Tales of the unexpected in Gisborne mercantile badminton

A couple of upsets marked last Thursday's round of the BIZminton business house badminton league. Photo / Marc Shannon

Unexpected results added spice to the BIZminton business house badminton league ties last week.

In the social grade, GDC Good Guys beat league leaders Team Wairua Ora and leapfrogged them in the standings.

Smashers – with an “imported coach” – continued their winning form with a 5-1 victory over Shuttle Socks.

Lots of laughs, mistimed shots and smashes into the net continue to be the order of the day. As one player said: “The serve is the most important shot of the day.”

In the competitive grade, Lets had some intense matches against Smash Bros before winning 4-2.

The Kents continue to lead the competitive grade, with RSL51 second.

This week’s games are the last in the competition.

Results from last Thursday: Slammers defeated Cool Runnings 6-0; Smashers def Shuttle Socks 5-1; GDC Good Guys def Team Wairua Ora 4-2; Kents def FootFaults 6-0; Lets def Smash Bros 4-2; RSL51s def We R Family 6-0.

Draw for Thursday, 6pm: Court 1, Cool Runnings v GDC Good Guys; C2, Slammers v Smashers; C4, Team Wairua Ora v Shuttle Socks.

7.15pm: C1, Lets v RSL51s; C2, Kents v We R Family; C4, Smash Bros v FootFaults

Duty team (to sweep courts and tidy upstairs at end of night): FootFaults.

Concerns, inquiries to Linda White.