Jake & Ethan kicked off proceedings against their 1st pair. Comfortably winning the first set 21-16, the new partnership working very effectively. Taking the foot off the gas and errors creeping in led to losing the second set 17-21. Final set was hard fought but unfortunately lost 18-21. 0-1
Kiranam & Daan faced their second pair. A slow start in the first set resulted in a loss of 11-21. The second pair were evidently stronger than the firsts. A good effort in the second but St Phillips took it 8-21. 0-2
Jake & Ethan’s turn to face to second pair. An extremely tight first set ended with St Phillips taking it 21-23. Lucozade and sweets consumed ready to take it to 3. A strong second set by Trinity taking it 21-17. Final set again very tight but Trinity edged it to take a well deserved win 21-19. 1-2
Kiranam & Daan took on the first pair. A very close first set was taken by St Phillips 18-21. The boys had started to find their stride. A very intense second set was just edged by St Phillips 20-22. 1-3 going into the split
Jake & Daan took on 1 & 3. A very slow start going 5-14 down. But a burst of energy resulted in a slightly prettier 14-21 win for St Phillips. Carrying the energy into the second set, Trinity cruised through 21-15. The game plan was now set. Into the final set and the game plan worked wonders with Trinity taking it 21-15. 2-3 with one to go
Kiranam & Ethan took on 2 & 4. A great start from the boys taking the first set 21-17. St Phillips grew into the second set taking it 17-21. Another game going the distance… St Phillips continued to grow into the game and took the last set 15-21. 2-4 final score
A tough loss to take but some excellent badminton played throughout the night. Big shift put in from the Trinity boys but a 4-2 win for St Phillips 1. Lots of positives to take forward💪🏽
RB1 Captain Jacob
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