Winter Wackers competition keenly contested

COMPETITION COMPLETE: Winter Wackers badminton pairs placegetters (from left) winners Jonathan Sheng and Theo Paul with runners-up William and Thomas Garrett. Picture supplied

The final night of the Winter Wackers badminton pairs competition has been held, and some close matches were played.

All courts were round-robin boxes, with games and points determining the winners.

The winners were Theo Paul and Jonathan Sheng, from runners-up William and Thomas Garrett. Both pairs had won two matches and lost one. As Paul and Sheng had beaten the Garrett brothers, they were declared winners.

Round-robin Group 1: Theo Paul/Jonathan Sheng def William and Thomas Garrett 31-26; def Makuini Winiata/Gabe Perano 31-19; def Jestin Thomas/Jinesh Joseph 31-25.

W/T Garrett def Winiata/G Perano 31-28; def Thomas/Joseph 31-17.

Winiata/G Perano def Thomas/Joseph 31-25.

Round-robin Group 2: Dane Berry/Stella Perano def Ra Leach/Shay Waikawa 31-23; def Corey and Donna Lugtig 31-24; def Harpreet Singh/Sajan Sharma 31-19.

Leach/Waikawa def C/D Lugtig 31-22; def Singh/Sharma 31-30.

C/D Lugtig def Singh/Sharma 31-19.

Round-robin Group 3: Jim Adcock/Trevor Murray def Alicia Armstrong/Kahu Brown 31-17; def Peter Min/Graham Sutherland 31-26; def Johnny Gray/Tony Zhu 31-22.

Armstrong/Brown def Min/Sutherland 31-29; def Gray/Zhu 31-15.

Min/Sutherland def Gray/Zhu 31-13.

Round-robin Group 4: Te Aorangi and Omahia Harrington def Paige Hindmarsh/Tania Adamson 31-24; def Kashish Chawla/Kelly West 31-17; def Dylan Babbington/Trev Baty 31-19.

Chawla/West def Hindmarsh/Adamson 31-23.

Hindmarsh/Adamson def Babbington/Baty 31-16.

Babbington/Baty def Chawla/West 31-26.

BIZminton 22.2 — every Thursday from August 4 to September 1. Teams of at least four, with both male and female players. Social grade, 6pm; competitive, 7.15pm. Entry deadline: Tuesday. Contact Linda White for more information.