enterprise taking the “log of wood” for the first time.

They defeated ThemissBhaviours 6 matches to 0. The match score did not reflect the game scores.

Enterprise’s Mike Rice and Amy McNay won their first game by only a point — 24-23 — from Trev Murray and replacement player Linda White. Justin Kent and Marsh Walker defeated Kahu Brown and White by three points in another close match. Walker and Rice held off a comeback by Alicia Armstrong and White to win their match 24-22.

Enterprise dominated the other three matches.

With players unavailable because of illness, Gisborne District Council defaulted their final night of matches.

The Sidney Whanau lost two ties on a countback of points after the match scores were drawn 3-3. WSP Opus 1 and WSP Opus 2 were the teams who came out ahead in those two ties.

Final-night results:

Enterprise defeated Stanley Family 5 matches to 1; WSP Opus 1 def Monday Madness 4 matches to 2; WSP Opus 2 def Sidney Whanau 3 matches all, 146 points to 136 points; ThemissBhaviours def Slammers 6 matches to 0; WSP Opus 1 def Sidney Whanau 3 matches all, 158 points to 138 points; Enterprise def ThemissBhaviours 6 matches to 0; Stanley Family def Slammers 4 matches to 2.