Winter Wackers badminton under way

A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

A DOUBLES tournament that Badminton Eastland ran in 2018 has been revamped as a competition being held over three weeks this month.

The first round of the Winter Wackers Badminton Doubles was held on Thursday last week.

New and experienced players, juniors and social players all seemed to be enjoying the competition.

Last-minute withdrawals caused a couple of hiccups but replacement players filled the gaps. Players are reminded that if they are going to be absent and can't find a replacement, they should ring Linda White.

Results —

Round-robin Group A: Makuini Winiata/Gabe Perano def Alicia Armstrong/Kahu Brown 31-10; def Kashish Chawla/Kelly West 31-19; def Paige Hindmarsh/Mere Waaka 31-6.

Armstrong/Brown def Chawla/West 31-16; def Hindmarsh/Waaka 31-19.

Chawla/West def Hindmarsh/Waaka 31-16.

Round-robin Group B: Jestin Thomas/Jinesh Joseph def Dane Berry/Stella Perano 35-10; def Peter Min/Grahame Sutherland 31-17; def Dylan Babbington/Trev Baty 31-18.

Berry/S Perano def Min/Sutherland 21-12; def Babbington/Baty 31-16.

Min/Sutherland def Babbington/Baty 31-24.

Round-robin Group C: Will Garrett/Linda White def Harpreet Singh/Sajan Sharma 31-23; def Te Aorangia/Omahia Harrington 31-16; def Jim Adcock/Trevor Murray 31-15.

H Singh/McGhie def Te Aorangia/O Harrington 31-24; def Adcock/Murray 31-25.

Te Aorangia/O Harrington def Adcock/Murray 31-25.

Round-robin Group D: Theo Paul/Jonathan Sheng def Ra Leach/Shay Waikawa 31-30; def Cynthia Sidney/Ruth Ledger 31-11; def Johnny Gray/Tony Zhu 31-15.

Leach/Waikawa def Sidney/Ledger 31-17; def Gray/Zhu 31-13.

Sidney/Ledger def Gray/Zhu 31-23.

DRAW FOR TOMORROW

6pm: All players are asked to be at the Badminton Centre ready to play new boxes.