Match Reports

U17 ICT

The U17 ICT was held over the weekend of 8-11 April at Nottingham. Lincs was represented by Rodger Annis, Oliver Bramley, Ben Garnham, Jacob Perez, Tom Woodcock, Katie Allen, Jennifer Bates, Natalie Hassall, Jess Portas and Chloe Sidwell. The Team Manager was Mandy Garnham and Dave Perry was the Coach with John Holland assisting.

On the Thursday we played Suffolk, losing 6-4, but we won the second match against Shropshire 7-3 but then lost to Surrey 10-0. On Friday we played Berkshire and won 9-1, then we went on to beat Northumberland 7-3 so that meant we were playing for positions 21-25. On Friday evening we played Leicestershire and the final score was 5 matches all, 11 games all 287 points to Leics and 278 to Lincs so Leics won by just 9 points! On Saturday we beat Worcestershire 6-4 but lost to Norfolk 6-4. On Saturday evening everyone got ready for the disco and the Lincs team presented Mandy with a birthday cake!! On the Sunday we played Middlesex but lost 6-4 and unfortunately Jess Portas suffered a bad fall at the back of the court, sprained her knee and ended up at Queens Medical Centre. The overall result was that Lincs came 24th which is very commendable.

Thanks must go to Dave Perry who is relinquishing his role as U17 coach which he has carried out for many years. All the best to Rodger, Oliver and Natalie for their senior badminton years and we should also mention Craig Holden, a previous ICT player, who helped in the running of the tournament as a Young Official.