NORTH ISLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Palmerston North)
Men's singles.-
Semifinals: Shane Laugesen (Auckland) bt Simon Wallace (Canterbury) 21-12 21-13 21-12, Malcolm Darroch (Canterbury) bt Aaron Winborn (Auckland) 21-16 16-21 21-11 21-19. Final: Laugesen bt Darroch 21-16 21-13 21-14.
Women's singles.-
Semifinals: Karen Li (Manawatu) bt Hilary Low (Counties-Manukau) 21-11 21-7 21-11, Sam Yang (Bay of Plenty) bt
Tracey McLaughlan (Hutt Valley) 21-14 21-8 21-16. Final: Li bt Yang 21-12 21-10 19-21 21-18.
Over-50 years men's singles final: Final: Pat Low (Auckland) bt Bob Lassen (Auckland) 16-21 21-16 21-15. Over-50 years women's singles final: Val Beaver (North Harbour) bt Christine Cunningham (North Harbour) 21-18 21-15.
Over-35 singles final, men: Darroch bt Russell Winkley (Hawke's Bay) 21-5 21-10; women: Low bt Sabine Westenra (Hutt Valley) 21-11 23-21.
Under-21 singles final, men: Andy Huang (Auckland) bt Simon Wallace (Canterbury) 21-15 21-16; women: Jani Hu (Northland) 1, Lisa Boaden (Hutt Valley) 2.
Under-19 singles final, men: Wallace bt Huang 23-21 21-14; women: Yang bt Boaden 21-9 21-7.
Under-17 singles final, boys: Huang bt Wallace 18-21 21-18 21-14; girls: Wendy Zheng (Auckland) bt Florence Li (Auckland) 21-18 21-15.
Under-15 singles final, boys: Binbin Zhu (Hutt Valley) bt Jack Wells (Northland) 21-14 21-11; girls: Jiani Hu (Northland) bt Li 21-9 21-14.
