Herefordshire Badminton Academy Local Teams Win At The Finals 🏸🏆

[Hereford Voice]

In January 8 schools competed in seperate boys and girls semi finals. After some tough close games Weobley and Fairfield qualified for the boys finals and Wigmore and Fairfield qualified for the girls. 

Eli Jones led Weobley to the title after 10 tough matches against Fairfield. The team consisted of Alek King, Tom Dyer, Eli Jones, Rubyn Dimond and George Stevenon who was absent for the finals. 

Wigmore then went on to beat Fairfield in the girls final with captain Bethany Preston lifting the trophy. All the Fairfield players are in year 10 so aim to come back stronger next year after this first taste of the finals. 

The schools were lucky enough to have Phil Preston from Herefordshire Badminton Academy to present the trophy. 

Phil commented on how impressed he was with the standard of badminton and invited all high school aged pupils to HBA every Sunday 3-5pm at The Acadmey School on Ross Road. 

"HBA is always open to new members and wants to work closely with the schools association to increase the numbers of young people playing badminton in the county."